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Indian Tribes: Water Dealmakers In Drying Colorado River Basin
July 1st, 2015
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a very interesting look at the role that native Americans – who hold 20 percent of the Colorado River basin’s water rights – will have in shaping the future of the Southwest: Mired in drought and torched by one of the hottest years ever measured, the seven states of the […]
Read more »US Groundwater: On The Move Overseas In Food Exports
July 1st, 2015
Via Smithsonian Magazine, an interesting look at how US groundwater is leaving the country in the form of food exports: Freshwater in the United States is really on the move. Much of the water pulled from underground reservoirs called aquifers gets incorporated into crops and other foodstuffs, which are then are shuttled around the country […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Will ‘Water Rings’ Help Quench Beijing’s Thirst?
July 1st, 2015
Via Caixin Online, details on a China’s ambitious plan to link lakes and canals with a network of waterway rings that encircle the capital: The city of Beijing has floated a plan for a 230 kilometer network of waterways that improves the urban ecosystem and helps quench the thirst of the capital’s 20 million people. […]
Read more »ISIS: Waging A ‘Water War’ In Southern Iraq
June 29th, 2015
Via Business Insider, a report on how the IS ‘water war’ is drying out marshes in Southern Iraq: In the 1990s, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein drained the marshes of southern Iraq in order to punish the indigenous Shi’ite tribes that opposed him after the first Gulf War. The desiccation of the marshes destroyed wildlife and the […]
Read more »Tap Dance: Water’s Effect On Arab-Israeli Relations
June 22nd, 2015
Via the Christian Science Monitor, a report on how water may drive better cooperation between Israel and its thirsty Arab neighbours: The dramatic increase in Israel’s water supply over the past five years has opened the way for potential cooperation with its thirsty Arab neighbors. With a surplus of water – and that includes last […]
Read more »Canada’s Water Strategy
June 19th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Canada’s water resources: Despite being “water rich,” Canada will experience increasing regional water stress as demographics and climate variability threaten the natural resources in the country’s prairie. Suggestions about the possibility of Canada exporting water will emerge sporadically, as they have in the past. But such […]
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