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South African Opposition Capitalises On Water Shortages
November 11th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, an interesting report on water politics of a different sort where the drought has drawn attention to the parlous state of water infrastructure in South Africa, a development that the political opposition has utilised to attack the ruling African National Congress: Background The drought in South Africa has continued to spread […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Kolkata…A Water-Rich City Turning Water-Poor
November 11th, 2015
Courtesy of The Third Pole.net, a look at how Kolkata, one of the most water-rich cities in India naturally, is becoming water stressed due to bad planning and criminal activities: Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, is the most important city in eastern India. The core Kolkata city is spread over around 200 square […]
Read more »Iran To Supply Drinking Water To 16 Provinces Through Desalination
November 4th, 2015
Via Tasnim News, a report on Iran’s plan to combat the nation’s increasing water scarcity: Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian announced that a project is under study to desalinate water from the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman and supply drinking water to 47 million people across the country. Speaking in the 11th Iranian and […]
Read more »A New Path To Peace: The Red Sea – Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project
October 31st, 2015
Via the IWA’s compelling journal, The Source, an interesting look at how Jordan, Israel and Palestine’s Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project–the first major peace process project since the 1994 Peace Accords – could become a model for further cooperation in the region: It doesn’t take a scientist to see that the Dead Sea is […]
Read more »Healing Wounds Of Conflict Through Water Diplomacy
October 31st, 2015
Courtesy of IWA’s The Source magazine, a very insightful article on an audacious roadmap for the Jordan River involving a new US$4.6 billion master plan to bring peace, understanding– and treatment plants–to the most contested and politicised waters on earth: In the 1840s, US naval officer William Lynch led three boats down the Jordan River […]
Read more »Thirsty Dragon: China’s Bottled Water Industry To Exploit Asia’s Water Tower
October 30th, 2015
Via Eco Business, a look at the Tibet government’s plans for a massive expansion of the bottled water industry by tapping the Himalayan glaciers: Tibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighbouring countries. This week the […]
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