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Ecuador’s Capital Rocked By Water Shortage Crisis Upending Daily Life
July 16th, 2025
Via CNN, an article on growing water shortages in Quite, Ecuador: Desperation is mounting in Ecuador’s capital as thousands of people remain without drinking water a week into Quito’s worst shortage in 25 years. The daily lives of some 400,000 residents have been seriously disrupted by the emergency, which happened after a landslide damaged a pipeline that […]
Read more »UAE To Supply Desalinated Water To Gaza Through New Pipeline
July 16th, 2025
Via The National, a report on a UAE plan to supply desalinated water to Gaza through new pipeline: The UAE has announced the launch of a new project to supply desalinated water to the southern Gaza Strip through a new pipeline. Under the project, water will be delivered from the Egyptian border, state news agency Wam reported. The […]
Read more »The Deepening Water Shortage Fight Between the US and Mexico
July 15th, 2025
Via BBC, a report on the deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico: After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention. On the shores of Lake Toronto, the reservoir behind the state’s most important […]
Read more »A Tale Of Two Nations: The North Aral Sea Rebounds While The South Aral Sea Dries Up
July 12th, 2025
Via Eurasia Review, a look at how – once a thriving inland sea – the Aral has become a cautionary tale of ecological collapse, political neglect, and uneven recovery, as efforts in Kazakhstan are bringing about a slow revival in the north, while Uzbekistan’s extractivist priorities leave the south gasping for life: Give a man […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Interest In Next Dalai Lama Is Also About Control of Tibet’s Water
July 10th, 2025
Via The Conversation, commentary on how China’s interest in the next Dalai Lama is also about control of Tibet’s water supply: As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, there’s already tension over how the next spiritual leader will be selected. Controversially, the Chinese government has suggested it wants more power over who is […]
Read more »Drought: Draining Water Supplies and Driving Up Food Costs Where You’d Least Expect
July 10th, 2025
Via Grist, a look at how – from Mexico City to the Mekong Delta – increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems and economies everywhere: Taking shovels and buckets to a dried-up sandy belt of the Vhombozi River in Zimbabwe last August, groups of Mudzi district villagers gathered to dig […]
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