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A Parched Tiger: India’s Water Crisis
November 15th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times’ Beyond BRICs blog, a report on India’s water crisis: “India’s water crisis is more serious than its energy crisis,†said Montek Singh Ahluwalia deputy chairman of the goverrnment’s planning commission. “Everyone knows it’s a problem,†he added. While the government says it has recognised the severity of India’s water shortages […]
Read more »An Arabian Aquapocalypse and Egypt’s Nile-less Future?
November 14th, 2010
Courtesy of Green Prophet, two articles that remind us of the water crises awaiting much of the Middle East. As the first notes, some officials have recently called the Middle East water problem an apocalypse, to draw attention to the real and immediate danger shortages represent: “…While bureaucrats push paper in their plush offices, the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Bringing the Bohai Sea to Xinjiang
November 8th, 2010
Via Danwei, an interesting article on a new proposal to divert seawater to Xinjiang: “…The South-North Water Transfer Project (å—水北调工程) is a major infrastructure project designed to bring water resources from the Yangtze River in the south to the Yellow River in the north. The project is not without controversy, but water scarcity in the […]
Read more »Mekong Progress? Study Calls For 10-Year Freeze on Dam Construction
November 8th, 2010
Via Circle of Blue, news of a new study approved by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) calling for a 10-year freeze on the construction of hydropower dams along Southeast Asia’s Mekong River.  As the article notes: “…When in September Laos submitted its plans for the construction of the 1,260-megawatt Sayaboury hydropower dam on the Mekong […]
Read more »Central Asian Water Politics…with Energy & Security Implications
November 2nd, 2010
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the water politics of Central Asia, namely Tajikistan’s request for Russian support of a hydroelectric power plant that Uzbekistan opposes. As the article notes: “…sources in Central Asia reported Nov. 1 that Russia is in talks with Tajik authorities about having an open contract for Russia’s […]
Read more »Russia: “We must not buy Perrier…we must sell our water abroad.”
October 28th, 2010
Via Window on Eurasia, an interesting report that Russia is considering selling some of its water abroad. As the article notes: “…Moscow is making plans to exploit its position as a “fresh water superpower†and sell some of its holdings of this increasingly precious commodity to water-short neighbors and other countries further afield, according to […]
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