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California Plans To Boost Water Supply As Drought Bites
August 13th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on California’s plans to boost water supply as drought bites: More than two decades of devastating drought worsened by man-made climate change mean California must harvest, recycle and desalinate much more water, the state’s governor said Thursday. Unveiling an “aggressive” new strategy to combat a dwindling water supply, Gavin Newsom said […]
Read more »Ethiopia Starts Power Generation From Second Turbine at GERD
August 12th, 2022
Via Africa News, a report on Ethiopia starting power generation from the second turbine at the GERD mega-dam: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed kickstarted electricity production from the second turbine at its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Thursday, despite continuing objections by Egypt and Sudan over the project. Abiy also confirmed that a third […]
Read more »Arizona and California Farmers, Targets for Colorado River Cuts, Draft Their Conservation Strategy
August 12th, 2022
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an article on how nearly 1 million acre-feet of compensated water cuts are being discussed by Arizona and California farmers: A plan is circulating among irrigation districts in southern Arizona and California to reduce Colorado River use by as much as 925,000 acre-feet. Such a plan would require billions in […]
Read more »Drought Tightens Its Grip On Morocco
August 12th, 2022
Via Al Monitor, an article on Morocco’s drought: Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but isolated village in Morocco and because he just couldn’t bear it any longer. “To see villagers rush to public fountains in the morning or to a neighbour to get water makes you […]
Read more »Drought Hits Germany’s Rhine River: ’30cm of Water Left’
August 12th, 2022
Via the BBC, a report on the drought affecting the Rhine River: As Europe lives through a long, hot summer, one of the continent’s major rivers is getting drier – posing major problems for the people and businesses that rely on it. Captain Andre Kimpel casts an experienced, but worried, eye across the river Rhine, […]
Read more »Northern Mexico’s Historic Water Shortage
August 10th, 2022
Via the Washington Post, a look at Northern Mexico’s historic water shortage where a lack of rain has combined with mismanagement to cause one of the worst droughts in the northern half of the country: Water has become a sacred commodity in northern Mexico. Reservoirs have been hitting the bottom of their basins. Taps have been running dry […]
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