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Arizona Communities Sink After Saudi Arabia Pumps Water Out of the State
February 28th, 2024
Via The Cool Down, an article on the subsidence impact of an Emirate-owned farm’s water use in Arizona; Arizona took steps to rectify the overuse of water in October, but it is reportedly still dealing with the fallout after years’ worth of groundwater drilling. The Copper Courier reported in December that residents of Arizona’s McMullen Valley have seen their […]
Read more »Why the Taps Keep Running Dry In South Africa’s Biggest City
February 28th, 2024
Via The Conversation, a report on Johannesburg’s water crisis: Why don’t Johannesburg citizens have enough water? The water allocation for each province is based on the amount available in the dams (which must also supply our future needs) and the number of people in that province. Currently the Vaal Dam is 70% full. Rand Water – […]
Read more »What Will Spain Look Like When It Runs Out Of Water? Barcelona Is Giving Us A Glimpse
February 26th, 2024
Via The Guardian, commentary on what Spain may look like when it runs out of water? Walking through Barcelona these days, you can’t miss the signs and billboards picturing a red plastic bucket and the message “Water doesn’t fall from the sky” (l’aigua no cau del cel in Catalan). The ads are part of a campaign to get […]
Read more »One of the World’s Biggest Cities May be Just Months Away From Running Out of Water
February 26th, 2024
Via CNN, a report that Mexico City may be just months away from running out of water: Alejandro Gomez has been without proper running water for more than three months. Sometimes it comes on for an hour or two, but only a small trickle, barely enough to fill a couple of buckets. Then nothing for many days. […]
Read more »Humans Killed Cataract Canyon. It Brought Itself Back to Life
February 26th, 2024
Courtesy of Rolling Stone, a look at how – after damming the Colorado River wiped out a magnificent stretch of rapids for half a century – they are now, incredibly, returning — on their own: THE RIVER CHURNS a muddy brown as it carries us through towering vermilion rock walls toward the roar of Gypsum Canyon […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India, Pakistan, and the Politics of the Indus River
February 23rd, 2024
Via Harvard’s Mittal South Asia Institute, commentary on the politics of the Indus River: The Mittal Institute’s Syed Babar Ali Fellow, Muhammad Imran Mehsud comes to Cambridge from Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan, where he is an Assistant Professor of International Relations. He is an expert on South Asian transboundary hydropolitics and his research project at the […]
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