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How Does the U.S. Use Water?
August 30th, 2025
Via Construction Physics, a detailed report on how the U.S. uses water: Water infrastructure often gets less attention and focus than other types of infrastructure. Both the Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Energy have annual budgets around $46 billion dollars. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has an annual budget of $60 […]
Read more »Weaponizing Water in South Asia
August 30th, 2025
Via Dawn, commentary on Pakistan’s floods and the concerns that India is weaponizing water in the ongoing clash between the two nations: AS the raging floodwaters make their way through Punjab towards Sindh, the nation must confront the fact that other than heavy monsoon rainfall and climate change, India’s apparent weaponisation of water has also […]
Read more »Iraq: One of its Worst Droughts in a Century
August 30th, 2025
Via Al Jazeera, a report on Iraq’s water crisis: Iraq is experiencing its driest year on record since 1933, as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which flow into the Persian Gulf from West Asia, have seen their levels drop by up to 27 percent due to poor rainfall and upstream water restrictions. In the southern part […]
Read more »Canada Dry: The Worsening Problem of Drought In Canada
August 19th, 2025
Via The Narwahl, a look at how a rush of water-hungry AI data centres is just one reason to rethink industrial water use, as drought becomes a real, year-round problem across Canada: We got rain — so our drought concerns are over, right? It’s something we hear from readers, family and friends all the time. […]
Read more »From Warming To Warfare: How Climate Change and Drought Fuels Global Conflict
August 15th, 2025
Via Illuminem, a look at the road to World War III – how climate change fuels global conflict: The road to World War III may not begin with missiles or ideology. It may begin with water shortages, bread riots, and mass displacement. What if climate change is not just an environmental emergency, but the primary […]
Read more »As Colorado River Slowly Dries Up, States Angle for Influence over Future Water Rights
August 14th, 2025
Via Renewable Energy World, a look at how – as the Colorado River slowly dries up – states angle for influence over future water rights: The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but […]
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