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The Parched Tiger: India Could Reduce Groundwater Depletion By Reclaiming Wastewater
July 12th, 2023
Via The Third Pole, a look at how – by effectively treating and reusing wastewater – India could reduce/quit its dependency on fast-depleting groundwaters for households and industry: On 21 April, during a high-level committee meeting on the rejuvenation of the Yamuna river, VK Saxena made a plea to his city: New Delhi must ramp up […]
Read more »Iraq’s Worsening Water Crisis
July 12th, 2023
Via MSN, a look at how how drought, climate change, mismanagement and oil production have all led to water scarcity in Iraq: When many thousands of Iraqis turn on their taps “nothing comes out”, said Hayder Indhar for Phys.org. So dire is the country’s water crisis – 7 million of its citizens have reduced access to […]
Read more »Thirsty Uruguayans Blast Google’s Plan To Exploit Water Supply
July 11th, 2023
Via The Guardian, an article on Uruguay’s water crisis: A plan to build a Google data centre that will use millions of litres of water a day has sparked anger in Uruguay, which is suffering its worst drought in 74 years. Water shortages are so severe in the country that a state of emergency has been […]
Read more »Scientists Warned of a Salton Sea Disaster. No One Listened.
July 9th, 2023
Via Undark, a detailed look at the Salton Sea, a little-known health and environmental tragedy: ON THE AFTERNOON OF Oct. 6, 2022, a massive dust storm rose in the drought-parched Sonoran Desert just southeast of California’s Salton Sea. Wind, gusting at more than 60 miles per hour, whipped the desert floor into a vaulting curtain of […]
Read more »River of Words: First Nations and U.S. Water
July 8th, 2023
Courtesy of Sibley’s Rivers, part one of a detailed look We’re seeing not just being at the table, but actually having an influence on the agenda. We’re looking at the next step – because you can have a seat at the table, but not be taken seriously. And tribes, especially now in regards to water, […]
Read more »Brazilian Water Security Threatened by Climate Change and Human Behavior
July 8th, 2023
Courtesy of AGU, a new academic study on Brazil’s water security: Abstract Water scarcity is a growing concern globally, with climate change and increasing population exacerbating the issue. Here, we introduce a new framework for assessing water availability in 708 Brazilian catchments that considers the effect of CO2 concentrations on potential evapotranspiration, uses CMIP6 bias-corrected climate […]
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