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Polluted Water and American Water Injustice
September 21st, 2021
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on a American town – predominantly black – which has poisoned water, while a predominantly white town nearby has clean water: Bobbie Clay first realized something was wrong a few years ago. The water at her Benton Harbor, Michigan, home had started coming out of the tap looking “bubbly and […]
Read more »Egypt’s Ambitious Projects To Meet Growing Water Needs
September 21st, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on how Egypt – amid the stalled negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Egypt fears will reduce its water supply – is working on multiple projects to use its water most efficiently: Egypt is currently working on maximizing all its water resources to meet the growing domestic needs […]
Read more »Egypt’s Choices Narrow On Nile Dam Crisis
September 17th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on how Egypt is working on avoiding any military conflict regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as it explores available options for the next stage: In an interview with Bloomberg television on Sept. 8, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt is committed to talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) […]
Read more »Dam Battles Converge on Cambodia’s 3S Rivers
September 16th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, an article on tensions between fishermen and dam operators in northeastern Cambodia: For decades, Nov Lun and his fellow fishermen harvested the rich bounty of the Sesan River in northeastern Cambodia. Then, three years ago, a giant hydroelectric power plant opened upstream from his village of Kumpun. Irregular water releases from […]
Read more »Depleted by Drought, Lakes Powell and Mead Were Doomed From The Beginning
September 13th, 2021
Via The Washington Post, a report on the history of the Colorado River Basin system, how it was designed and the impacts of climate change shed light on why it was destined to fail: For the first time, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation issued a water shortage for Lake Mead starting in 2022. Located between southern Nevada and […]
Read more »The Colorado River: Hung Out to Dry?
September 13th, 2021
Via Slate, commentary on the crisis affecting the Colorado River: On Aug. 16, the Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency that is part of the Interior Department, held a press conference announcing that for the first time in the 99 years of governmental record-keeping, it was declaring a water shortage on the Colorado River. Starting […]
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