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As Colorado River Shrinks, Water Evaporation Becomes Critical To California’s Future Supplies
February 10th, 2023
Via the Los Angeles Times, an article on h0w – as the Colorado River shrinks – evaporation become critical to California: Much of the Colorado River’s water is diverted from reservoirs and transported in canals to the farmlands and cities of the desert Southwest. But some of the water also ends up going elsewhere — […]
Read more »An Opportunity To Revisit The Indus Waters Treaty
February 8th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on an opportunity to revisit the Indus Waters Treaty: Two days before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was about to proceed with the hearing of “objected” hydro-power projects on tributaries, India issued a notice to Pakistan seeking amendments to the decades old and only pact that compels historic rivals […]
Read more »How Sensor-Dangling Helicopters Can Help Beat the Water Crisis
February 8th, 2023
Via WIRED, a report on a simultaneous solution to California’s extreme drought and flooding – banking more water underground: AFTER WEEKS OF near-constant rain and flooding, California is finally drying out—but hopefully not getting too dry, because the state needs all the rain it can get to pull itself out of a historic drought. This is California at its most frenetic […]
Read more »Bangladesh PM’s India Trip Leaves Farmers Thirsty for Water Deal
February 8th, 2023
Via NikkeiAsia, a report on issues between India and Bangladesh over use of the Teesta River: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India this week has left farmers and experts back home frustrated over a lack of progress on a deal to share precious water from a Himalayan river. Hasina, visiting for the first […]
Read more »No Lights, No Water: South Africans Fume At Cascading Crisis
February 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on South Africa’s cascading water/energy crisis: Already struggling without electricity for hours a day, many South Africans are now having to do also without water, as power outages batter the supply system. A power failure at a pump station feeding reservoirs and water towers caused taps to run dry in […]
Read more »The Colorado River Agreement Proposal Includes A Significant Change
February 7th, 2023
Via the Washington Post, commentary on the proposed draft framework which includes a very significant change: The Feb. 1 front-page article “In West, no deal to save water” highlighted the lack of full agreement among the seven states that rely on the Colorado River. Indeed, California’s absence from the new multistate proposal is telling, highlighting […]
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