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The Audacious Plan to Refill Great Salt Lake
March 28th, 2026
Via NBC News, a report on how a “Herculean” goal to replenish the water in Utah’s Great Salt Lake by the 2034 Olympics is gaining momentum and attracting strange bedfellows: The Great Salt Lake has been shriveling up for decades. At its record low about four years ago, the exposed lake bed became a source of […]
Read more »The Global Water Crisis: Stress, Scarcity, and Conflict
March 25th, 2026
Via the Council on Foreign Relations, a report on growing water stress which is threatening the health and development of communities worldwide. The United Nations warns the planet has entered an era of “water bankruptcy,” as climate pressures and rising demand intensify the strain on global water resources. Water stress occurs when demand for safe, […]
Read more »Data Centers: Gobbling Up A Resource – But Not the One Most Think
March 25th, 2026
Courtesy of the Washington Post, commentary on how the expanding footprint of AI infrastructure creates a thirst for more than electricity: The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is no longer abstract. It is visible in land deals, the growing demand on the power grid and the expansion of data centers across the United States. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: India, China, and How Not to Save the Brahmaputra
March 25th, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at how – instead of pursuing a diplomatic solution to manage shared waters – India is following a dam-for-dam policy: For over a decade, the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River has been framed as the next great theater of conflict between India and China. China, as the “upper riparian hegemon,” is building hydraulic dams […]
Read more »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, […]
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