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Where Will The Future’s Water Crises Hit Hardest?
March 27th, 2017
Via Popular Science, a look at the globe’s water worries: In some parts of the world, clean water flows straight from a tap. In others, people trek for miles to reach a potable source. How do we measure the availability of this essential resource? Compare the amount of water a region uses to the size of its water […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: PMO Told That Water Wars Are Near In ‘Water-Stressed’ India
March 26th, 2017
Via the New Indian Express, an article on India’s water stress: With demand outstripping supply of water, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is waking up to the possibility of water scarcity triggering social unrest in the country and leading to water wars between states. “The growing scarcity of water is manifesting itself in the form […]
Read more »Mexico’s Water Crisis
March 26th, 2017
Via Mexico News Daily, a report on Mexico’s water crisis: Mexico is facing a water crisis that affects millions of people across the country and it’s only going to get worse in future, warns at least one expert. According to the National Water Commission (Conagua), 9 million people don’t have access to potable water and […]
Read more »Drafting Pakistan’s Water Policy
March 23rd, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, an interview with Simi Kamal, one of Pakistan’s foremost water experts, on how a water policy can be developed for the country, how money can be raised, and what details need to be included: Zofeen T Ebrahim (ZTE): Why doesn’t the government of Pakistan have a water policy yet? Simi Kamal (SK): They have […]
Read more »Countries Facing The Highest Risk of Water Scarcity
March 23rd, 2017
Via Jai Shroff’s blog, a report on some of the countries facing the highest risk of water scarcity and what their governments are doing about it: In 2013, the World Resource Institute (WRI) Aqueduct project conducted a water-stress evaluation that looked at 100 river basins in 180 countries. Researchers calculated how much water is withdrawn […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Tibet’s Waters for Xinjiang – Another Diversion of the Brahmaputra?
March 22nd, 2017
Via Claude Arpi, commentary on another potential plan for diverting the headwaters of the Yalung Tsangpo river: I often mentioned on this blog, the different ‘diversion’ schemes, whether of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) or the Indus River. Now, a new one has come to light. According to an official Chinese website, during the ‘Two Sessions’, […]
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