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China Changes Tack on Water Politics
March 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how – long a source of tension with its neighbors – China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation: Sixteen major rivers originate in China that supply fresh water to nearly 3 billion people in 14 Asian countries – more than a third of the world’s population. As “Asia’s […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Stares at Summer Water Crisis As Reservoir Levels Slide
March 20th, 2024
Via Reuters, an article on India’s water crisis: India’s main reservoirs have hit their lowest March levels in five years, government data showed, indicating a possible squeeze on drinking water and power availability this summer. In major centres such as India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Bengaluru, home to firms like Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, water supply […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Running Dry
March 16th, 2024
Via CNN, a look at India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ which is running dry as residents urged to take fewer showers and use disposable cutlery: The water tanker arrives once every two weeks, its 1,000 liters expected to serve hundreds of people in this suburb of India’s most high-tech metropolis, where women carrying empty buckets come clamoring to quench their […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Silicon Valley Suffers As Water Grows Scarce and Prices Spike
March 8th, 2024
Via The Cool Down, a report on Bengaluru’s water crisis: India’s Silicon Valley is suffering from a water shortage, forcing thousands of residents to go without necessities. What’s happening? Residents of the city of Bengaluru are facing an unprecedented water shortage months before the typical onset of peak summer issues. Weak southwest monsoon rains have […]
Read more »Water Wipeout: How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater
March 1st, 2024
Via Yale e360, a look at how farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe: There is a […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Thirst for Improved Water Security
March 1st, 2024
Via East Asia Forum, commentary on India’s water scarcity challenge: India is facing a severe water crisis, leading to almost 200,000 deaths annually. It is crucial for the government to reassess power and water subsidies, implement targeted programs addressing groundwater depletion, shift crop patterns towards less water-intensive options and adopt efficient technologies to tackle the […]
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