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MENA Region Among Most Water Stressed
August 18th, 2019
Via World Resources Institute, a graphical look at the world’s national water stress rankings, where twelve of the seventeen most water-stressed areas are in the Middle East and North Africa region:
Read more »The Developing World’s Water Crisis
August 16th, 2019
Via The Asia Times, a report on a recent study that shows 15 cities in South Asia, Africa and South America shows where water is inaccessible and unaffordable: Developing economies across Asia, Africa and South America, known as the Global South, are steadily running out of drinking water and accessing what is available is blowing a […]
Read more »Water Insecurity in Southern Iraq Presents Problems for Government
August 15th, 2019
Via Future Directions International, an article on Four million people in the southern Iraqi province of Basra are water insecure, despite the Shatt al-Arab (formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) flowing through the region. For many years, factors such as reduced water flow, sea water intrusion, pollution and mismanagement of the waterway, […]
Read more »U.S. States Face Water Crisis As Global Heating Increases Strain On Supplies
August 6th, 2019
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on water stress in the United States where New Mexico tops the list of impacted states, followed by California, Arizona, Colorado and Nebraska as problems could intensify with global heating: A handful of US states – including New Mexico and California – are facing significant strains on their water supplies that will only intensify with global […]
Read more »17 Countries, Home to One-Quarter of the World’s Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress
August 6th, 2019
Via the World Resources Institute, a look at the regions of the world facing extreme water stress: Once-unthinkable water crises are becoming commonplace. Reservoirs in Chennai, India’s sixth-largest city, are nearly dry right now. Last year, residents of Cape Town, South Africa narrowly avoided their own “Day Zero” water shut-off. And the year before that, Rome rationed water to […]
Read more »Oil Built Saudi Arabia – Will A Lack Of Water Destroy It?
August 5th, 2019
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on the water emergency threatening Saudi Arabia’s desert existence: Bottles of water twirl on the conveyor belts of the Berain water factory in Riyadh, as a puddle of water collects on the concrete floor. In a second warehouse, tanks emit a low hum as water brought in from precious underground […]
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