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The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Challenge Is “Stark”
March 21st, 2026
Via The Indian Express, commentary on India’s water challenges: There is a strange contradiction at the heart of India’s relationship with water. We revere it in our rituals, celebrate it in our music, and consider it holy in our rivers. Yet, we also waste it with abandon, pollute it with impunity, and price it as […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s 15FYP Outlook for Water Security & Resiliency
March 21st, 2026
Via China Water Risk, analysis of China’s 15FYP Outlook for Water Security & Resiliency 2 Goals, 4 Directives, 8 Actions to prep for a new era of “Water B”: 2026 marks the start of the 15th Five Year Plan 2026-2030 (15FYP) to accelerate China’s march towards “a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, […]
Read more »Petrostates and Saltwater Kingdoms: Could Iran Disrupt the Gulf Countries’ Desalinated Water Supplies?
March 21st, 2026
Via CSIS, a look at the risk of Iran’s water to the Gulf’s desalination projects: The economies of the Persian Gulf countries depend on oil and natural gas. Their populations depend on desalinated water. Nature endows the Arabian Peninsula with scant freshwater resources. Consequently, all of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations lining the […]
Read more »The American West Is Drying Up. Can the Market Help?
March 18th, 2026
Via New Republic, a look at how – as hedge funds buy up land to obtain water rights – a libertarian state representative from Arizona has proposed a seemingly radical solution to the water crisis. Is he right? When members of the Colorado River Water Users Association, or CRWUA, descended on Caesars Palace for their annual […]
Read more »Attacks on Middle East Desalination Plants Highlight Risks of Near-Total Dependence on ‘Fossil Fuel Water’
March 15th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how the destruction of desalination facilities is a violation of international law that could cause a humanitarian crisis in the most water-scare region on Earth. Powering the plants with electricity from fossil fuels poses additional long-term threats. Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that […]
Read more »Groundwater Recharge in Crisis: Analyzing the Impact of Urban Growth on Monterrey’s Aquifer Health in the Face of the Rio Grande’s Current Conditions
March 13th, 2026
Via MDPI a new study on groundwater in Monterrey: Abstract The Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA), the largest urban and industrial center in northeastern Mexico, faces increasing groundwater stress driven by rapid urban expansion, recurrent drought, and limited surface-water availability. Since 2024, the San Juan River has been considered a potential source of treaty water under […]
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