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Via the Arab News, a look at Iraq’s worsening water crisis: Across Iraq, water sources that have been taken for granted and relied upon throughout centuries of hardship, chaos and drought are under threat. So too, as a result, are the livelihoods of many people in the country who find themselves facing unprecedented challenges in […]
Read more »Via Terra Daily, a report on Israel’s plans to top up shrinking Sea of Galilee with desalinated water: Israel, a leader in making seawater drinkable, plans to pump excess output from its desalination plants into the Sea of Galilee, depleted by overuse and threatened by climate change. Irregular rainfall, rising temperatures and intensive pumping have overtaxed […]
Read more »Via MSN, a report on a sizable theft of water that occurred in California: A hidden gate to transfer water from a federally owned canal into a parallel canal owned by a local water district is what the Department of Justice says was used to steal over $25 million worth of federally owned water. The […]
Read more »Via Wired, an article on one farmer’s quest to beat California’s waves of drought and deluge: IN THE FIELDS at Terranova Ranch, it was as if a disaster had arrived. Don Cameron, clad in dark green waders, sloshed through the pond that had formed in his orchards and vineyards. More of his crops were underwater than […]
Read more »Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report on the dwindling water levels of Lake Powell: After decades of drought, water levels in Lake Powell, the second-largest humanmade reservoir in the United States, have shrunk to its lowest level since it was created more than 50 years ago, threatening millions of people who rely on its water […]
Read more »Via The Jerusalem Post, a report on the sentencing of water scarcity protestors in Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran slapped over 20 peaceful protestors with up to seven years in prison and 74 lashes for their demonstration against the water scarcity shortage in south-west Iran, according to a report on Saturday by the US-based […]
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