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The Parched Tiger: Waiting For The Water Train In Scorching India
May 17th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on the particular impact that India’s current heat wave is having upon communities already suffering from water scarcity: Afroz misses school every day to spend hours waiting with a handcart full of containers for a special train bringing precious water to people suffering a heatwave in India’s desert state of […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Impacting 40% Of The World’s Population
May 17th, 2022
Via UBS, an investment brief on water scarcity: More than 98% of the Southwest is in drought this week, according to the monitor, which noted that reservoir storage levels were below-normal in all Western states except for Washington. In California, which is entirely in drought conditions, two of the state’s largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake […]
Read more »Turkey Rejects Iran Accusations Over Dam-Building Activity
May 16th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on Turkey’s response to Iranian accusations over dam-building activity: Turkey’s foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed Iranian criticism that Ankara’s dam-building activity was responsible for drought. “Claims that dams in Turkey cause sand and dust storms in our geography are far from scientific,” ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said in a statement. […]
Read more »World’s Top Five Risks Are All Water Related
May 16th, 2022
Via SIWI, a report noting that the world’s top five risks are all water-related: Every year, the World Economic Forum asks some 1,000 decision-makers from the public sector, business, academia and civil society across the globe to assess the risks facing the world over the decade to come. This year’s Global Risks Report, the 15th, stands […]
Read more »Is A Water Crisis Brewing Between Turkey And Iran?
May 14th, 2022
Via Al Monitor, a look at the growing discord between Turkey and Iran over transboundary waters and dam construction: A row over transboundary waters is simmering between Turkey and Iran, adding to recent tensions over the formation of a new government in Iraq and the control of the Iraqi region of Sinjar. Irked by Turkey’s construction […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Wells Are Drying Up
May 14th, 2022
Via Mongabay, an article on the growing groundwater crisis in India: Borewells around the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh are drying up which indicate groundwater depletion in the river basin. The natural flow of the river has also been affected due to rampant sand mining and the construction of big dams. Overexploitation of river water, […]
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