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In Drought, Water Wars Fought Underground
September 15th, 2013
Via Yahoo!, a report on what is apt to become an increasing venue for water tension – groundwater: For decades, this city in California’s agricultural heartland relied exclusively on cheap, plentiful groundwater and pumped increasingly larger amounts from an aquifer as its population grew. But eventually, the water table dropped by more than 100 feet, […]
Read more »Libya’s Government Facing Water Threat
September 14th, 2013
Via Terra Daily, an article on Libya’s water challenges: Libya’s fragile government, grappling with marauding militias that have virtually shut down the country’s vital oil industry, has another big problem in its struggle to impose control — water supplies. Militants loyal to the late Moammar Gadhafi seized control of the Great Man-Made River, a $33 […]
Read more »Syria: World’s First Water War?
September 11th, 2013
Via The Washington Post, a look at water’s impact on the Syrian war: Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell are co-founders of the D.C.-based Center for Climate and Security, a think tank focused on the interactions between climate change and security issues. In recent years, they’ve published a number of reports looking at the environmental roots of both the Arab […]
Read more »Libya: Difficulty In Maintaining Central Control Over Man Made River
September 11th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a brief look at Libya’s great man-made river project: The Libyan government restored functionality to a pipeline Sept. 8 used to deliver fresh water to the capital city of Tripoli, Libyan Water Resources Minister Alhadi Suleiman Hinshir said. The pipeline had been disabled since Sept. 3, after an attack in southern […]
Read more »Restoring Mesopotamian Marshes: A Vision Of Regional Water Cooperation For The Middle East?
September 4th, 2013
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting article on the restoration of Iraq’s mesopotamian marshes which also offers a grander vision for regional water cooperation throughout the Middle East and elsewhere: Mesopotamian Marshland Map: NeNear the end of their 1,900- and 2,800-kilometer journey, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, respectfully, feed into the Mesopotamian Marshlands of […]
Read more »The Global Water Crisis: Why Water Politics Matter For Business Security
August 31st, 2013
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on the need for global cooperation to ensure water security: Despite political tension between the two countries, India and Pakistan have cooperated over the Indus River. The world is facing a global water crisis. This year, the World Economic Forum and world business leaders identified that water supply crises […]
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