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Rush for Nile Water – Now Uganda Plans Massive Hydroelectric Site
August 18th, 2013
Via OilPrice.com, a report that Uganda is also looking to capitalize on the Nile’s water: In East Africa, the major water resource is the Nile river, the world’s longest, at 4,130 miles, referred to by Egypt since antiquity as the country’s heart. The past several decades have seen the mighty river’s water flow increasingly contested […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India/Pakistan Water Tensions
August 12th, 2013
Via The News Tribe, an article on water tension between India and Pakistan: With tension is heightened on Line of Control, India has coupled the complication by starting water war with Pakistan. India has speed up its efforts of constructing dams on Chenab River, sources said terming this move as ‘equal’ to water war. According […]
Read more »A Thirsty Breadbasket: Drought and Overuse Plague a Critical U.S. Aquifer
August 12th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on the depletion of the High Plains Aquifer in the central U.S.: Groundwater depletion of the High Plains Aquifer in the central United States due to overuse, drought and mismanagement poses a major long-term threat to U.S. agricultural production and exports. Irrigation using water from the aquifer supports a significant […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China And India ‘Water Grab’ Dams Puts Himalayas In Danger
August 11th, 2013
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at China and India’s collective plans to develop more than 400 hydroelectric schemes are planned in the Himalayan region: The Ranganadi hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The future of the world’s most famous mountain range could be endangered by a vast dam-building project, as a risky regional race […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Drought In China Leaves Nearly 6M Lacking Water
August 7th, 2013
Via UPI, a report on China’s water crisis: A drought has left nearly 6 million people without water in 13 provincial-level areas in China, the Ministry of Civil Affairs reported Monday. About 4.3 million of the 5.95 million people affected by the drought, which has continued since mid-June reside in Guizhou and Hunan provinces, the […]
Read more »Ethiopian Hydropower Aspirations Cause Tensions with Neighbours
August 7th, 2013
Via Future Directions, a review of a new addition to the debate surrounding the likely impacts of Ethiopia’s hydropower plans: Kenya’s seeking of a guarantee that the GIBE III dam project will not adversely impact flows into Lake Turkana. Ethiopia’s plans for extensive development of hydropower promise considerable economic reward, but if they are not […]
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