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Mines Exporting To China Threaten Arizona’s Water
March 2nd, 2024
Via the Arizona Capitol Times, an article on how mines exporting to China threaten Arizona’s water This last year, the Arizona government repeatedly received favorable national attention for positive conservation actions: protecting the state’s scarce groundwater supplies from foreign-owned farms that repeatedly violated laws or over-pumped declining aquifers. Last December, Gov. Katie Hobbs was lauded […]
Read more »Colorada To Spend $2B To Replace Water-Hungry Grass
March 2nd, 2024
Via the Colorado Sun, a report on Colorado’s plan to spend >$2B replacing water-hungry grass in the name of conservation: One of Colorado’s leading urban water conservation strategies — turf replacement — could require up to $2.5 billion to save 20,000 acre-feet of water, according to a recent report commissioned by the state’s top water […]
Read more »The Role of Water Governance in Pakistan’s Water Crisis
March 2nd, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the securitization of water governance in Pakistan does not actually help mitigate the water crisis in the country: In February, India stopped the flow of the Ravi River into Pakistan, claiming its exclusive right to use its water under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). The treaty was signed in 1960 with […]
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 »Court Rulings Give U.S. States New Power to Protect Groundwater
March 1st, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how – in the space of a few weeks – judges in Idaho, Nevada and Montana have altered the landscape for conserving dwindling aquifers: After years of dangerous decline in the nation’s groundwater, a series of developments in Western states indicate that state and federal officials […]
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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