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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s “One Belt, One Road” Project and Implications of Central Asia’s Water Crisis
September 30th, 2017
Via Global Water Forum, a look at the implications of Central Asia’s water crisis on China’s Belt-and-Road initiative: On May 2017, 29 heads of state gathered in Beijing to discuss the “One Belt, One Road” project, an ambitious economic and diplomatic initiative designed to connect China with the world. Although the initiative promises to stimulate […]
Read more »US, Mexico Reach Deal To Conserve Colorado River Water
September 29th, 2017
Via Associated Press, a report on a new agreement between the United States and Mexico to preserve the overtaxed Colorado River: The United States and Mexico unveiled an agreement Wednesday to preserve the overtaxed Colorado River, including spending millions of dollars on conservation and environmental projects and drawing up plans to deal with any shortages […]
Read more »Iran’s Urmia Lake Restoration Target Elusive
September 28th, 2017
Courtesy of The Iran Project, a report on Lake Urmia: The level of Urmia Lake is currently 20 centimeters lower than the target set for the end of the water year (Sept. 22), an official involved in Urmia Lake Restoration Program said. Ali Haji-Moradi, policymaking director at ULRP’s Incorporation and Planning Office, said that based […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Mekong Plans Threaten Disaster for Countries Downstream
September 27th, 2017
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how Beijing is building hydroelectric dams and dredging to allow bigger boats as worries of environmental devastation grow: Thirty million people depend for a living on the Mekong, the great Asian river that runs through Southeast Asia from its origins in the snowfields of Tibet to its end in […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: By 2050, India May Live On Imported Water
September 26th, 2017
Via Times of India, a look at India’s water crisis: Do not be surprised if the country is forced to import drinking water by 2050, thanks to the fast-depleting groundwater stock that is expected to reduce to 3,120 litres per day a person by then. Data shows that today — going by 2001 figures — […]
Read more »Fights Over Water Worsening Lake Chad Conflict
September 26th, 2017
Via AllAfrica, a report on how the impact of drying Lake Chad is causing tensions among communities with Cameroonians and Nigerians in Darak village, who constantly fight over the water: REPEATED conflicts among nationals of different countries over control of the remaining water in the drying Lake Chad are worsening insecurity in the terror-prone region. […]
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