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The Qosh Tepa Canal: A Source of Hope in Afghanistan
December 1st, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on the Qosh Tepal Canal project which faces many challenges, not the least of which is unease in Central Asia about water security: In Afghanistan, a desolate landscape almost entirely secluded from the rest of the world and burdened by starvation and severe climate changes, my father finds comfort in […]
Read more »Mexico City’s Water Crisis
December 1st, 2023
Via China Asia Daily, a report on Mexico City’s water crisis where citizens are turning to conservation efforts as the capital battles severe scarcity amid low rain levels, drought: Mexico City is enacting various strategies to combat severe water scarcity, as a yearslong lack of rainfall continues to impact the local water supply. The water […]
Read more »Tensions Bubbling At Thirsty Arizona Alfalfa Farms Owned By Foreign Firms
November 30th, 2023
Via National Post, an article on the continued tensions bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water: A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock’s family has used groundwater to grow forage crops […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River
November 30th, 2023
Via Wired, an article on India’s efforts to restore the Ganges river, one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted: IN THE MORNINGS in Varanasi, the air on the banks of the Ganges fills with the scent of burning bodies. On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, […]
Read more »In California, Farmers Test a Method to Sink More Water into Underground Stores
November 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a look at a novel California program which reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust water system: In recent decades, as water has grown increasingly precious, Californians have tried countless ways to find more of it and make it last […]
Read more »A Dry Mexico Battles A Hydrocracy
November 30th, 2023
Via El Pais, a look at how Mexico faces a problem of lack of water because the rules have favored little coordination, a reduced budget, as well as the concentration of water in the hands of a few: According to official figures, Mexico has never had better access to water. 96% of people have access to […]
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