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Water Wars: The Other Circular Economy
October 30th, 2023
Courtesy of The Breakthrough Institute, a look at the future of farming as Western water grows more scarce and more precious: We humans have a built-in capacity to take things for granted. Perhaps it is a survival instinct, a constant drive to find a placid state of “normal.” It’s an understandable goal, but it is […]
Read more »New Southern California Water Bank Improves Water Supply Reliability for Millions
October 26th, 2023
Via Business Wire, a report on the new $211 million High Desert Water Bank, Metropolitan’s largest-ever investment in groundwater storage: After three years of construction, the first stage of a critical new groundwater storage project is complete and water is flowing into storage, significantly increasing Southern California’s water supply reliability in the face of a […]
Read more »Biden’s $8B Quest To Solve America’s Groundwater Crisis
October 26th, 2023
Via Fast Company, an article on the administration use of infrastructure funding to revive dormant plans for pipelines and reservoirs in rural areas across the West: Water is hard to come by on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, and it has been for a long time. The Chippewa Cree tribe members who live on this reservation in […]
Read more »Water Security Woes in Mongolia’s Capital
October 26th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the pressures of rapid population growth, mismanagement, and climate change are jeopardizing Ulaanbaatar’s water supply: What would a world without clean freshwater water look like? In a context of enhanced climate change, rapid urbanization and increased water pollution, concerns around water security have come to the forefront of […]
Read more »King of the Dammed: Turkey’s Landscape Changing For The Worse
October 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy a look at how Turkish President Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse: On a humid midsummer morning, the fishermen of Tekelioglu, a village in western Turkey, gathered to talk about how their lake disappeared. The decline began a decade ago, they agreed, […]
Read more »Third Round GERD Talks Conclude Without Outcome
October 25th, 2023
Via Addis Standard, a report on the third round GERD talks which recently conclude in Cairo without an outcome: The third round of talks regarding the rules and guidelines for the initial filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) concluded on 24 October in Cairo, Egypt. The talks lasted for two days […]
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