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Afghanistan: Building Asia’s Largest Artificial River In The Desert?
August 8th, 2023
Via The Impossible Build, a video look at Afghanistan’s planned water mega project: Afghanistan is trying to tackle it’s water problem by building Asia’s largest artificial river in the desert. This gigantic mega project is already under and costs a staggering $500 million dollars. Why is Afghanistan trying to build this giant artificial river mega […]
Read more »Ukraine’s Destroyed Dam Has Led To Parched Irrigation Channels
August 7th, 2023
Via Newsweek, a report on the devastating impact that the destruction of Kakhovka dam is having upon Ukraine: Ukrainian farmers face a pressing threat as the vital irrigation systems supplying water to their fields in Kherson start to dry up. In June, the Kakhovka dam in Russia-occupied Kherson was destroyed in an explosion because of the ongoing […]
Read more »Mexican Courts Define ‘Right to Water’
August 7th, 2023
Via Business Insider, commentary on Mexico’s Right To Water movement: The right to water in the courts in Mexico The right to water in Mexico seems to be being defined in the courts. In recent months, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) published two decisions that are a good representation of the […]
Read more »Rio Grande: Slipping Into A Sandbed
August 7th, 2023
Via SourceNM, a report on a disappearing Rio Grande due to the U.S. southwest’s ongoing drought: The respite from intense, deadly heat waves won’t last long. And it looks like the monsoon will suffer for it, according to New Mexico forecasters. Globally, July has been the hottest month in recorded history, a preliminary analysis from international […]
Read more »Panama Canal’s Revenue To Shrink By $200 Million Next Year Due To Ongoing Drought
August 7th, 2023
Via Marine Insight, Panama Canal Authority expects revenue to fall by $200M next year due to an ongoing drought: The managers associated with the Panama Canal stated that they expected income to fall after the authorities were compelled to restrict the number of vessels passing via each to 32 owing to inadequate rainfall. Ricaurte Vásquez, […]
Read more »Water-Stressed Iraq Dries up Fish Farms
August 7th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a report on Iraq’s continued drought crisis: Iraqi villager Omar Ziad gazes at the cracked and barren earth where his fish farm once stood, lost to water conservation efforts during a devastating four-year drought. As the alarming water crisis blamed mostly on climate change drags on, officials see the need for trade-offs […]
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