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The Parched Tiger: Groundwater Plummets In Indian Cities
April 7th, 2015
An interesting look, via the New Indian Express, at the impending groundwater crisis facing many Indian cities: As summer peaks, Hyderabadis are once again turning to borewells, plumbing new depths, to extract groundwater. But, chances of finding the elixir of life are bleak — the latest data of the groundwater department of Hyderabad and Rangareddy […]
Read more »Exporting The Colorado River To Asia, Through Hay: Beneath California Crops, Groundwater Crisis Grows
April 6th, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed look at California’s groundwater crisis: Even as the worst drought in decades ravages California, and its cities face mandatory cuts in water use, millions of pounds of thirsty crops like oranges, tomatoes and almonds continue to stream out of the state and onto the nation’s grocery shelves. But […]
Read more »How Agricultural Growers Gamed California’s Drought
March 30th, 2015
Via Daily Beast, an interesting article on how growers – who consume 80 percent of California’s developed water but account for only 2 percent of the state’s GDP – thrive while everyone else in the state is parched: “I’ve been smiling all the way to the bank,” said pistachio farmer John Dean at a conference […]
Read more »South Asia: Running Out Of Groundwater
March 27th, 2015
Via SciDev, a summary of the recent UN World Water Development Report (WWDR 2015), Water for a Sustainable World 2015, which notes the following: South Asia and China account for nearly half of the world’s groundwater use Per capita water availability in South Asia has been dropping dramatically Continued groundwater extraction will deepen the water crisis in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibetan Rivers At Risk
March 26th, 2015
Via Meltdown in Tibet, an interesting look at some of the risks faced by Tibet’s major rivers: On the drawing board, at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, is a massive water diversion project. The Western sector of the South-to-North Water Diversion Scheme involves the building of three mega-dams (with wall heights of 175 metres, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Food, Water, Energy Conundrum (2)
March 26th, 2015
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, part two of an interesting look at India’s food, water, and energy challenge: The good news is that India’s government has started to shift its priorities in terms of how it manages the country’s economy and natural resources. Some changes are visible on the ground: Renewable energy is gaining traction […]
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