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Via BBC News, a report on Morocco’s drought: Morocco’s second-largest reservoir that serves some of its major cities and has been central to farm irrigation is drying up, according to satellite images analysed by the BBC. Al Massira Dam, which sits around halfway between Casablanca and Marrakesh, contains just 3% of the average amount of […]
Read more »Via The Water Network, an article on desalination: Desalination is not the only approach that will be required to solve the world’s water scarcity problems. However, it will likely emerge as a central pillar to manage water scarcity. Already today, cities like Barcelona or San Diego would run out of water without desalination plants during […]
Read more »Via the Stanford Report, commentary on the future of water in the Southwest: Low water levels reveal the rocky shores of Lake Powell, formed by the damming of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, near Page, Arizona. (Image credit: Getty Images) Sustaining the American Southwest is the Colorado River. But demand, damming, diversion, […]
Read more »Via Tuscon Sentinel, an article on the water/energy trade offs in a proposed $100 million Colorado River deal: Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon is as busy as it is majestic. At the base of its snowy, near-vertical walls, the narrow chasm hums with life. On one side, the Colorado River tumbles through whitewater rapids. On the other, cars […]
Read more »Via Fortune, an article on how – while water-guzzling chipmaker TSMC and drought-plagued Arizona are an unlikely pair – officials say Phoenix’s water supply can handle booming production: The Commerce Department announced Monday it pledged up to $6.6 billion to Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC, which will add a third chip manufacturing facility in Arizona to the two […]
Read more »Via Dawn.com, a report on Karahi’s ongoing water crisis: While people continue to face acute water shortages in many parts of the metropolis on the eve of Eidul Fitr, there is no respite in sight from the water woes even during the three-day of the religious festival with suspension of supply through water bowsers for […]
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