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In Parched Sri Lanka, Biggest Shortage Is Of Water Policy
October 18th, 2016
Via Thomas Reuters Foundation, a look at Sri Lanka where – as the country cycles between floods and droughts – better water management is needed: In this village in southern Sri Lanka’s Hambantota District, water sales are big business. Beset by a prolonged dry spell and day-time temperatures reaching above 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Is China Seeking To Make A Weapon of Water?
October 13th, 2016
Via the Daily Mail, a look at China’s regional water ambitions: China’s cutting off the flow of a Brahmaputra tributary is just the latest example of its emergence as the upstream water controller through a globally unparalleled hydro-engineering infrastructure centred on dams. Earlier this year, Beijing itself highlighted its water hegemony over downstream countries by […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Angst As China and Laos Dam the Mekong
October 13th, 2016
Via Mongabay, a detailed look at whether – given Laos’ aspirations to become the “battery of Asia” and Chinese dam builders intentions to make it so – Vietnam’s Mekong Delta will survive: Left: The Mekong River and its watershed. Right: The lower Mekong basin. This is the second article of an in-depth, four-part series […]
Read more »Bangladesh Invites Indian Investment In Ganges Barrage Project
October 12th, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on Bangladesh’s interest in having India as a stakeholder in the proposed Ganges Barrage project: Bangladesh is keen to have India as a stakeholder in the proposed Ganges Barrage project. If it is constructed, the barrage will divert water into a 165 kilometre-long reservoir with a capacity of up to […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Should India Turn The Tap Tight On Indus Water?
October 8th, 2016
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the potential for India to use the Indus for political reasons against Pakistan: Ever since the Uri misadventure carried out by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, India has put in cold storage the policy of “strategic restraint” and declared an all-out offensive against Pakistani deep state encompassing the political, diplomatic and economic […]
Read more »Mississippi’s Claim That Tennessee Is Stealing Groundwater Is A U.S. Supreme Court First
October 8th, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at Mississippi’s lawsuit against Tennessee, the first lawsuit over a shared aquifer to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court: Sometime in the next few months, lawyers for the state of Mississippi will stand before a U.S. Supreme Court-appointed legal expert, clear their throats, and argue that Tennessee, […]
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