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Global Water Resources Pushed to the Brink
March 1st, 2012
Via The Environmental Leader, a report on how a global population of seven billion people will push water resources to the brink, unless agriculture and industry act fast to cut demand: Water use could reach 8,680,000,000,000 cubic meters this year. A study warned in 2009 that global water requirements would grow to 6,900 billion m3 by […]
Read more »Central Asia: Water Scarcity Likely Within Two Decades
February 28th, 2012
Via New Europe, an article on the impending water stress likely to be realized in Central Asia in the years ahead: The water of the Caspian Sea shore some 50 kilometres north of Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. | |EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE Rivers crossing the territories of several countries must become a source of peace rather than discord, […]
Read more »Thirsty UAE Bans Exports of Precious Groundwater
February 13th, 2012
Via the Gulf News, a report that the United Arab Emirates has banned the export of groundwater: Abu Dhabi will no longer be sharing their precious groundwater. The Ministerial Service Council has banned the export of groundwater due to a decline in its levels in the country. The ban was taken at the council’s meeting […]
Read more »Taking Water For Granted?
February 12th, 2012
Via TaKaDu’s corporate blog, a quick summary of water risk measures: The world is starting to realize that water is not an infinite good. The risks related to water supply, considering the fact that water is a finite resource while global demand is constantly growing, is gaining more and more attention. Several respectable organizations have […]
Read more »Harvard’s Water Security Initiative
January 1st, 2012
Via The Harvard Magazine, an article on John Briscoe and the University’s efforts to understand and tackle water insecurity around the world: In the little town of 5,000 where he now lives, John Briscoe holds the exalted title “master of the Todd Pond dam,†a tiny impoundment. He uses this role to introduce his students […]
Read more »The Coming Mega Drought?
December 22nd, 2011
Courtesy of Scientific American, a provocative article on the uncomfortable similarities between the southwestern U.S. and Australia before its nine-year dry spell. As the article notes: DRYING OUT IN THE U.S.: The falling water level of Lake Mead near Las Vegas has left behind a white ring of mineral deposits Image: Christopher J. Morris/Redux Pictures […]
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