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The Parched Tiger: India, Pakistan, and the Politics of the Indus River
February 23rd, 2024
Via Harvard’s Mittal South Asia Institute, commentary on the politics of the Indus River: The Mittal Institute’s Syed Babar Ali Fellow, Muhammad Imran Mehsud comes to Cambridge from Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan, where he is an Assistant Professor of International Relations. He is an expert on South Asian transboundary hydropolitics and his research project at the […]
Read more »On The Colorado River, There Are No Simple Disputes
February 23rd, 2024
Via J. Fleck’s Inkstain, commentary on the foundational disputes that are holding up a new agreement on the Colorado River: One of the commentors to our January 19th, 2024, blog post titled “Are We headed for the First Colorado River Compact Tripwire?” – John C. (who, by-the-way runs a very talented water resources engineering firm) […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Revolution Powered by $250B Over Past Decade
February 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of Smart Water Magazine, a look at India’s water revolution which has been powered by a $250B investment in the past decade: India’s Union Cabinet Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat disclosed a US$ 250 billion investment in the country’s water sector over the past decade. Various sectors like irrigation, river purification, drinking water, and groundwater recharge […]
Read more »The Colorado River Is Shrinking: Will Seven States Agree on How To Manage Its Water By March?
February 23rd, 2024
Via Phys.org, commentary on whether whether seven states agree on how to manage Colorado River water by March? The seven Colorado River states face a quickly approaching deadline to present a unified plan for how to manage the drying river that provides water for 40 million people across the West. But major disagreements remain ahead […]
Read more »Rampant Water Pollution Threatens Iraq’s Shrinking Rivers
February 23rd, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on how ampant water pollution is threatening Iraq’s shrinking rivers: Stricken by drought and depleted by upstream dams, Iraq’s once mighty rivers the Tigris and Euphrates are suffocating under pollutants from sewage to medical waste. In a country where half the population lacks access to safe drinking water, according to […]
Read more »This Arizona Aquifer Is Draining Faster Than All But 2 In U.S.
February 23rd, 2024
Via Tuscon.com, an article on the Gila Bend groundwater basin’s rapid decline: The Gila Bend groundwater basin about 125 miles northwest of Tucson has one of the fastest-falling aquifers known on the planet, a new study shows. The aquifer in the Gila Bend Basin — where pumping isn’t regulated — fell faster from 2000 through 2020 than […]
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