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Urban Drought Forces Iran To Seek Resolution
July 13th, 2018
Courtesy of The Source, a report on Iran’s urban water crisis: Protests that began in the Iranian cities of Khorramshahr and Abadan over poor water quality have led to promises by the energy minister of a resolution this month. The cities’ municipal water supplies have been affected by drought and a rise in salinity since […]
Read more »As Afghanistan’s Water Crisis Escalates, More Effective Water Governance Could Bolster Regional Stability
July 12th, 2018
Via the Wilson Center’s New Security Beat, an article on Afghanistan’s water crisis and possibility of hydro-diplomacy to help: “Kabul be zar basha be barf ne!” This ancient proverb—“May Kabul be without gold rather than snow”—refers to snowmelt from the Hindu Kush Mountains, a primary source of Afghanistan’s water supply. To recover from years of […]
Read more »Kenya Digs Deep to Research Underground Water Reserves
July 11th, 2018
Courtesy of Future Directions International, an article on Kenya’s efforts to tap into groundwater to address their water scarcity situation: Background Kenya experiences a large degree of water insecurity. The Kenyan Government currently maintains a water-rationing policy in the capital, Nairobi, and is expected to do so until 2026. Nairobi’s main dam, the Ndakaini dam, supplies […]
Read more »Pakistan: Confronting Gwadar’s Water Crisis
July 11th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a look at the city of Gwadar’s water crisis: The city of Gwadar, located in the south-western Balochistan region of Pakistan, is currently suffering a water crisis that will inevitably be exacerbated by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The CPEC is an artery of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with Gwadar […]
Read more »Malaysia Picks A Water Fight with Singapore
July 11th, 2018
Via Asia Times, a report on recent Malaysian comments that say a decades-old, fixed rate supply contract is ‘too costly’ and ‘ridiculous’ while the rich city-state maintains that a deal is a deal: In resource-scarce Singapore, water is sacrosanct. Water security has long been a perennial concern for the otherwise rich city-state, which for decades […]
Read more »A Water Apartheid
July 10th, 2018
Via The Washington Post, an OpEd on Cape Town and the peril / promise of urban life in an era of climate change: A person can survive only about three to five days without access to water. What about a city? This is not a hypothetical question: The thirsty city threatens to be the most […]
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