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The Parched Tiger: India’s Plans To Divert Excess Water Under Indus Treaty For Irrigation
July 6th, 2021
Via Mint, a report on India’s plans to fully utilize its share of water under the Indus treaty: India is working on exercising its rights to stop excess water flowing to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 to irrigate its own lands, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said. After nine years of negotiations, […]
Read more »Is UN Last Diplomatic Stop In Nile Dam Dispute?
July 4th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on Egypt’s case to the UN Security Council that – without an agreement – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens peace and security in the region: Egypt has so far played the Nile Dam dispute with Ethiopia straight by the diplomatic book, seeking a solution via mediated negotiation, working with and […]
Read more »Why Water Levels in Megadrought-Impacted Southwestern States Have Experts Concerned
July 4th, 2021
Via ABC News, an article on why water levels in megadrought-impacted Southwestern states have some experts concerned: California was once the site of a gold rush. But now arguably one of the most precious commodities in parts of the state and in the Southwest is something else entirely — water — as the region grapples […]
Read more »‘Megadrought’ Along Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations
July 4th, 2021
Via SmartWater Magazine, an article on how the United States and Mexico are tussling over their dwindling shared water supplies after years of unprecedented heat and insufficient rainfall: The United States and Mexico are tussling over their dwindling shared water supplies after years of unprecedented heat and insufficient rainfall. Sustained drought on the middle-lower Rio Grande since the mid-1990s […]
Read more »Mekong River Commission Calls for Improved Hydropower Data Sharing
July 1st, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on the Mekong River Commission’s efforts to improve hydropower data sharing: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has urged China and its Southeast Asian member states to share more data on hydropower operations that are contributing to the increasingly wild fluctuation in water levels on the vital waterway. In its latest situation report, released […]
Read more »Jordan Suffers Summer Of Water Shortages
July 1st, 2021
Via , a report on Jordan’s water scarcity crisis: Jordanians face the country’s worse water shortage in almost a decade due to the combined effect of weak rainfall and water overuse during COVID-19 lockdowns. The arid country had only 60 per cent of the rainfall it usually gets between October 2020 and May 2021, leaving […]
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