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No Water, No Growth: Rising River Risks Threaten Half The Total GDP of 16 Asian Countries
October 28th, 2025
Via China Water Risk, a look at a new report that reveals that nearly 2bn people and US$10.3trn worth of GDP as well as 800GW+ of power assets across Asia’s 10 “mother” rivers are at risk from escalating climate risks and deepening water stress: A new report “No Water, No Growth 2 – Rising “mother” […]
Read more »Phoenix Subdivision Builds Move Ahead, Despite Water Concerns
October 24th, 2025
Via High Country News, an article on the first crack in the Phoenix area’s suspension on new housing that relies on groundwater: Houses under construction in the Tartesso neighborhood in Buckeye, Arizona, in September. The formerly small agricultural city’s population has rapidly grown to 125,000 and is home to many large subdivisions.Caitlin O’Hara / High […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Is Emerging As A $300 Billion Market Risk
October 21st, 2025
Via Forbes, a report on how water scarcity is now being viewed as a market risk: Droughts and disrupted harvests are no longer just weather events — they are early warnings of the financial consequences of global water insecurity. This summer brought severe strain across key agricultural regions. By mid-May 2025, more than half of […]
Read more »UN Calls for Democratization of Fresh Water
October 21st, 2025
As reported by Circle of Blue, in a report presented last week to the United Nations, Pedro Arrojo Agudo, the special rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, called for the democratization of fresh water and urged governments around the world to abandon the resource’s commodification and privatization. “We are not […]
Read more »The Unknown Groundwater Los Angeles Pumps In The Owens Valley, and the Tribes Who Want It Back
October 18th, 2025
Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at the little-known groundwater Los Angeles pumps in the Owens Valley, and the tribes who want it back In the Owens Valley, Los Angeles not only siphons water from streams, but also pumps groundwater from wells. Leaders of Native tribes are calling for the city to take less […]
Read more »Solar-Powered Farming is Digging Pakistan into a Water Catastrophe
October 17th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on the impact that solar-powered farming is having upon Pakistan water supply: Solar-powered tube wells drive increased irrigation, expanding fields of thirsty rice crops Development coincides with rapidly depleting water tables in Pakistan’s bread basket Farmers financially benefit from cheap Chinese-made modules despite environmental concerns Officials studying impact and trying to […]
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