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The Thirsty Dragon: The South-to-North Water Diversion Project – A Massive Diversion?
April 22nd, 2018
Via The Economist, interesting commentary on China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project: FOR the past drought-stricken year, most of the drinking water consumed in Beijing has travelled 1,432km (895 miles), roughly the distance from New York to Orlando, Florida. Its journey begins in a remote and hilly part of central China at the Danjiangkou reservoir, on the […]
Read more »Drought Returns To Huge Swaths Of U.S., Fueling Fears Of A Thirsty Future
April 21st, 2018
Via Huffington Post, an article on how global warming, worsening droughts, vanishing groundwater and growing populations will make the U.S. more vulnerable to water shortages in the 21st century: Less than eight months after Hurricane Harvey pelted the Texas Gulf Coast with torrential rainfall, drought has returned to Texas and other parts of the West, […]
Read more »Laos: New Hydropower Dams, Old Mekong Worries
April 21st, 2018
Via The Diplomat, a report on growing concerns around the future of the Mekong River as Laos continues its hydropower ambitions: Laos has not been reluctant to let the world know about its ambition to become the largest energy exporter in the region, or the “Battery of Asia.” As of part of efforts to realize its […]
Read more »CPEC’s Environmental and Water Impact In Pakistan
April 18th, 2018
Via The Diplomat, a report on the impact that China’s efforts to bring coal power to Pakistan is having upon that nation’s water resources and overall environment: Pakistan’s virgin beaches are located in District Gwadar, which is the major coastal town of Balochistan, and also said to be the epicenter of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China and India’s “Tug of Water” In Nepal
April 18th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a look at China and India’s competing interest in Nepal’s water resources: The recently elected Nepalese Prime Minister, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, made his first foreign trip, a visit to India, in early April. As he is generally seen as being “pro-China”, the visit would have soothed Indian fears that Nepal […]
Read more »Iran: Water Insecurity, Financial Corruption and the Mullahs’ Crumbling Legitimacy
April 12th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a close look at Iran’s water related tensions: From 28 December 2017 to 7 January 2018, protests broke out in a number of Iranian cities. The protests first started in Mashhad and were probably sparked by the theocratic regime’s total mismanagement of the economy, its political corruption and the country’s foreign […]
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