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The Thirsty Dragon: How Floods, Drought, and Extreme Heat Could Test China’s One-Party System
August 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how floods and extreme heat could test China’s one-party system: Two years ago, nearly eight inches of rain poured on the Chinese metropolis Zhengzhou within a single hour during storms that flooded subways and killed nearly 400 people. In a country with centuries of experience tackling river floods, […]
Read more »Israel: Use Water To ‘The Last Drop’
August 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Frontier Post, a report on Israel’s pioneering use of water ‘to the last drop’ In the scorching summer heat, an Israeli farmer tends to a dripline taking a mix of ground and recycled water to palm trees – an approach honed for decades in the arid country and now drawing wide interest […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Massive Water Network Project
August 10th, 2023
Saudi Arabia is building a 12,000km water transportation and distribution network that’s longer than the Nile River. This massive, desalinated water network will carry 9.4 million cubic meters of water per day, and is like laying a pipe from New York to Beijing:
Read more »What Can Be Done About Mexico’s Water Debt to the U.S.?
August 10th, 2023
Via Rio Grande Guardian, an interesting interview about U.S.-Mexican water relations: The availability of water for Rio Grande Valley residents and farmers has always been a top issue for Jim Darling. The former mayor of McAllen is president of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. He always gives updates on the water levels at Falcon […]
Read more »Getting Colorado River Water from California Farms Will take More Than Just Money
August 10th, 2023
Via Tuscon’s KGUN9 News, a report on tensions between Arizona and California over dwindling Colorado River water: Under the broiling hot sun of California’s Imperial Valley, a canal cuts the land in two. On one side, gravelly beige sand is dotted with scrub and shimmering waves of heat blur the mountains in the distance. On […]
Read more »Iranian Delegation Visits Afghanistan to Discuss Water Rights Issue
August 9th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, a report on the ongoing discussions between Afghanistan and Iran over water: An Iranian delegation is on a visit to Kabul to hold talks with the Taliban officials on different issues, including water rights issues, an official said. According to Iranian media outlets, Naser Kenani, the spokesperson of Iran’s Ministry of […]
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