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Asia’s Great Rivers: Climate Crisis, Pollution Put Billions At Risk
January 11th, 2020
Via Terra Daily, a report on the potential risk facing Asia’s great rivers: The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region — the world’s “Third Pole” — are vanishing as the planet warms, the ice that once fed the great rivers of Asia is all but lost, and with it much of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Spends Record Sums On Water Conservation In 2019
January 11th, 2020
Via China’s Global Times, a report on China’s increased investment into water conservation projects in 2019: China spent a record 726 billion yuan (104.46 billion U.S. dollars) on water conservation projects in 2019, said a senior official with the Ministry of Water Resources Thursday. The country started the construction of 23 key water conservation projects and completed […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: To Help India’s Water Crisis, Overhaul Irrigation
January 4th, 2020
Via India Climate Dialogue, a report on the tight link between India’s water crisis and wasteful flood irrigation, free electricity to farmers, and lack of remunerative pricing: The 2019 South Asian summer monsoon is late, slow and inadequate so far. If it makes up somewhat for lost time, those 55% of Indian farmers who do […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water In India – Not A Crisis, A Management Problem
January 3rd, 2020
Via The Hindu, an interview with the Managing Director of a leading pump manufacturer providing commentary on India’s water crisis: Managing director, INDO Region, of Grundfos Pumps India says Mumbai and its Mayor should start thinking of an alternative as building a new city now will take 30 years Grundfos, the world’s largest pump manufacturer […]
Read more »Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan: Edging Closer To Nile Dam Agreement?
December 28th, 2019
Via the UAE’s The National, an update on Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan’s efforts to reach a Nile dam agreement: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have come closer to agreeing on how the giant hydroelectric dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile will be operated, the Sudanese irrigation minister said on Sunday. Cairo is worried the Grand […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Invisible Water Shortage In Hebei’s Capital
December 19th, 2019
Via China Dialogue, a report on why – despite the fact that Shijiazhuang in northern China is suffering from a serious water shortage – local people think otherwise: The stalks left after the soy harvest in the village of Tatou are still green. By mid-autumn, most crops in northern China have been harvested. But here […]
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