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Iraq: Kurdish Dam Building Spree Threatens Fragile Water Supplies
October 14th, 2020
Via Future Directions International, a report on how planned Kurdish dams may impact Iraq’s fragile water supply: A proposal to build several dams in Iraqi Kurdistan has sparked concerns that new dams in the region could lead to further water shortages in the rest of Iraq, as well as concerns that the proposed dams could cause significant damage […]
Read more »Mongolia Plans River Diversion As Mining Boom Sucks Gobi Dry
October 14th, 2020
Via Third Pole, an article on Mongolian’ plans to address its water scarcity challenge via river diversion: In school geography textbooks around the world, Mongolia’s Gobi desert is cited as the main example of a cold desert. It occupies almost the entire southern region of the country, covering approximately 350,000 square kilometres. What is less […]
Read more »Afghanistan and Iran: From Water Treaty To Water Dispute
October 14th, 2020
Via The Interpreter, a report on how a dam near completion on the Helmand River in Afghanistan is at the centre of a disagreement over water rights: With an estimated 75 billion cubic metres (BCM) of water annually, Afghanistan is, on paper, a self-sufficient water country. However, the country also “has one of the lowest levels of water storage capacity in […]
Read more »Water Conflicts in International Rivers
October 12th, 2020
Via ESRI, a report on water conflicts on international rivers: October 24, 2020 is the deadline of the U.S water debt in which Mexico still has to release about 300 million cubic meters of water to the Rio Grande. The U.S. water debt is part of the 1944 treaty about the water utilization of the Rio Grande, Colorado and Tijuana […]
Read more »Why Nile Renaissance Dam Talks Are On Hold For Now
October 11th, 2020
Via Al-Monitor, commentary on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan whcih have been in a state of calm since the last session that was held under the auspices of the African Union and completely failed to reach a binding agreement between all parties: The negotiation session held Aug. 28 between […]
Read more »Water War: America Is Losing Credibility In The Egypt-Ethiopia Dam Dispute
October 8th, 2020
Via National Interest, commentary on how – by not remaining impartial on the issue – the United States has likely jeopardized its chance to be a credible GERD conflict mediator: In early September, the United States decided to suspend up to $130 million in aid to Ethiopia over a “lack of progress” in negotiations with Egypt and Sudan on […]
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