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The World’s Most Water-Stressed Cities
July 30th, 2016
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at the world’s most water stressed cities: where more than 2.5 billion people don’t have access to basic levels of fresh water for at least one month each year – a situation growing ever more critical as urban populations expand rapidly: In the southern reaches of Egypt, the city […]
Read more »Israel’s Mediterranean Desalination Plants Could Shift Middle East’s Water Balance
July 26th, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how Israel’s desalination could remake the region’s politics and ecology but hasn’t yet: The water that flows into Sorek desalination plant is drawn from near the Mediterranean Sea floor. Pumped inland, the water is cleansed, step by step, of salts and impurities. The transmutation does not take […]
Read more »Water Security in South Asia: Running Dry and Running Out of Options
July 22nd, 2016
Via The Cipher Brief, commentary on water security in South Asia: In the latest dispute between India and Pakistan, Islamabad has taken New Delhi to the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague over a longstanding water treaty. The move does not bode well for bilateral mediation between the two adversarial neighbors, and it underscores […]
Read more »Mexico: Potential Water Crisis In A Decade
July 22nd, 2016
Via Mexico News Daily, a report on Mexico’s impending water crisis: In just 10 years’ time Mexico could be suffering a widespread water crisis, warns the Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA). The warning came in a recent presentation on water vulnerability in Mexico in the face of climate change by IMTA’s coordinator of hydrology, Mario […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: A Water Stress Map of China
July 20th, 2016
Via China Water Risk, an interesting look at China’s water stress: Highlights -BWS is a measurement of the level of competition & depletion of available water; high value = more competition -Main distinction: BWS-China uses detailed data from govt sources vs BWS-Global which uses country data -BWS-China shows less stress in downstream areas of Yellow […]
Read more »Water Insecurity In The Arab World
July 19th, 2016
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on water stress in the Middle East: Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to most of the world’s poorest states or territories in terms of water resources, including Bahrain, Djibouti, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. This shortage – exacerbated […]
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