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The Parched Tiger: 80% of Water Use In India Is For Agriculture
May 4th, 2018
Via Eurasia Review, an article on agricultural use of water in India: During the 2011 census, India entered the league of water deficient nations. A nation is considered water deficient if the per capita availability falls below 1700 cubic meters per person. The per capita water availability that fell by 15% during the first decade […]
Read more »Amman Faces Water Squeeze
May 3rd, 2018
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on water shortages in Amman, home to more than 40 percent of Jordan’s people: In Amman, the arid capital of Jordan, water conservation is so essential to the country’s survival that it has a place in the school curriculum, same as maths and chemistry. “It’s something that’s […]
Read more »Israel’s New Desalination Plants Offset More Than Just Drought
May 2nd, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a look at Israel’s water security and desalination program: In early April this year, the Israeli Ministry of Energy and Water announced plans to build two new desalination plants. This year is Israel’s fifth year of drought and the introduction of two new desalination plants is a good example of its tenacious efforts […]
Read more »Karachi’s Water Supply Threatened By Theft, Corruption, and Disrepair
April 28th, 2018
Via Circle of Blue, an interesting look at how theft, corruption, and disrepair hamper water access for millions in Pakistan’s largest city: Pakistan, on the whole, is one of the world’s most water-scarce countries. Inadequate supplies are already the case in Karachi, the country’s largest city, where theft, corruption, and disrepair hamper water access for […]
Read more »Ivory Coast Feels The Thirst
April 28th, 2018
Via Terra Daily, an article on Bouake’s water crisis: Earlier this year, Cape Town grabbed the world’s headlines as it careened towards a water armageddon. Crippled by a three-year-long drought, the South African city braced for a complete shutdown of domestic water supplies. In the event, Cape Town dodged the immediate bullet. But thousands of […]
Read more »Iran: Millions Facing Water Shortages
April 24th, 2018
Via Radio Farda, an article on Iran’s drought: Iran is facing its harshest drought in the last 50 years, and nearly half the country’s population will soon face water shortages, according to the Energy Ministry. “334 cities with 35 million people across Iran are currently struggling with water stress,” said Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian April […]
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