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Taliban Agree to Supply Iran’s Water Share: Envoy
May 17th, 2023
Via Tasnim News Agency, a report that the Taliban delegation attending a meeting in China has pledged that Kabul will allow Iran to have its share of water from the joint resources under a bilateral treaty, Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi said. Commenting on the issues discussed with the Taliban delegation on […]
Read more »States Near Historic Deal To Protect Colorado River
May 17th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on a potential historic deal to protect the Colorado River: After nearly a year wrestling over the fate of their water supply, California, Arizona and Nevada — the three key states in the Colorado River’s current crisis — have coalesced around a plan to voluntarily conserve a major portion of […]
Read more »Morocco Boosts Funding, Ambitions for 30-Year Water Plan
May 17th, 2023
According to the World Bank, nearly 88 percent of water in Morocco, one of the world’s most water-scarce countries, is used for agriculture. By 2050, without significant change, water availability is projected to fall, further straining the drinking water supply for the nation’s 37 million residents. In 2020, the country announced a 30-year National Water […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Mekong Water Use Tests China’s Claimed ‘Good-Neighborliness’
May 16th, 2023
Via The Pacific Forum, a look at China’s use of Mekong River water: China claims to be a uniquely benevolent international actor—a great power that, unlike other great powers past and present, does not practice “power politics” (self-interested bullying of smaller states) and is not “selfish” or warlike. The PRC government styles itself as the custodian of principles […]
Read more »Uruguay Drought Forces Government to Subsidize Bottled Water
May 15th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on the growing intensity of Uruguay’s drought crisis: Uruguay’s government is now subsidizing bottled water in the capital Montevideo and neighboring cities as a three-year drought has triggered the South American country’s worst drinking water crisis in at least half a century. “This is a drought where it rained 60% less […]
Read more »Iran Pursuing Water Rights from Helmand River
May 15th, 2023
Via Tasnim News, a report that Iran is pursuing water rights from Afghanistan’s Helmand River Securing Iran’s water rights from the Helmand (Hirmand) River is a major priority of the government, Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian said, adding that the country will make its utmost effort in this regard. Mehrabian made the comment late […]
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