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The Parched Tiger: A Water-Starved India By 2050
September 25th, 2017
Via The Hindu Business Line, commentary on India’s water crisis: We are staring at an apocalypse. This can only be averted if efficient practices are integrated into industries and service. The future of water will be a gamble — resting entirely on the way we decide to play the game here on. Either we continue to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Will China’s Silk Road Strategy Threaten The Tarim Basin Once Again?
September 24th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of how Beijing’s crucial Belt and Road Initiative could jeopardize the Tarim basin’s nascent hydro recovery: The tale of the Silk Road is one of intrigue, war and cities lost. But within this complex and quixotic tableau, it is the story of China’s Tarim Basin that best echoes the […]
Read more »Pakistan: Could Face Mass Droughts By 2025
September 23rd, 2017
Via The Independent, an article on Pakistan’s water crisis as as water level nears ‘absolute scarcity’: Pakistan could face drought in the near future according to experts in the country, who have warned the country will approach the “absolute scarcity” level of water by 2025. The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) made the grim forecast in a […]
Read more »Iranian Response to Growing Water Scarcity Provides a Chance for Regional Leadership
September 20th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a look at Iran’s water diplomacy with Afghanistan and the region: Iranian history is marred by water related insecurities and conflicts. In recent years, water related issues are at the fore of the concerns of residents and politicians alike. In particular, Iran faces transboundary quarrels with Turkey, Afghanistan and the Kurdish […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China and India Water ‘Dispute’ After Border Stand-Off
September 19th, 2017
Via the BBC, a report on an emerging dispute between China and India over water: China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water. Delhi says it has not received any hydrological – the scientific study of the movement, distribution […]
Read more »U.S. And Mexico Agree To Share A Shrinking Colorado River
September 19th, 2017
Via the High Country News, a report on how the two nations are poised to sign an updated water pact to deal with drought: On a sunny March morning in 2014, dam operators lifted a gate on the Morelos Dam on the Colorado River, at the U.S.-Mexico border. Water gushed toward the river’s dry delta at […]
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