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The Thirsty Dragon: Managing China’s Water Stress Drop By Drop
June 14th, 2018
Courtesy of World Resources Institute, a report on China’s water stress where the percentage of population in high/extremely high water stress rose 3% in 2010-2015: With more than one-third of its land area facing high or extremely high water stress, China is working hard to match growing demands for freshwater with the available renewable supply. The government is […]
Read more »Our Dismal Water Future, Mapped
June 13th, 2018
Via the Los Angeles Times, an article on the emerging sobering trends in global freshwater availability: Satellite data and images are provocative, even disturbing. They confront us with a global view that can be at once breathtaking, like a piece of art, and yet, in this era of rapidly changing climate, they paint a picture of […]
Read more »Turkey Uses Ilisu Dam to Play Politics with Iraq’s Water Supply
June 13th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a report on Turkey’s use of Ilisu dam to play politics with Iraq’s water supply: Background Turkey’s decision to start filling the Ilisu dam earlier than promised, took Iraq by surprise. Iraq is currently suffering from a water crisis, as drought and the dams built by Turkey slow the flow of […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis: Product Of Decades Of Bad Planning
June 12th, 2018
Via The Washington Post, a somewhat dated but interesting look at Iran’s water crisis: Iran is headed for a water shortage of epic proportions, and little is being done to reverse a decades-long trend that has reduced the country’s water supply to crisis levels. Changes in the global climate, a century of rampant development and […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Delhi’s Groundwater Plummets
June 12th, 2018
Via the Third Pole, a look at India where – as Delhi’s groundwater levels fall to crisis levels – the government moves to limit the use of borewells, a move that activists say is far from enough and not based on any detailed information of water needs and usage: As the summer season begins in […]
Read more »Tehran Faces Crisis As Iran’s Water Supply Runs Low
June 11th, 2018
Via Circle of Blue, a report on Tehran, which could soon be the epicenter of Iran’s water crisis: Iran is on the fast track to severe water scarcity. The semi-arid country faces an onslaught of threats to its water supply, including climate change, population growth, mass migration, political instability, and resource mismanagement. Tehran, the capital and […]
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