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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Transboundary Water Governance is a Regional Security Issue in Asia
December 29th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how careful management of Asia’s hydropower resources is essential to ensure its positive impacts on climate change and avoid transboundary river conflicts: The Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush-Himalayan regions, also known as the “Asian water tower,” is the source of 10 major Asian rivers. Abundant glacier ice […]
Read more »In Arizona, Colorado River Crisis Stokes Worry Over Growth and Groundwater Depletion
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an article on Colorado River crisis: Kathleen Ferris stared across a desert valley dotted with creosote bushes, wondering where the water will come from to supply tens of thousands of new homes. In the distance, a construction truck rumbled along a dirt road, spewing dust. This tract of open […]
Read more »US Southwest: Thousands Will Live Here One Day (As Long As They Can Find Water)
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – in the increasingly dry Southwest – drought and climate change pose a challenge for developers, who need to find creative ways to provide water supply to new communities: Surrounded by miles of creosote and ocotillo in the Sonoran Desert, state officials and business leaders gathered […]
Read more »Arizona Is in a Race to the Bottom of Its Water Wells, With Saudi Arabia’s Help
December 27th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, commentary on the role played by private companies in Arizona’s worrying water crisis: Arizona’s water is running worryingly low. Amid the worst drought in more than a millennium, which has left communities across the state with barren wells, the state is depleting what remains of its precious groundwater. Much of […]
Read more »Amid Drought, Arizona Contemplates Piping In Water From Mexico
December 23rd, 2022
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how Arizona – amidst drought – is considering piping in water from Mexico: Arizona’s newly expanded water finance board had met only three times. The state authority had no director. Nor had it made a public call for water projects to boost Arizona’s dwindling water supplies from the Colorado River. But […]
Read more »Water Crisis in the American West ‘is Going to be Painful’
December 23rd, 2022
Via the Nevada Current, commentary on the drought in the US southwest: Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t have a crystal ball, but rapidly receding reservoirs uncovering sunken boats and other debris lost in their depths decades ago give a clear view of the hard choices ahead. If Western states do not agree on […]
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