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Parched Tiger And Thirsty Dragon: Brahmaptura Dams Hold Back Silt, Not Water
December 23rd, 2015
Via Third Pole.net, an article on the recently completed Zangmu hydropower project in Tibet, where China has assured India that water flows on the Brahmaputra would not be affected but has said nothing about the silt flow: The sounds of concern and assurance were familiar. As China completed building the 510 MW Zangmu hydropower station in […]
Read more »Scarred Riverbeds And Dead Pistachio Trees In Parched Iran
December 19th, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed look at Iran’s water A dried-up salt lake near Sirjan, Iran. A seven-year drought in the country shows no sign of ending The early-morning sun meagerly brightened the gloom of this sad township, a collection of empty, crumbling houses along a highway through the dusty desert landscape in […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens: Could Foreign Investment Help?
December 16th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a look at Iran’s growing water scarcity problem where over 500 Iranian municipalities face water scarcity due to inefficient water infrastructure and unregulated domestic use: Background The Iranian water crisis has little improved since FDI previously reported on it in 2013. A drying climate and inefficient water infrastructure have continued to be […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Unchecked Pumping Sucking India’s Aquifers Dry
December 11th, 2015
Via The Desert Sun, a detailed look at how unchecked pumping is sucking aquifers dry in India: At dawn, as bells ring out from Hindu shrines, the people of this village get in line for water. Wells have been going dry across the countryside, and the village’s one remaining well yields just enough to run […]
Read more »Pakistan: An Impending Climate Crisis
December 11th, 2015
Via Space Daily, a look at Pakistan’s impending water and climate crisis: Karachi, 2050: The sprawling megacity lies crumbling, desiccated by another deadly heatwave, its millions of inhabitants suffering life-threatening water shortages and unable to buy bread that has become too expensive to eat. It sounds like the stuff of dystopian fiction but it could […]
Read more »Dam Divides Ethiopia From Its Neighbors
December 9th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a report on how the Gibe III Dam on the Omo River has already begun providing much needed hydroelectricity to Ethiopia, but caused increased tensions among local tribes and neighbouring countries: Background The initial support of the Kenyan Government quickly changed when the environmental and social impacts of the dam project […]
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