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The Parched Tiger: Northern India’s Disappearing Groundwater

Via the Next Big Future, a report on northern India’s growing water stress: Beneath northern India’s irrigated fields of wheat, rice, and barley … beneath its densely populated cities of Jaiphur and New Delhi, the groundwater has been disappearing. Halfway around the world, hydrologists, including Matt Rodell of NASA, have been hunting for it. Where is […]

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Water Shortage Cripples Venezuela

Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, an interesting article on the how scarce rainfall and failing infrastructure have left Venezuela’s reservoirs dry, factories idle, electricity in short supply and some people desperate enough for water to steal it: Desperate for water, construction worker Pedro Pirela and his neighbors recently laid a nighttime ambush. Alerted by the roar […]

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Iran’s Water Crisis: 37 Million At Risk Of Dehydration

Via the Daily Caller, a look at Iran’s water crisis: Iran’s government admits that the country will face a serious water crisis this summer, putting 37 million people at risk of dehydration over the summer. Iran’s vice minister of energy for water announced Wendesday that several of the country’s major cities will have a water crisis this summer and that […]

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Australia Register Its Concerns About Foreigners Buying Its Water

Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a report on Australia’s plans to require foreign investors to declare their interests in water rights: The muddy river that flows through this farming town feeds both verdant citrus groves and a growing unease among some lawmakers and regulators over foreign ownership of water rights. Australia—the world’s driest inhabited […]

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