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Failing Water System Is South Africa’s Next Crisis
March 20th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Johannesburg’s water crisis: Large swath of Johannesburg left without water for 11 days Africa’s biggest bulk water company unable to meet demand South Africa is facing the prospect of a breakdown in the water supply to its industrial heartland and most-populated region, adding to the woes of an economy battered […]
Read more »Risks Ease For Colorado River Reservoirs After Wet Winter, but Long-Term Challenges Loom
March 19th, 2024
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an article on the impact that a wet winter has had upon the Colorado River: After a wet year and a push to conserve water in the Southwest, federal officials say the risk of the Colorado River’s reservoirs declining to critically low levels has substantially eased for the next […]
Read more »US Threat Assessment: Water A National Security Risk, For Iran in Particular
March 16th, 2024
In their annual threat assessment, US spy agencies note climate, water, food stress abroad as national security risks, calling out Iran’s water shortages in particular: The Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community reports: “The accelerating effects of climate change are placing more of the world’s population, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, at […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Running Dry
March 16th, 2024
Via CNN, a look at India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ which is running dry as residents urged to take fewer showers and use disposable cutlery: The water tanker arrives once every two weeks, its 1,000 liters expected to serve hundreds of people in this suburb of India’s most high-tech metropolis, where women carrying empty buckets come clamoring to quench their […]
Read more »Brussels Warns of Water Conflict Danger in EU
March 14th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on how water scarcity risks sparking conflict among European Union countries unprepared for a warming world: Water scarcity risks sparking conflict among European Union countries unprepared for a warming world, the bloc’s executive will warn next week, according to a leaked document obtained by POLITICO. The stark message is part […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Expands Rural Water Coverage
March 14th, 2024
Via ECNS.com, a report on Chinese efforts to expand water supplies into remote areas: With 90 percent of its rural population already having access to tap water, China will strive to ensure such safe drinking water reaches one-fifth of the remaining rural residents this year, even though most of them live in sparsely-populated areas where […]
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