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The Thirsty Dragon: Despite National Improvements, Water Quality Deteriorates in North-East China
January 30th, 2019
Via Future Directions International, a report on China’s other water related issue – pollution: Water pollution is a major environmental issue in China and is a leading cause of “mass incidents”, as public protests are called in China. In 2014, more than half of the water tested from 4,778 sources was unfit for human consumption. […]
Read more »On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal
January 26th, 2019
Via Yale’s e360, an interesting article on the impact that a 19-year drought and climate change in the U.S. southwest is having upon making the region, water managers and users along the Colorado River: In the basement of the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, the fragrant smell of pine hangs in the air as […]
Read more »Central Asia: Glaciers Are Retreating While Millions Rely on Their Water.
January 18th, 2019
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting report on water stress in Central Asia: On a summer day in the mountains high above Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, the Tuyuksu glacier is melting like mad. Rivulets of water stream down the glacier’s thin leading edge. As she has for nearly two decades, Maria Shahgedanova, a […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Ponders Massive Canals To Link Yangtze and Pearl Rivers
January 18th, 2019
Via The Asia Times, a report on China’s consideration of two mega canal systems to connect two major rivers, a project that would dwarf Three Gorges Dam in terms of size and effort required: China is considering digging two mega canal systems to link the Yangtze River, which runs through central and eastern China, to […]
Read more »Is Cape Town Really Past ‘Day Zero’?
January 17th, 2019
Via China Water Risk, a look at Cape Town and whether it is truly past ‘Day Zero’: A 50L/person/day water restriction & 40% farm use reduction were key to staving off ‘Day Zero’; combined with returned rainfall has bought time to find sustainable management approaches Key challenges to overcome include the supply-demand gap, political finger […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Groundwater Plummets in Delhi, City of 29 Million
January 11th, 2019
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on Delhi’s water crisis where experts warn the city could reach “zero groundwater levels” by 2020: Delhi is running short — maybe even out — of groundwater. A harrowing report in June from NITI Aayog, a government-chartered think tank, warned that Delhi, along with 20 other Indian cities, could reach […]
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