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‘Blue Gold’ – Turkey’s Key To The ‘Dry Crescent’
December 11th, 2017
Via Global Risk Insights, a report on the impact of Turkey’s efforts to control the headwaters of key water resources in Syria and Iraq: Next year will mark a full century since the Ottoman Empire lost control of the areas now known as Syria and Iraq. Now Turkey is pursuing an increasingly nationalistic and assertive foreign […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: World’s Largest Water Diversion Plan Won’t Quench China’s Thirst
December 11th, 2017
Via Bloomberg, an article on China’s south-to-north diversion project: Autumn rains came too late to save the stunted stalks of Shu Xinguo’s corn crop, withered by a dry July growing season. “We rely on the weather for our living,” said Shu, weary and resigned, his tanned hands hoisting bundles of his remaining crop — green […]
Read more »Will Cape Town Run Out of Water?
December 11th, 2017
Via Bloomberg, a report on Cape Town’s water crisis: Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says she has a new reason to hate Mondays. That’s when she gets weekly reports on levels in the dams that supply South Africa’s second-biggest city, and on how much water its 4 million residents are using. The numbers regularly […]
Read more »The New Water Wars Reshaping America
December 8th, 2017
Via Ozy, a report on water politics in America: Pawhuska, in northern Oklahoma, is the capital of the Osage Nation. Surrounded by ranchers and farmers, its downtown economy was historically fed by a brick plant, a creamery, an ice factory and a rock crusher. Nowadays, even those job creators are gone. Replacing them are a […]
Read more »Computer Models Indicate Water Problems In Asia’s Future
December 7th, 2017
Via China Daily, a slightly dated look at Asia’s impending water crisis: Water. Leonardo da Vinci called it “the elixir of life”. Yet worldwide, at least a billion people live with no nearby source, according to the World Health Organization, and of the remaining 6 billion people, only 42 percent have either running water in […]
Read more »Drying Up: Kenya-Ethiopia Cross-Border Agreements Will Not Fix Water Crisis
December 7th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on the impact of some recent cross border agreements between Kenya and Ethiopia on water issues: Background Newly signed cross-border agreements between the Kenyan and Ethiopian Governments are aimed at capitalising on the economic potential of the border region. The region faces a severe water crisis as a result […]
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