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The Thirsty Dragon: China And The Politics Of Dam Building
September 24th, 2013
Courtesy of The Economist, an article on the damming of China’s great rivers: CHINA has many good reasons not to build the $5.2 billion Xiaonanhai dam on the Yangzi river in Chongqing. The site, on a gentle slope that moves water along only slowly, is not ideal for generating hydropower. The fertile soil makes it […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Black Market For Water Expands In Delhi
September 19th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a look at India’s water mafia: Residents, in New Delhi, lining up cans on the road and waiting for government tankers to deliver drinking water on June 15, 2012. NEW DELHI— On a recent afternoon, as an intense stench rose from a carcass dump, a group of women pushed, shoved, […]
Read more »Africa: Four Nations Agree to Water Management Programme
September 19th, 2013
Via All Africa, a report on a cooperative international effort to preserve the Nubian aquifer: Seeking to improve their management of water resources, four northeast African nations today agreed at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to establish a long-term framework for utilizing a key underground water system. Chad, Egypt, Libya and Sudan signed a […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Urban Billion Grapple With Diminishing Water Resources, Scarcity And Pollution
September 17th, 2013
Via The City Fix, a report on China’s water challenge: Water scarcity in China is exacerbated by the demands of growing cities. China’s Urban Billion is a series of blogs exploring China’s urbanization process. Xiaomei Tan guides TheCityFix readers through China’s opportunities and challenges as it transforms into an urbanized society. She examines the urbanization process as it relates to governance, […]
Read more »Damming The Mekong: Fish-Friendly?
September 17th, 2013
Via The Economist, a look at the controversy over the Xayaburi dam: ALONG the banks of the Mekong in Laos, the forest has been stripped and the mountainside gouged out. Construction of the Xayaburi dam, the first on the lower Mekong, is in full swing. The dam, which will cost $3.5 billion, is being built […]
Read more »Can Kenya’s Hidden Aquifer Prevent A Water War?
September 15th, 2013
Via Gizmodo, an interesting article on the wide ranging implications of the recent aquifer discovery in Kenya: This week’s jaw-dropping news that a massive aquifer has been discovered beneath Kenya conjured up all sorts of visions of the desert instantly greening like a Chia Pet. But it’s not as easy as digging a well—the […]
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