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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Transboundary Water Governance is a Regional Security Issue in Asia
December 29th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how careful management of Asia’s hydropower resources is essential to ensure its positive impacts on climate change and avoid transboundary river conflicts: The Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush-Himalayan regions, also known as the “Asian water tower,” is the source of 10 major Asian rivers. Abundant glacier ice […]
Read more »Israeli Plan To Top Up Sea of Galilee with Desalinated Water
December 29th, 2022
Via The Times of Israel, a report on Israel’s pioneering plan to top up the Sea of Galilee with desalinated water to maintain levels of the nation’s largest freshwater lake even in parched years: Water authorities on Tuesday inaugurated an innovative project to pipe desalinated water into the Sea of Galilee in order to maintain […]
Read more »In Arizona, Colorado River Crisis Stokes Worry Over Growth and Groundwater Depletion
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an article on Colorado River crisis: Kathleen Ferris stared across a desert valley dotted with creosote bushes, wondering where the water will come from to supply tens of thousands of new homes. In the distance, a construction truck rumbled along a dirt road, spewing dust. This tract of open […]
Read more »US Southwest: Thousands Will Live Here One Day (As Long As They Can Find Water)
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – in the increasingly dry Southwest – drought and climate change pose a challenge for developers, who need to find creative ways to provide water supply to new communities: Surrounded by miles of creosote and ocotillo in the Sonoran Desert, state officials and business leaders gathered […]
Read more »Thailand’s EV Push May Worsen Water Shortages In The East
December 28th, 2022
Via Eco Business, a look at how the arrival of Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD in Rayong is expected to increase the strain on the province’s water supplies: Chinese conglomerate BYD will start production of its first electric vehicles (EV) in Southeast Asia in around 2024. The new facility is expected to produce 150,000 vehicles per year, […]
Read more »The Water Wranglers of the West Struggling to Save The Colorado River
December 27th, 2022
Courtesy of The New Yorker, an article on the farmers, bureaucrats, and water negotiators fighting over the future of the drought-stricken Southwest: In mid-December, I drove to Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, to see its infamous bathtub ring. The bathtub, in this metaphor, is Lake Mead, on the border between Nevada and Arizona; the […]
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