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Nevada May Create ‘Water Court’ System
March 4th, 2021
Via The Review Journal, a report that Nevada may create a new ‘water court’: As disputes over water rights increasingly end up in lengthy legal battles, the Nevada Supreme Court is potentially looking to reshape how the nation’s driest state handles water law. Nevada’s high court on Wednesday held a public hearing on a petition […]
Read more »Hundreds of Wells Alleviate Water Shortages in Venezuelan Capital
March 4th, 2021
Via InterPress Service, a report on how Venezuelans are trying to navigate their water scarcity challenges: Thousands of families in the Venezuelan capital have dipped into their savings or gone into debt, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in this country since the 19th century, so that their building has access to a well […]
Read more »Future Upper Colorado River Basin Water Use Estimates Confound Planning
March 3rd, 2021
Via The Colorado Sun, an article on the complexity and politics involved in Colorado River water use estimates: Some water experts fear that a long-held aspiration to develop more water in the Upper Colorado River Basin is creating another chance to let politics and not science lead the way on river management. “Alternative Management Paradigms […]
Read more »Chipmakers In Drought-Hit Taiwan Order Water Trucks To Prepare For ‘the worst
March 1st, 2021
Via Yahoo! Finance, a report on how Taiwanese technology companies are responding to Taiwan’s drought conditions: Taiwan chipmakers are buying water by the truckload for some of their foundries as the island widens restrictions on water supply amid a drought that could exacerbate a chip supply crunch for the global auto industry. Some auto makers […]
Read more »Why Water Conflict is Rising, Especially on the Local Level
February 26th, 2021
Via The Center for Climate and Security, an article on water conflict: That future wars will be fought over water, rather than oil, has become something of a truism, particularly with regard to the Middle East. It’s also one that most water experts have refuted time and time and time again. But while this preference for cooperation over conflict may (and emphasis […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Winter Crops Shrink by 20% As Groundwater Depletes
February 26th, 2021
Via The Print, a report on how India could see winter crop cultivation shrink by 20% as groundwater depletes: Decrease in groundwater levels and the inadequate irrigation capacity of canals could reduce India’s winter crop acreage by up to 20 per cent, a new study has warned. Indian farmers have been battling depleting groundwater since the […]
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