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Las Vegas Is Going All In on Its Water Conservation Plan
March 26th, 2024
Via Smithsonian Magazine, an article on how Las Vegas – as the Southwest dries – a city notorious for excess find a way to survive with less: Anything goes in Las Vegas, except excessive water use. Two decades ago, the city began to grapple with a reality that many other cities in the Southwest were trying to […]
Read more »Mexico City: What Will 22M People Do When The Taps Run Dry?
March 26th, 2024
Via Los Angeles Times, a look at Mexico City’s water crisis: When Reina Cervantes Trejo heard the truck, gears grinding as it climbed the street to her house, she rushed outside. “Thanks to our good Lord!” she said. “The water has finally arrived!” Cervantes and her husband hurried to help the driver, Fredy Romero, as […]
Read more »How the Houthis Use Water as Weapon in Yemen
March 26th, 2024
Via Green Prophet, a look at how water is used as a weapon in Yemen: In a bid to control and subvert the nonviolent people in Yemen, Houthi rebels use water as a weapon, says a new report. Women and younger women are especially put in harm’s way. According to New Security Beat the Houthis are blocking […]
Read more »Sprinklers and Drip Irrigation Help Iraqis Beat Drought
March 25th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, an article on Iraq’s drought: After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father’s parched land, but then a water-saving irrigation system revived his crops and his hopes. He is among hundreds of farmers in the country battered by heatwaves, scarce rain and depleted rivers to […]
Read more »Water Worries: Indonesia and US Have Plenty In Common
March 24th, 2024
Via EcoBusiness, a look at how – despite being on other sides of the planet, Jakarta and Iowa are staring down similar issues around water hygiene and supply. On the surface, Jakarta has little in common with the US state of Iowa. The Indonesian capital is a coastal tropical city of over 11 million people, […]
Read more »Climate Change Puts Pressure on Kenya’s Water Resources
March 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the impact that climate change is having upon Kenya’s water resources: Steve Macharia leans down to his pond and scoops up water in his palms. He lets it run through his fingers. “This water pan has changed my life,” the farmer says. He surveys it and one […]
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