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Jordan- Arab Region Could Face Severe Water Crisis By 2015
May 21st, 2012
Via The Jordan Times, an article on the impending water crisis facing the Middle East: Arab countries are expected to face severe water scarcity as early as 2015, when the annual per capita water share in the region will fall to less than 500 cubic metres, a recent report warned. The situation of water resources […]
Read more »U.S. Response to Africa’s Future Water Crisis Takes Shape
May 13th, 2012
Via AllAfrica, a report on US government’s plans to develop a strategy for addressing the impending global water crisis in the years ahead. As the article notes: The United States is developing a response to the strain bearing down on worldwide water resources in the decades ahead. A U.S. intelligence report made public in March […]
Read more »The Coming Global Water Crisis
May 10th, 2012
Courtesy of The Atlantic, an interesting look at the global water crisis: The recent UN alert that drought in the Sahel threatens 15 million lives is a harbinger of things to come. In the next twenty years, global demand for fresh water will vastly outstrip reliable supply in many parts of the world. Thanks to […]
Read more »Unsustainable Water Use Threatens China, India, Pakistan, South Africa And USA
May 10th, 2012
Via Maplecroft, a new report on the threat that unsustainable water use presents to the world: The viability of water supplies throughout key regions of China, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the US are under threat from unsustainable domestic, agricultural and industrial demands, according to a new study that maps water use down to 10km² […]
Read more »Water Scarcity: Asia’s Urgent Issue
May 8th, 2012
Via The Jakarta Post, an article on Asia’s water scarcity challenge: Water scarcity is acute in Asia and is likely to worsen at an accelerating speed as the region develops. Yet, the level of public awareness and political commitment is too low in the region to bring about radical changes that are needed to quench […]
Read more »Waterway Robbery?
April 30th, 2012
Courtesy of NewScientist, an article looking at what they term: waterway robbery. As the report notes: FRESH water is one of our most vital resources, but some nations have much greater access to it than others. That is partly down to the geographical good fortune of being sited upstream on a great river. But it […]
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