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Drought Gripping Morocco Is Bad Omen for Global Food Supplies
June 30th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how Morocco’s unrelenting dry spell is ushering in record wheat imports and risking fruit and vegetable sales abroad: Mohamed Sadiri has farmed the same 3 hectares in western Morocco since 1963, and he’s never seen the land this parched. Wheat yields plummeted last year to 1 ton per hectare (2.5 […]
Read more »In Delhi’s Parched Slums, Life Hangs on a Hose and a Prayer
June 28th, 2024
Via the New York Times, an article on how a heat wave has left water in short supply across India’s capital region. The poorest are left to crowd around tankers to get whatever they can: Before the water tanker rolled into one of New Delhi’s largest slums, Arvind Kumar was pacing between the gate of […]
Read more »Water-Rich Gila River Tribe Near Phoenix Flexes Its Political Muscles In A Drying West
June 27th, 2024
Via AP News, a look at the role that the water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix can play in a drying West: Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River […]
Read more »Conflict Flowing Down River: The Water War Between U.S. and Mexico
June 27th, 2024
Via The Week, an article on rising water tensions between the U.S. and Mexico: The U.S. and Mexico are experiencing another border dispute, and this one is about water. The conflict stems from an 80-year-old treaty where the countries agreed to share water from the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. However, because water is […]
Read more »India-Pakistan Water Cooperation Returns to Kashmir
June 26th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on a hydroelectric inspection which signals increased India-Pakistan engagement amid climate concerns: In a significant move for both regional cooperation and climate resilience, a 40-member team comprising experts from India, Pakistan, and the World Bank arrived in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir this week to inspect two hydroelectric […]
Read more »Looking Beneath The Surface: Does Arizona Have Enough Water?
June 26th, 2024
Via NPR, an article on Arizona’s water picture: Brett Fleck does not have an easy job. He manages water for a city in the desert. He has to keep taps flowing while facing a complicated equation: The city is growing — attracting big business and thousands of new residents every year — but its main […]
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