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First-Ever Colorado River Water Shortage Is Now Almost Certain
May 28th, 2021
Via CNN, an article on new projections that show a Colorado River water shortage is now almost certain: Thousands of people will celebrate Memorial Day this weekend on the water of Lake Mead, just 24 miles east of Las Vegas on the border of Arizona and Nevada. What they may not realize is that the oasis […]
Read more »Can Egypt Avoid Being Harmed By Second Filling of Nile Dam?
May 25th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt’s foreign minister says Cairo can compensate for the second filling of Ethiopia’s controversial dam on the Blue Nile as a result of the projects the Egyptian government is implementing to confront water scarcity: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry recently spoke about the government’s ability to overcome the second filling of the Grand […]
Read more »Hoover Dam Made Life in the West Possible. Or So We Thought.
May 19th, 2021
Courtesy of The New York Times, an OpEd on water scarcity in the U.S. west: Few things force you to confront hubris and genius at the same time as much as the magnificent harness on the Colorado River that created the largest reservoir in the United States. To build Hoover Dam in the 1930s, an army of […]
Read more »GERD Lock: A Knot of Contradictions In Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia Dispute
May 14th, 2021
Via New Eastern Outlook, commentary on the decade long dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: There has been a decade-long dispute over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile since 2011. Recently, after the final failure of the negotiations in Kinshasa, this dispute has intensified between Cairo and […]
Read more »Water Created California and The West, but Will Drought Finish Them Off?
May 2nd, 2021
Via the LA Times, an article on the U.S. west’s increasing problem with water scarcity: In what may become an iconic image for drought-stricken California, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood on the parched bed of Lake Mendocino on April 21 to announce an emergency declaration for Sonoma and Mendocino counties. “I’m standing currently 40 feet underwater,” he said, […]
Read more »Egypt Explores Water Alternatives With Nile Dam Set To Fill
April 29th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on Egypt’s efforts to work on water projects with South Sudan in a bid to make up for water lost from the Nile as Ethiopia fills its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Many observers believe that Egypt is left with two choices regarding the negotiations on filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): a military confrontation […]
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