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Mexico’s Water Dispute With the U.S. Is a Symptom of Its Governance Crisis
November 10th, 2020
Via World Politics Review, commentary on US / Mexico water tensions: For nearly 75 years, the United States and Mexico have transferred giant quantities of water to each other each year as part of a system set up to ensure the equitable sharing of water sheds that straddle their border. The terms and obligations are […]
Read more »Will Texas Taps Soon Run Dry?
November 4th, 2020
Via World Economic Forum, a report on water scarcity in Texas: Population growth, a booming economy and the demands of development are set to strain Texas’ water supplies to the limit. A similar trend is unfolding in other major economies around the world, such as China and India. As things stand, the Lone Star State […]
Read more »Cross Border Fight Over Water Erupts In Mexico
October 15th, 2020
Via The New York Times, a report on the La Boquilla Dam, which was seized from the government by local farmers amid a water dispute with the United States: The farmers armed themselves with sticks, rocks and homemade shields, ambushed hundreds of soldiers guarding a dam and seized control of one of the border region’s most […]
Read more »Water Conflicts in International Rivers
October 12th, 2020
Via ESRI, a report on water conflicts on international rivers: October 24, 2020 is the deadline of the U.S water debt in which Mexico still has to release about 300 million cubic meters of water to the Rio Grande. The U.S. water debt is part of the 1944 treaty about the water utilization of the Rio Grande, Colorado and Tijuana […]
Read more »Water War: America Is Losing Credibility In The Egypt-Ethiopia Dam Dispute
October 8th, 2020
Via National Interest, commentary on how – by not remaining impartial on the issue – the United States has likely jeopardized its chance to be a credible GERD conflict mediator: In early September, the United States decided to suspend up to $130 million in aid to Ethiopia over a “lack of progress” in negotiations with Egypt and Sudan on […]
Read more »Projecting “Peak Water” and “Peak Grain” For The US High Plains
October 8th, 2020
Via , a report on water stress in the US midwest: “Peak oil” is a familiar phrase that refers to the point when oil production ceases its steady upward climb and begins to decline. It has its roots in a mathematical curve proposed by geologist M. King Hubbert in the 1950s, which he applied to total […]
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