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The Parched Tiger: India Is Facing The Biggest Water Crisis In Its History
October 24th, 2024
Via the Local Telegraph, an article on India’s water crisis: Lack of water is not unusual, especially in developing countries. A concrete example is China, which holds 7% of the world’s water resources, but uses 16% of the planet’s water. Meanwhile, India is facing the biggest water crisis in its history. About 600 million people […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Why India Needs to Incentivize Water Reuse
October 21st, 2024
Via The Diplomat, commentary that – to encourage greater water reuse – India must prioritize infrastructure development, implement sound policies, and allow private sector participation: While treated wastewater in India is often discharged into water bodies or used for non-essential purposes such as irrigating public parks, its reuse for more critical applications remains relatively uncommon. […]
Read more »Water Crises Threaten the World’s Ability to Eat, Studies Show
October 20th, 2024
Via the New York Times, an article on how food production is concentrated in too few countries, many of which face water shortages: High food prices, meet the global water crisis. The world’s food supply is under threat because so much of what we eat is concentrated in so few countries, and many of those […]
Read more »How Mexico City Averted All-Out Drought
October 17th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a look at how – with just-in-time rain and a looming presidential election – Mexico City never reached ‘Day Zero.’ But the politicized threat helped propel water infrastructure as a priority policy issue. As severe drought parched the Valley of Mexico earlier this year, news outlets began a countdown to a total failure […]
Read more »Nile Pact Enters Into Force Despite Egypt Objections
October 16th, 2024
Via Seed Daily, an article on the Nile River pact, which entered into force recently despite Egypt objections: A landmark multinational agreement on managing the waters of the Nile River has entered into force — over the vehement objections of Egypt.The Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) took effect on Sunday after more than […]
Read more »Taps May Soon Run Dry in South African Cities Housing 12 Million
October 15th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on South Africa’s water crisis: Rand Water says Gauteng reservoir levels are critically low Temperatures as high as 37C was recorded over the weekend Reservoir levels in South Africa’s most populous province are plunging and continent’s biggest bulk-water supplier has warned that taps may soon run dry in cities where about […]
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