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Iran: Water Shortages Could Displace 50 Million People
August 11th, 2016
Via the Financial Tribune, an alarming report on the severity of Iran’s water challenges: Severity of the water shortage in Iran has not yet dawned on the general public. Even government authorities had not acknowledged the depth of problem until only recently. Negligence and carelessness now has Iran facing hard times. “We are now dealing […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Three Gorges…Disgorged
August 11th, 2016
Via The Economist, a look at China’s Three Gorges dam: OUTSIDE China, the monster Three Gorges dam across the Yangzi river is one of the most reviled engineering projects ever built. It is blamed for fouling the environment and causing great suffering among the 1.2m people who were relocated to make way for its reservoir. […]
Read more »Iraq: The Land Between Two Threatened Rivers
August 11th, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a look at Iraq’s water crisis: Key Points Iraq depends on surface water from the Tigris-Euphrates river system for almost all of its water and increased groundwater exploitation over the past decade could exhaust aquifers by 2030. Infrastructural damage, sustained after decades of government mismanagement, neglect and war, will continue to […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis
August 11th, 2016
Courtesy of the Tehran Times, an article on Iran’s water crisis: Drying lakes and rivers, declining groundwater resources, land subsidence, water contamination, water supply rationing and disruptions, forced migration, agricultural losses, salt and sand storms, and ecosystem damages are the modern water-related issues of a nation which was once recognized as the pioneer of sustainable […]
Read more »Water in the West Bank: Palestinians Go Thirsty
August 11th, 2016
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how Palestinians are going thirsty, despite sitting on an underground ocean: IYAD QASSEM is trying to run a coffee shop without water. He reuses the stuff in his sink, which quickly fills with muck, and in the shishas that Palestinians puff on his patio. It would be a […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China an Russia’s Competing Interests on the Mighty Amur River
August 10th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at the Amur River, a shared resource between China and Russia: Forecast China’s and Russia’s intentions for the Amur River Basin will continue to be fundamentally at odds: Moscow wants to use it for transport and security, while Beijing wants to harness its power for energy and agriculture. […]
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