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Water Agreements The U.S. Government Is Making With Native American Tribes
June 15th, 2023
Via NPR, an interesting 3-minute segment examining the water agreements the government is making with Native American tribes: The U.S. federal government has now spent more than $8.5 billion on water rights settlements with Native American tribes. Tribes have to give up a lot in return, and hundreds more have yet to settle.
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Unveils National Water Network Plans To Address Floods & Droughts
June 15th, 2023
Via Technology Times, an article on China’s plans for large-scale water infrastructure projects to mitigate the effects of climate change: China is planning large-scale water infrastructure projects to mitigate the effects of climate change, but officials have issued warnings about the expense of river diversions. To improve irrigation and lessen the risk of floods and […]
Read more »Drought Hits Bishkek, Where Taps Are Running Dry
June 15th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on Kyrgyzstan’s water scarcity crisis: For the past month, Bishkek resident Kanychai Bakirova has lived with her family of 11, including young children, in a home with only a trickle of water running from the tap.At the laundrette where she works, she is unable to serve customers who come in […]
Read more »Texas Eyes Marine Desalination, Oilfield Water Reuse to Sustain Rapid Growth
June 12th, 2023
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a look at a bill moving through the Texas Legislature that would create a new fund for desalination, beneficial reuse of produced water and inter-state water purchases: Texas legislators are poised to recommend designating billions of dollars in public funds for controversial water purification technologies, including marine desalination and oilfield wastewater […]
Read more »Thirsty Uruguayans Launch Quest To Find Underground Water
June 12th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on Uruguay’s increasingly desperate efforts to find water: Drought-parched Uruguay is thirsty, and in one of the main leafy parks of its capital a new sight is appearing: heavy equipment drilling in an emergency quest for more water.For the past 10 days, the noisy machinery has added to the urban […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Thirsty Bangladesh’s Water-Sharing Agreement with India
June 12th, 2023
Via Asia Global Online, a look at the issues arising between Bangladesh and India over water: In the geopolitically and geo-economically challenging world, Bangladesh must manage its way in the middle of the fraught relationship between neighbors China and India, as well as the China-US global strategic rivalry. In this context, Genevieve Donnellon-May of the […]
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