BLOG
Record Drought Hits the Mediterranean Region
March 5th, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, an article on the record drought hitting the Mediterranean region: Severe and prolonged drought events have affected Europe for more than two years and northern Africa for six years, causing water shortages and hampering vegetation growth. The Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published its report Drought in the Mediterranean – January 2024 on the […]
Read more »“We Need To Talk About Water – And The Fact That The World Is Running Out Of It”
March 5th, 2024
Via The Guardian, commentary on the world’s water crisis: There’s a flaw in the plan. It’s not a small one: it is an Earth-sized hole in our calculations. To keep pace with the global demand for food, crop production needs to grow by at least 50% by 2050. In principle, if nothing else changes, this is feasible, […]
Read more »Worrying Water Levels at Kyrgyzstan’s Critical Toktogul Reservoir
March 5th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on the worrying water levels at Kyrgyzstan’s critical Toktogul Reservoir where water levels have dropped closer to a concerning ‘dead’ level: Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Minister of Energy Taalaibek Baygaziev has once again called for consumers to be mindful of their electricity usage as water levels in the Toktogul reservoir drop. In […]
Read more »Mines Exporting To China Threaten Arizona’s Water
March 2nd, 2024
Via the Arizona Capitol Times, an article on how mines exporting to China threaten Arizona’s water This last year, the Arizona government repeatedly received favorable national attention for positive conservation actions: protecting the state’s scarce groundwater supplies from foreign-owned farms that repeatedly violated laws or over-pumped declining aquifers. Last December, Gov. Katie Hobbs was lauded […]
Read more »Colorada To Spend $2B To Replace Water-Hungry Grass
March 2nd, 2024
Via the Colorado Sun, a report on Colorado’s plan to spend >$2B replacing water-hungry grass in the name of conservation: One of Colorado’s leading urban water conservation strategies — turf replacement — could require up to $2.5 billion to save 20,000 acre-feet of water, according to a recent report commissioned by the state’s top water […]
Read more »The Role of Water Governance in Pakistan’s Water Crisis
March 2nd, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the securitization of water governance in Pakistan does not actually help mitigate the water crisis in the country: In February, India stopped the flow of the Ravi River into Pakistan, claiming its exclusive right to use its water under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). The treaty was signed in 1960 with […]
Read more »