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Iran’s Water Vision
May 10th, 2016
Courtesy of The Guardian, an article on Iran’s massive water transfer schemes: A grand vision of eliminating water scarcity looks attractive for tens of millions of people in the desert cities of central Iran worried about drought. Ambitious water transfer projects are being put in place to answer a call from President Hassan Rouhani. Two high-profile projects […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India, Bangladesh and the Farakka Barrage
May 10th, 2016
Via Future Direction International, a detailed examination of the water sharing agreements between Bangladesh and India: Key Points The Farakka Barrage was created by India in 1975 to divert water from the Ganges River system. Bangladesh is a lower riparian country that heavily relies on the flow of the Ganges to meet its food and […]
Read more »How India’s River Row with China Shows The Growing Importance of Water Security
May 9th, 2016
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an interesting look at the tension between India and China over A river that flows through India, China, Bangladesh and Bhutan is churning up the issue of water security in a fast-developing region. The river–which is called Brahmaputra in India–is a source of tension between India and China and […]
Read more »Water and Insecurity In The Levant
May 9th, 2016
Via the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), a look at how the Middle East needs to join together to address common technical, political, and security issues to avoid water-driven instability: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the most water-stressed area in the world. In the Levant sub-region, Jordan, Syria, West Bank/Gaza, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: 13,500 Villages In Rajasthan Run Out of Drinking Water
May 9th, 2016
Via NDTV, a sobering report on the scale of India’s current water crisis: The desert state of Rajasthan is sinking further into a water crisis as the summer peaks. 13,500 villages do not have access to safe drinking water, surviving solely at the mercy of water tankers sent by the government. Rajasthan has the country’s […]
Read more »Could A Lack Of Water Cause Wars?
May 4th, 2016
Via Scientific American, a look at whether water scarcity poses a greater risk of turmoil under global warming: Water scarcity is expected to increase globally as populations boom and climate change sharpens uncertainty around the resource’s availability, according to a report by the World Bank. The conclusion adds to a growing body of research, and […]
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