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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Stress Is on the Rise
March 15th, 2017
Via World Resources Institute, a look at China’s water stress: Water stress levels in many parts of China are very high, due to low levels of water supply and very high levels of demand. And new research shows the situation is worsening. Using the baseline water stress metric developed for WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Fast Tracks Hydro Projects In Disputed Kashmir
March 15th, 2017
Via Newsweek, a report on recent actions by India to fast track hydropower projects in Kashmir: India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies. The swift approval of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Proposes Water Pipeline From Russia To Gansu Province
March 15th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a look at China’s proposed a pipeline to pump water from Russia’s Lake Baikal in Siberia to the Gansu province: Chinese urban planners have proposed constructing a pipeline to pump water from Russia’s Lake Baikal in Siberia to the Gansu province, its drought-prone north-west region. The proposed pipeline is 1,000 kilometres long, […]
Read more »Water & Power: A California Heist
March 15th, 2017
Via FastCo, a report on how the battle for water is not just happening in a far-off desert across the globe, but also right here at home: Water & Power: A California Heist—which airs on the National Geographic Channel tonight—unveils how a handful of wealthy agribusinessmen and speculators seized control of dwindling groundwater reserves as a historic […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Source of Mekong, Yellow and Yangtze Rivers Drying Up
March 10th, 2017
Via China Dialogue, a look at how the source of Mekong, Yellow and Yangtze rivers is drying up: A seasonal dry-out in Sanjiangyuan region, the location of the headwaters of the Yellow River, the Yangtze, and the Lancang. In 2015, the Chinese government announced plans to set up a new nature reserve in the Sanjiangyuan (“three river […]
Read more »The Ethiopian Boomtown That Welcomes Water Firms But Leaves Locals Thirsty
March 9th, 2017
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on the Sululta district of Ethiopia’s Oromia region where business is burgeoning but, despite abundant rainfall, half the population has no access to fresh water: Towards the end of the day at the Abyssinia Springs bottled water factory near Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, workers hose down the car park […]
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