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After Cape Town, More African Cities Face Water Crisis
February 7th, 2018
Via Voice of America, a report on potential future African water crises: African cities need to better plan and invest in water infrastructure, global accounting firm Deloitte said on Tuesday, as Cape Town counts down to dry taps due to severe drought. Officials predict taps in the South African city will run out of water […]
Read more »Groundwater Storage Improves the UAE’s Water Resilience: Could it be a Model for the Middle East?
February 7th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a report on the United Arab Emirates’ use of groundwater storage to improve resilence: In 2010 it was estimated that the United Arab Emirates had access to a four day reserve supply of fresh water, an amount that was deemed insufficient. To minimise the vulnerabilities in its water supply network, Abu Dhabi, the […]
Read more »Why Cape Town Is Running Out of Water, and Who’s Next
February 3rd, 2018
Via National Geographic, a look at the hydrocopalypse unfolding in Cape Town and other cities around the world that may face similar crises: By late spring, four million people in the city of Cape Town—one of Africa’s most affluent metropolises—may have to stand in line surrounded by armed guards to collect rations of the region’s most […]
Read more »Boko Haram: Exacerbating and Benefiting From Food and Water Insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin
February 1st, 2018
Via Future Directions International, commentary on the impact that water insecurity is having upon the rise/influence of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region: Key Points The Lake Chad basin suffers from multiple security stressors, including widespread unemployment, poverty and conflict. Rising food and water insecurity exacerbates the tensions that arise from these stressors. Food […]
Read more »The Water Scarcity Problem That’s Destroying Countries
January 31st, 2018
Courtesy of Business Connect, insightful commentary on the world’s water scarcity challenge: Clean water. It’s something almost all of us take for granted. We turn on the tap, fill our cup, let some spill over, and then guzzle it down. It’s a privilege we fail to recognize. There is a colossal water scarcity problem in […]
Read more »Tehran Residents Warned Again About Water Consumption
January 29th, 2018
Via The Financial Tribune, an article on Tehran’s water supply crisis: Tehran’s water consumption is about 1.5 times over and above the national average, the head of Tehran’s Management and Planning Organization said. “Water consumption has increased at a shocking rate in the city and in the province of Tehran. Imprudent use of the dwindling […]
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