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The Parched Tiger: India’s Groundwater Crisis: The Consequences of Unsustainable Pumping
November 8th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on India’s groundwater crisis: Key Points India’s groundwater usage is the highest in the world and supplies 85 per cent of drinking water in rural areas. Most groundwater is used for agricultural irrigation and an improvement in the industry’s water efficiency is essential for reducing groundwater demand. The depletion […]
Read more »Israel: Effective Supply-Side Solutions but is Water Security Still Threatened?
November 8th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a look at Israel’s water security: Background With two-thirds of the country classed as arid, and the other third semi-arid, Israel has always had to generate creative solutions to ensure that it remains water-secure. Israel has successfully generated surplus water, an effort that is praised by countries facing similar water shortages. […]
Read more »Regional Cooperation and Water Security In South Asia
November 8th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a two piece series on regional cooperation and water security in South Asia: Key Points Strong governance mechanisms between countries are crucial to ensuring that physical supplies of water throughout the region are maintained and able to sustain agricultural production. India and Pakistan have developed what is considered to be a […]
Read more »Water: From Thales to Israeli-Palestinian Apartheid
November 4th, 2017
Via The Politic, thoughtful commentary on how an ancient philosopher’s theory brings water politics in Israel and Palestine to the fore: ON A SCORCHING day in Tel Aviv, a child kicks off her flip flops and dives into her family’s private pool. Her mother, watering can in hand, watches her play from across the garden. About one […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon:China Denies Brahmaputra Tunnel Reports, Promises Cross-Border River Cooperation
November 1st, 2017
Via Zee News, an article on an earlier report that China plans to build a 1,000-km tunnel from Tibet to the water-starved Xinjiang region: China has denied reports that it is working on a 1,000-km tunnel aimed at diverting the River Brahmaputra. It categorically denied the report, which appeared in a Hong Kong-based newspaper, and claimed that […]
Read more »Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
November 1st, 2017
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Jordan’s water crisis: From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with vegetation. Jordan’s reservoirs are only one-fifth full, a record low, and vital winter […]
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