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The Ukraine War Is Changing the Future of the World’s Tallest Dam

Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a video look at how the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, set to be the world’s tallest, could reshape Central Asia’s energy landscape. And with the Ukraine war shifting geopolitics in the region, Tajikistan is gaining international support.

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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Grid Shapes Its Future

Via The Asia Times, a report on how China’s continued focus on engineering projects to redistribute water can lead to water shortages downstream from diversion projects: Much attention has focused on China’s recent approval of a massive hydropower dam but less has been said about the next crucial step in the country’s water management strategy […]

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At Phoenix’s Far Edge, a Housing Boom Grasps for Water

Via Circle of Blue, a report on how more than 1 million people could pour into western Maricopa County, Arizona in the coming decades – if housing developers can secure the water: Buckeye, Arizona, has plans to become one of the Southwest’s largest cities in the next decades. Photo © Brett Walton/Circle of Blue Beneath […]

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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: ‘Dam for a Dam’ – China and India’s Dam War In Himalayas

Via The Week, a look at Delhi’s response to Beijing’s plans for a huge dam in Tibet? Build a huge dam of its own right nearby India is building a giant hydropower dam near the Siang river to counter a huge Chinese dam further north. But this latest move in a tit-for-tat saga of water […]

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Struggling Over Water, Losing It Through Evaporation: The Case of Afghanistan and Iran

The long-standing water conflict between Iran (downstream) and Afghanistan (upstream) led to the 1973 Helmand Water Treaty, ensuring Iran a share of the Helmand River. However, prolonged #droughts and rising water demand are intensifying disputes with tensions reaching alarming levels. While both nations have built reservoirs to mitigate water shortages, evaporative losses from these reservoirs […]

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Trump Says He’s Sending Water To LA. It’s Actually Going to Megafarms.

Via Grist, a report on how the president’s executive orders on California water will help irrigate Central Valley farms. They won’t do anything to fight wildfires. While President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of far-reaching decrees during his first week in office, one relatively niche issue has received a disproportionate share of the president’s […]

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