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Missing: 1.5 Billion Tons Of Water
August 8th, 2020
Via The Washington Post, a look at the impact of the Colorado River’s decreasing flows: On New Year’s Day in 2018, Paul Kehmeier and his father drove up Grand Mesa until they got to the county line, 10,000 feet above sea level. Instead of the three to five feet of snow that should have been […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Mumbai’s Water Levels
August 8th, 2020
Via The Hindustan Times, a report on Mumbai’s water crisis: The seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai have shown slight increase in water stock as water level reached 37.36% on Wednesday morning, up from 34.95% useful water content on Tuesday morning. The water level in the lakes was 89.96% this time last year. The […]
Read more »Iran: Impact of Decades of Unsustainable Water Use
August 4th, 2020
Via The Conversation, a look at the impact that decades of unsustainable water use has had in Iran: Salt storms are an emerging threat for millions of people in north-western Iran, thanks to the catastrophe of Lake Urmia. Once one of the world’s largest salt lakes, and still the country’s largest lake, Urmia is now barely […]
Read more »Azerbaijan Villagers Plead For Water As Vital River Dries Up
July 30th, 2020
Via Terra Daily, a report on Azerbaijan’s water stress: The village of Banka in Azerbaijan should have plentiful supplies of water as it lies beside one of the country’s mightiest rivers, the Kura. But the river has shallowed dramatically this summer and has become contaminated with salty seawater, in what experts warn is an unfolding […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Mumbai Water Supply Levels Decline for a Third Year
July 29th, 2020
Via Future Directions International, a report on Mumbai’s water challenge: Mumbai, a city of 20 million on the west coast of India, often experiences considerable water supply challenges, especially in the month before the start of the annual monsoon. At the end of June 2019, the city’s water supply was barely enough to meet demand for […]
Read more »Russia’s Quick Fixes Won’t Solve Crimea’s Water Woes
July 28th, 2020
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of Crimea’s current drought, which has been made worse by the fact that it’s the first Crimea has experienced since losing access to crucial Ukrainian water reserves in 2014: Russia’s ongoing efforts to stretch Crimea’s dwindling water supplies will only slightly delay the need to permanently fix the region’s insufficient water […]
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