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Bangladesh Tilts to China as India Water-Sharing Impasse Deepens
June 2nd, 2026
Vai Nikkei Asia, a report on Dhaka’s recenal approval of several major river projects amid mounting water issues: Bangladesh is pushing ahead with dam and reservoir projects as it recalibrates its approach to cross-border water management after years of diplomacy with India have yielded few tangible results, instead looking to China to help address issues […]
Read more »California’s Water Empire: Over 100 Years of Engineering, Extraction and Avoidance
May 28th, 2026
Via SoCal Water Wars, a look at how over a century of aqueducts, reservoirs, and political gambits has left California dependent on costly water systems built to serve growth—not the climate emergency now unfolding: California has more than 2,700 state, federal and local dams and reservoirs, including roughly 300 in Southern California. I include Hoover Dam […]
Read more »Could Ocean Desalination Help Solve Las Vegas’ Water Woes?
May 23rd, 2026
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, a report that Las Vegas is exploring a water transfer deal with San Diego: Southern Nevada is now looking to the Pacific Ocean to ease its water woes. In a vote Thursday, the Southern Nevada Water Authority board approved a memorandum of understanding that allows General Manager John Entsminger […]
Read more »AI Data Centers in Parched American West Need 7B Gallons of Water Annually
May 20th, 2026
Via Quartz, a look at how new data center facilities across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah are demanding millions of gallons daily in a region where snowpack hit record lows and reservoirs are also low: Water use from data center cooling in the Phoenix area alone is on track to increase by 870%, from 385 million […]
Read more »International Court Backs Pakistan’s Position on Indus Waters Treaty
May 20th, 2026
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on latest developments around the Indus Waters Treaty where India continues to reject arbitration, leaving New Delhi-Islamabad ties frozen: An international court has upheld Pakistan’s plea against India’s pondage at two hydroelectric projects in the New Delhi-administered Kashmir region, reinforcing Islamabad’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement […]
Read more »As the West Dries Out, a New Generation of Dams Rise
May 16th, 2026
Via Bloomberg, a look at how the cities of Colorado’s Front Range are counting on new dams to support their booming population in a deepening megadrought: The Chimney Hollow Dam looks ancient in its simplicity, like a Neolithic mound. The largest dam built in the US in a quarter century, it is not a monumental […]
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