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Nevada May Create ‘Water Court’ System
March 4th, 2021
Via The Review Journal, a report that Nevada may create a new ‘water court’: As disputes over water rights increasingly end up in lengthy legal battles, the Nevada Supreme Court is potentially looking to reshape how the nation’s driest state handles water law. Nevada’s high court on Wednesday held a public hearing on a petition […]
Read more »Hundreds of Wells Alleviate Water Shortages in Venezuelan Capital
March 4th, 2021
Via InterPress Service, a report on how Venezuelans are trying to navigate their water scarcity challenges: Thousands of families in the Venezuelan capital have dipped into their savings or gone into debt, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in this country since the 19th century, so that their building has access to a well […]
Read more »Future Upper Colorado River Basin Water Use Estimates Confound Planning
March 3rd, 2021
Via The Colorado Sun, an article on the complexity and politics involved in Colorado River water use estimates: Some water experts fear that a long-held aspiration to develop more water in the Upper Colorado River Basin is creating another chance to let politics and not science lead the way on river management. “Alternative Management Paradigms […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Winter Crops Shrink by 20% As Groundwater Depletes
February 26th, 2021
Via The Print, a report on how India could see winter crop cultivation shrink by 20% as groundwater depletes: Decrease in groundwater levels and the inadequate irrigation capacity of canals could reduce India’s winter crop acreage by up to 20 per cent, a new study has warned. Indian farmers have been battling depleting groundwater since the […]
Read more »Australia: Must Embrace Water As A National Security Priority
February 26th, 2021
Courtesy of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, commentary on Australia’s need to embrace water as a national security priority: Hangovers result from a classic human failing: we stop and think only when a problem arises, not when it’s caused. When times are good, we’ve always got room for one more, but come the morning and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Is China Really Behind A Malicious Plot To Buy Up Australia’s Water?
February 20th, 2021
Via the South China Morning Post, a look at how – as the relationship between Canberra and Beijing sours – distrust of China and concerns about drought and water shortages have fuelled talk that China is buying up Australia’s water sources with malicious intent: In Australia, Earth’s driest inhabited continent, landowning farmers are given water rights that can be traded […]
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