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The Parched Tiger: In City Prone to Drought, Chennai’s Water Packagers Rush In
May 12th, 2017
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at how millions of Indians rely on an enormous bottled water industry: Before he delivered bottled water to this city’s thirsty homes and businesses, T. Rajan tried all manner of entrepreneurial enterprises. He sold scrap paper and cardboard to recyclers. He built a street corner chai and […]
Read more »Rising Tide: America Has A Water Crisis No One Is Talking About
May 11th, 2017
Via Vox, a very good article on what is likely to be a trigger for a new wave of water politics in the United States’ near future – namely, outdated infrastructure making water too expensive for millions of families: Access to clean water is a basic human right. Yet for 14 million US households, or 12 percent […]
Read more »Africa’s Aral Sea?
May 7th, 2017
Via Yahoo!, a report on the tensions arising over Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam’s impact on Lake Turkana: The beach looks ready for war: in the sparse lakeshore shade hundreds wait, sweaty from the heat, weapons at their feet. In Kenya’s hot, dry and lawless north even the fishermen are armed, but guns will not save […]
Read more »Climate Change Will Likely Worsen Tension Over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
May 6th, 2017
Via E&E News, a look at the role that climate change could have in fostering increased water conflict in Africa: Climate change could play a role in exacerbating water conflict in Africa, likely worsening geopolitical wrangling over issues like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The dam, a 6,450-megawatt hydropower project that’s nearing completion just miles […]
Read more »Food and Water Security In South Asia 2030
May 4th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on food and water security in South Asia 2030: Key Points A rising population and the need to feed and water it will likely be a cause of food and water insecurity in South Asia out to 2030. Climate change will intensify this food and water insecurity. Given the […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Silicon Valley Is Dying Of Thirst
May 2nd, 2017
Courtesy of Wired, an interesting article on the water challenges facing India’s preeminent high tech city: As groundwater wells run dry, the task of supplying Bangalore’s residents and office parks has been taken up by privately operated tanker trucks. ON THE OUTSKIRTS of Bangalore one morning last summer, a sullen young man named Manjunath stood […]
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