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Iran Says Talks Over Helmand Water Rights Yielded Positive Results
July 31st, 2023
Via Ariana News, a report on the Afghan/Iran water tensions: Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan has said that negotiations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) over the Helmand water rights have yielded positive results. Dehqan said in an interview with Shafaqna that his office had presented legal and expert reports over […]
Read more »Water Security Challenges in Pakistan
July 31st, 2023
Pakistan’s water supply has become a crucial resource challenge in recent years, made worse by the country’s enduring infrastructure and governance problems. The prospect of a major water crisis in Pakistan offers a stark reminder of the increasing vulnerability of the country to global climate change. The destructive floods that submerged a third of the […]
Read more »Indonesia Braces for Prolonged Drought, Clean Water Shortage Due to El Nino
July 31st, 2023
Via Channel News Asia, a report on Indonesia’s water crisis: For weeks, dozens of residents of Ridogalih Village have been flocking to a small river to bathe and wash their clothes, travelling on foot or by motorcycles under the relentless heat of a blaring summer sun. The water wells in this sleepy village – a […]
Read more »Colorado River, Stolen By Law
July 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Hight Country News, a look at how indigenous nations have been an afterthought in U.S. water policy for over a century, and that was all part of the plan: The turbulent, choppy waters of the Colorado River pull from tributaries as far north as Wyoming before they race south for hundreds of miles, crashing […]
Read more »Decades After the Colorado River Flooded the Chemehuevi’s Land, They Still Don’t Have Their Share
July 30th, 2023
Via High Country News, a report on how – nearly all of the Chemehuevi Tribe’s water – remains in the Colorado River and ends up being used by southern California cities: At night, the lights of Lake Havasu City’s hotels, boat launches and neighborhoods reflect off the reservoir that gave this busy Arizona tourist town […]
Read more »‘Fight for Our Lives’: Arizona’s Water Regime Limits Hopi Tribe’s Future
July 30th, 2023
Via High Country News, a report on a 45-year legal saga that is leaving the Hopi Tribe fighting for their economic ambitions through water access: In September 2020, the Hopi Tribe’s four-decade effort to secure its right to water culminated in a court proceeding. The outcome would determine how much water the arid reservation would receive […]
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