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Water ‘Wars’ Wash Over The World
January 16th, 2020
Via South Africa’s Mail & Guardian, an OpEd examining the impact of global water scarcity: More people around the world are fighting over water, according to the Pacific Institute, a United States-based think tank. But in Africa the rate of the increase in water-related conflicts is proportionally less than it was in previous decades. Data […]
Read more »Water Levels In Iran’s Southern Dams Rising After years
January 16th, 2020
Via The Iran Project, an update on Iran’s water situation: Deluge in the past few days in southern and southeastern Iran has inflicted damages on cities, villages and roads and endangered lives. But at the same time it has helped fill dams that saw little water in years. “There are 30 dams in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, […]
Read more »The Merchants of Thirst
January 11th, 2020
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting article on how – in many developing countries – private water tanker operators profit from growing water scarcity: It had been 11 days since a ruptured valve reduced Kupondole district’s pipeline flow to a dribble, and the phones at Pradeep Tamanz’s tanker business wouldn’t stop ringing. A […]
Read more »Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Deadlocked Over Giant Nile Dam
January 11th, 2020
Via Reuters, a look at the current state of deliberations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the Grand Renaissance Dam: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan remained deadlocked after two days of talks in their disputes over a giant hydropower dam on the Nile though Cairo said it hoped the issues would be resolved by Jan. 15 […]
Read more »Asia’s Great Rivers: Climate Crisis, Pollution Put Billions At Risk
January 11th, 2020
Via Terra Daily, a report on the potential risk facing Asia’s great rivers: The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region — the world’s “Third Pole” — are vanishing as the planet warms, the ice that once fed the great rivers of Asia is all but lost, and with it much of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Spends Record Sums On Water Conservation In 2019
January 11th, 2020
Via China’s Global Times, a report on China’s increased investment into water conservation projects in 2019: China spent a record 726 billion yuan (104.46 billion U.S. dollars) on water conservation projects in 2019, said a senior official with the Ministry of Water Resources Thursday. The country started the construction of 23 key water conservation projects and completed […]
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