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Central Asia: Running Out of Water
July 22nd, 2021
Via IWMI, an article on water in Central Asia: To ensure that the voices of his region are heard at the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit, Oyture Anarbekov, IWMI’s Country Manager for Uzbekistan, convened a regional dialogue with partners that focused on the challenges facing Central Asia and the interconnected nature of food and water systems. […]
Read more »The Massive Plumbing System Moving Water Across Colorado’s Mountains Has Less To Work With
July 21st, 2021
Via Aspen Public Radio, a look at the massive plumbing system that moves water across Colorado’s mountains which – this year – is finding less to go around: High up on Colorado’s Independence Pass, a narrow, winding road weaves through the evergreens and across mountain streams, up and over the Continental Divide at more than […]
Read more »New Mexico: Swift Action Needed To Address Dwindling Water Supply
July 21st, 2021
Via the Santa Fe New Mexican, a report on the state’s dwindling water supply: Drive past any major body of water in New Mexico, and you will probably see the harsh reality of the state’s drought. Simply put, our water supply is pretty much tapped out. “There is no buffer left … no cushion,” David […]
Read more »The Thirsty West’s Dreaded Water Crisis Is Here
July 21st, 2021
Via The Washington Post, an OpEd on water in the US West: To grow up in the American West in the 20th century was to swing between inferiority and hubris. Our history books taught us that all great and elevated events happened back east. We should go there someday and study the monuments. At the […]
Read more »A Drought So Dire That a Utah Town Stopped Building
July 20th, 2021
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how drought caused one town in Utah to stop growth: Across the western United States, a summer of record-breaking drought, heat waves and megafires exacerbated by climate change is forcing millions of people to confront an inescapable string of disasters that challenge the future of growth. […]
Read more »Egypt Visits DRC (Chair of African Union) To Discuss Cooperation
July 20th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on a recent visit of the Egyptian water minister to the Democratic Republic of the Congo which is currently chairing the African Union, which is mediating on the dispute over Ethiopia’s dam on the Nile River: Egypt’s water minister visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday. Congo is currently chairing […]
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