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The Thirsty Dragon: Tapping Tibetan Rivers To Ease Distant Thirst
October 30th, 2017
Via The South China Morning Post, an interesting report on a Chinese engineering plan for a 1,000km tunnel to make Xinjiang’s desert bloom: Chinese engineers are testing techniques that could be used to build a 1,000km tunnel – the world’s longest – to carry water from Tibet to Xinjiang, experts involved in the project say. […]
Read more »Iran’s New Energy Minister Vows Action on Chronic Water Crisis
October 30th, 2017
Via Iran’s Financial Tribune, a report a new Minister’s intention to revisit an excessive and imprudent trend of dam construction in the past several decades: Preserving water resources and reforming the national wastewater system amid a chronic water crisis are front and center to plans of Reza Ardakanian, Iran’s new energy minister who boasts environmentally-friendly credentials. Prior […]
Read more »Is Sustainable Cooperation On The Mekong Possible?
October 30th, 2017
Via The Diplomat, a look at the political realities — starting with China — that make Mekong management difficult: The latest Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy took place from October 25-27 in Yangon, Myanmar. This forum is the biggest annual affair aiming to raise awareness and share research-based knowledge about sustainable development […]
Read more »Iran Pushing to Finalize New Water, Power Deals
October 29th, 2017
Via Iran’s Financial Tribune, a report on Iranian government’s efforts to revive Lake Urmia, once Iran’s largest salt lake that dried up a few years back which has now been reduced to a thin body of water: Iran is finalizing a flurry of new deals in the water and power sectors while efforts are underway […]
Read more »Cape Town Rations Water Before Reservoirs Hit Zero
October 28th, 2017
Via Circle of Blue, a look at Cape Town’s water crisis: It’s called Day Zero, the day when the six main reservoirs that supply Cape Town will be drained of water. For Cape Town and the Western Cape province of South Africa, which enter the dry season after three consecutive years of significantly below-average rainfall, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Troubled Waters
October 21st, 2017
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a detailed look at the tragedy of India’s Yamuna River which, born in a glacier in the Himalayas, is so defiled by the time it leaves Delhi that it can’t sustain life: The Yamuna River that flows through this ancient city has helped sustain some of India’s greatest empires. […]
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