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GERD Lock: A Knot of Contradictions In Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia Dispute
May 14th, 2021
Via New Eastern Outlook, commentary on the decade long dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: There has been a decade-long dispute over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile since 2011. Recently, after the final failure of the negotiations in Kinshasa, this dispute has intensified between Cairo and […]
Read more »Extremely Dry Conditions Spill Across the American West
May 14th, 2021
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on how drought and climate change are driving drought in the US west: Spring is generally a time of renewal for the watersheds of the western United States. Warmed by the lengthening days, the region’s towering mountain ranges shed their mantle of snow, releasing freshets of water into […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Water Bearers Quench Thirst In Ramadan, But Fear For Their Trade
May 14th, 2021
Via Reuters, a report on Pakistan’s water bearers: Mohammad Ramzan pumps water into a large goat skin bag before carrying it down an alley and up several flights of stairs to deliver to a resident in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. For more than four decades Ramzan has been a “mashki”, or water bearer, an age-old […]
Read more »Water and Land Disputes Turn Violent Along Ambiguous Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
May 14th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, a report on water disputes along the ambiguous Kyrgyz-Tajik border: The border shared by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is a strip of hard-edged hills and scoured ridges. Apricot orchards occupy scarce flatlands and oxen graze on thinning fields of green. Nearly half of the 600-mile border remains unofficial and non-delineated, a Soviet-era […]
Read more »Water Scarcity In Middle East: A Strategic and Political Lever For National Security
May 8th, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, a report on the Middle East where water supply systems are increasingly becoming both political lever and objectives of strategic action as states perceive access to water as an issue of national security: The Middle East region is currently facing simultaneous security, climate change and water scarcity crises. Water scarcity is a pressing […]
Read more »Widespread Drought in Mexico
May 6th, 2021
Via NASA Earth Observatory, an article on how nearly 85 percent of Mexico is experiencing drought, and water sources are dwindling: Mexico is experiencing one of its most widespread and intense droughts in decades. Nearly 85 percent of the country is facing drought conditions as of April 15, 2021. Large reservoirs across the country are standing at […]
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