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Mexico City Imposes Severe Water Restrictions As Drought Dries up Reservoirs
November 17th, 2023
Via Bracknell News, an article on new water restrictions for Mexico City: Mexican officials have imposed severe, months-long cuts to Mexico City’s water supply, just a month after initial restrictions were ordered as drought dries the capital’s reservoirs. The Mexican National Water Commission and the city’s mayor announced the moves at a news conference, but […]
Read more »Latin America Is Running Out of Water
November 13th, 2023
Via World Politics Review, a look at Latin America’s water challenges: Traffic through the Panama Canal is nearly half-capacity these days. Normally, 40 ships take the world’s greatest shortcut through its locks each day. Last week, the Canal Authority reduced daily passages to 25, while predicting further cuts to 18 by February. The immediate cause is […]
Read more »Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Water.
November 7th, 2023
Via Mexico Today, commnetary on groundwater overuse in Mexico and the U.S.: As climatic changes continue to grip the American Southwest and precipitation declines, communities across the U.S.-Mexico border are not looking to the skies. Rather, they are turning their eyes to the ground below them, specifically to the numerous aquifers that cross the frontier. Unfortunately, […]
Read more »Tensions Rise in the Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to the U.S.
October 14th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at rising tensions in the Rio Grande basin where – in 2020 – rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty: By late August, the usual monsoon rains had scarcely materialized […]
Read more »Ancient Maya Reservoirs Offer Lessons for Today’s Water Crises
October 11th, 2023
Via Phys.org, an article that uses analysis of Mayan history to demonstrate the inextricable linkage between clean water and political power: Lidar map of Tikal highlighting some of its reservoirs. Credit: (Image adapted Tankersley et al. 2020). Lidar-derived hillshade image created by Francisco Estrada-Belli of the PAQUNAM LiDAR Initiative. Used with permission. Graphic modified by […]
Read more »Squeezing Communities Dry: Water Grabbing By The Global Food Industry
September 23rd, 2023
Via GRAIN, a look at how pension fund managers, private equity firms and other financial players are moving aggressively to snatch up lands around the world with access to water for irrigation. Their strategy is to pump as much water as they can and as fast as they can into the production of crops, like […]
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