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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 […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: ‘Parched’ Chinese City Plans To Pump Water From Russian Lake
March 8th, 2017
Via Windows on Eurasia, a report on how urban planners in Lanzhou, China have drawn up proposals to pipe water into the chronically dry region from Siberia’s Lake Baikal: China is reportedly considering plans to build a 1,000km (620 mile) pipeline to pump water all the way from Siberia to its drought-stricken northwest. According to reports […]
Read more »Three Maps Show How Water Access Can Make Or Break A Nation
March 7th, 2017
Via ValueWalk, a look at the importance of water access to nation states: Water access can impact a country’s geopolitics in many ways. The first (and one of the most obvious) is sea access. Access to the world’s oceans enables a country to use major maritime shipping routes. It also opens an additional route by which a […]
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