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Indonesia’s Water Security
March 8th, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a look at Indonesia’s water security: Key Points Population growth and an expanding manufacturing sector will increase demand for water. New dams will likely improve agricultural water supplies, at least in the short-term, but will not improve municipal supplies. Water privatization in Jakarta has failed to improve service delivery. The return […]
Read more »Mekong: Can One Of The World’s Great Rivers Survive Its Development?
March 2nd, 2016
Via The Economist, a series of three articles on the Mekong River. The first looks at GUO, the driver, pulls his car to a merciful halt high above a crevasse: time for a cigarette, and after seven hours of shuddering along narrow, twisting roads, time for his passengers to check that their fillings remain in place. Lighting […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Water Use In China’s Power Sector 2030
February 29th, 2016
Via China Water Risk, a new report examining the expected impact of China’s power sector on water & climate in 2030: China Water Risk (CWR) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) jointly release “Water Use in China’s Power Sector: Impact of Renewables and Cooling Technologies to 2030?. This brief examines the expected impact of China’s […]
Read more »Mekong River: Damned If You Do
February 29th, 2016
Via The Economist, some commentary on dam building on the Mekong River: THE greatest of all South-East Asia’s waterways and the world’s 12th-longest river, the Mekong, is a natural wonder that ties together the destinies of half a dozen countries. Born from snowmelt at over 17,000 feet (5,200 metres), it bolts off the Tibetan plateau […]
Read more »Can Egypt And Ethiopia Share The Nile River?
February 29th, 2016
Via The Japan Times, commentary on the Nile River: Oil is the Middle East’s glamor product, sought after by the entire world and bringing the region wealth beyond the dreams of avarice. But water is the mundane resource that matters even more to locals for, without it, they face the horrible choice of leaving their […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Looming Water Crisis
February 23rd, 2016
Via The Water Network, a look at how poor policies ?have left India in one of ?the worst ?positions in ?the world when ?it comes to ?water stress: For the ?preparation of ?the annual ?Global Risks ?Report 2016, ?the World ?Economic Forum ?asked 750 ?experts from ?all over the ?world what the ?likely global ?risks […]
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