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U.S. Interstate River Compacts Written For A West Far Different From Today
May 12th, 2022
Via The Conversation, a report on how America’s western river compacts were innovative in the 1920s but couldn’t foresee today’s water challenges: The Western U.S. is in a water crisis, from California to Nebraska. An ongoing drought is predicted to last at least through July 2022. Recent research suggests that these conditions may be better labeled aridification – meaning that warming and […]
Read more »The Biggest Potential Water Disaster in the United States
May 12th, 2022
Via The New Yorker Magazine, an article on how – in California – millions of residents and thousands of farmers depend on the Bay-Delta for fresh water, but they can’t agree on how to protect it: The Sacramento is California’s largest river. It arises near the lower slopes of Mt. Shasta, in the northernmost part […]
Read more »Two Largest Reservoirs In California Already At ‘Critically Low Levels’
May 11th, 2022
Via CNN, a report on how the two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’ and the dry season is just starting Against the backdrop of the water crisis in the Colorado River Basin, where the country’s largest reservoirs are plunging at an alarming rate, California’s two largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville […]
Read more »Iran Slams Turkey’s Upstream Dam-Building Activity
May 11th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on growing water tension between Iran and Turkey: Iran on Tuesday described as “unacceptable” upstream dam-building by neighbouring Turkey on shared waterways, calling on its neighbour to cease such activity. “Turkey’s construction of dams on the border waters is unacceptable and we oppose it,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was […]
Read more »Decades On, Pakistan Is Still Seeking A Kabul River Agreement
May 6th, 2022
Via The Third Pole, an article on how the absence of a functioning government in upstream Afghanistan has hampered treaty efforts for the major Indus tributary: For decades, Pakistan has been seeking an agreement with Afghanistan on the Kabul River. But a treaty agreeing the management and allocation of water between the two countries remains […]
Read more »How Much Water Did Iran Lose Over The Last Two Decades?
May 4th, 2022
Via Science Direct, a new study on Iran’s water and recent losses: Highlights Iran has lost about 211 ± 34 km3 of its total water storage over the last two decades. Relative to 1983–2002, Iran has gained precipitation at the rate of 4.9 ± 0.02 km3/yr. Despite overall gain, 11 basins have been in water deficit since 2007. Within 2003–2016, the groundwater […]
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