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Transaqua Canal: Proposed Solution To Lake Chad Crisis
March 2nd, 2018
Via Terra Daily, a report on a proposed engineering solution to the Lake Chad crisis: It sounds like something from Wakanda, the futuristic African kingdom of the hit movie “Black Panther”. But “Transaqua” is a very real proposal for a very real problem — how to replenish the shrinking waters of Lake Chad. It imagines […]
Read more »Divided By Drought: Water Scarcity Divides Rich and Poor
March 1st, 2018
Via The Washington Post, analysis of how Cape Town’s water crisis has highlighted the divide between rich and poor: What do you do when your city is running out of water? The answer, at least in one of the world’s most unequal countries, depends on how much money you have. Within the next few months, […]
Read more »The Politics of Drought
February 24th, 2018
Courtesy of The Economist, an article on Cape Town’s water crisis: AT THE edge of Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town, Ntombi Mlityalwa is filling a huge old paint tin from a standpipe, with which she intends to do laundry. As water gushes, she says that it is not always so easy. The tap she is […]
Read more »Africa’s Manmade Water Crisis
February 20th, 2018
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how the imminent shutdown of Cape Town’s piped water network should serve as a wake-up call for all of Africa to overhaul urban water-management systems but may not: About a decade ago, at a meeting of South African mayors convened by Lindiwe Hendricks, South Africa’s then-minister of water and environmental […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Top Court Steps In To help Thirsty Tech Hub
February 20th, 2018
Via Terra Daily, a report on India’s top court’s decision to send more water to Bangalore: India’s water-starved tech hub Bangalore received a much-needed boost on Friday when the country’s top court altered a river-sharing arrangement in its favour, ruling on a bitter dispute that dates back more than a century. The Supreme Court said […]
Read more »Iran: Placing Restrictions On Farming Amid Drought
February 18th, 2018
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s decision to place restrictions on farming amid water shortages: Amid low precipitation and water shortage, the government is going to place restrictions on the cultivation of crops in areas of the country where underground water resources are at alarming levels as of the upcoming Iranian year (starting March […]
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