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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Tripartite Talks Resume
August 27th, 2014
Via Future Directions International, an update on the recently restarted discussions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Talks about the GERD froze in January this year, after Sudan publicly expressed support for the construction of the dam. Egypt and Ethiopia agreed to meet again in Khartoum on 25 August, to discuss issues and concerns about […]
Read more »Mideast Water Wars: In Iraq, A Battle For Control Of Water
August 26th, 2014
Courtesy of Yale’s Environment360, a look at how conflicts over water have long haunted the Middle East but, in the current fighting in Iraq, the major dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are seen not just as strategic targets but as powerful weapons of war: There is a water war going on in the […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Largest City Thirsts For Water
August 24th, 2014
Via Philly.com, a report on Pakistan’s water crisis: In this Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 photo, Pakistanis block a road with rocks during a protest against water and electricity shortages, in Karachi, Pakistan. On the outskirts of the slums of Pakistan’s biggest city, protesters burning tires and throwing stones have what sounds like a simple demand: […]
Read more »Iran: Dried Out
August 22nd, 2014
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on Iran, where poor planning, populist policies and drought have contributed to a critical water shortage: Let the river run through it: the dried out Zayandeh Roud at Isfahan Farmers who worked the fertile lands around Isfahan have had to find a new way to make a living […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Avoiding Hydro Wars
August 13th, 2014
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a look at concerns building over China’s transboundary hydropower expansion: Highlights -China’s hydro can power the whole of India by the end of 2015 but only 6.5% of this is from transboundary rivers -Hydro is expected to be 500GW by 2050; 30% of this will be from Mekong, Salween […]
Read more »Islamic State Militants Threaten Turkey If Euphrates Water Supply Not Restored
August 12th, 2014
Via RT, a report on the Islamist militant group ISIS’ threats to Turkey over water supplies: The Haditha Dam Islamic State militants have directly threatened Turkey with violence as they swore to “liberate” Istanbul in order to reopen a dam on the Euphrates River. Water flow to parts of Syria and Iraq is at a […]
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