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As California’s Big Cities Fail To Rein In Water Use, Rural Communities Are Already Tapped Out
June 6th, 2022
Via CNN, an article on how – as California’s big cities fail to rein in their water use – rural communities are already tapped out: Gary Briggs’ family hasn’t had water coming out of their private well for over a decade, after a multi-year drought and overpumping by agriculture and industry. Now, the eight-acre farm in West […]
Read more »Drought-Stricken US Warned of Looming ‘Dead Pool’
June 6th, 2022
Via BBC, an article on the risk that Lake Mead will fall to such a low level that Hoover Dam may cease to function: A once-in-a-lifetime drought in the western part of the US is turning up dead bodies – but that’s the least of people’s worries. Sitting on the Arizona-Nevada border near Las Vegas, […]
Read more »Pakistan Heading Towards Becoming Water-Scarce Country: Minister
June 6th, 2022
Via Dawn, an article on Pakistan’s water crisis: Expressing concern over the ongoing global climate crisis, Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Sunday said Pakistan was set to become one of the first five water-scarce countries if no immediate action was taken. The country is particularly afflicted and the immediacy of climate change cannot […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Taming The Waters of China’s Grand Canal
June 3rd, 2022
Via The Economist, an article on China’s Grand Canal, full for the first time in decades: When Kublai Khan tired of spending winters at his pleasure-dome in Xanadu, the Mongol overlord of China, who ruled during the 13th century, built a new capital in what is now Beijing. In order to feed the city, he […]
Read more »Pakistan: Water Crisis Looms Over Pindi and Islamabad
June 2nd, 2022
Via Dawn, a look at Pakistan’s growing water crisis: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Rawalpindi cantonment boards may have to start water rationing as water level in Khanpur Dam has dropped to just 24 feet above the dead level. An Official at the reservoir pointed out that there had been a massive decrease in […]
Read more »In Worsening Drought, Southern California Water Restrictions Take Effect
June 2nd, 2022
Via The Washington Post, a report on new restrictions in Southern California: The forecast for Southern California grass is yellow and brown from here on out. On Wednesday, new restrictions on outdoor water use go into effect for more than 6 million residents in the Los Angeles area. The rules, set by the Metropolitan Water District of […]
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