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Big Water Pipelines, an Old Pursuit, Still Alluring in Drying U.S. West
July 22nd, 2022
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how large-scale water engineering projects like the Los Angeles Aqueduct ushered in the modern era of the American West. More pipelines and water transfers have been proposed or are under construction in the drying region: As the region’s climate becomes drier, more pipelines are being proposed despite […]
Read more »Iraq Asks Turkey To Release More Water
July 18th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on Iraq’s request to Turkey to release more water: Iraq on Saturday asked Ankara to increase the flow of water downstream along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as both countries face droughts and tensions over resource management. Baghdad regularly complains that dams constructed in neighbouring countries impact its river levels. Water […]
Read more »Egypt Hopes Gulf Mediation Will Help Resolve Nile Dam Dispute
July 8th, 2022
Via Al Monitor, an article on how Egypt has intensified its contacts with Gulf countries to mobilize support in the GERD file, although statements and public support may not be enough to pressure Ethiopia back to the negotiation table: As part of its moves against Ethiopia’s policies related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), […]
Read more »Will a Nile Canal Project Dry Up Africa’s Largest Wetland?
July 8th, 2022
Via Yale e360, an article on the impact that South Sudan’s 240-mile canal to divert water from the White Nile and send it to Egypt would have upon Africa’s largest wetland: Seen from space, the Sudd swamp is a giant green smudge where the White Nile, one of the great river’s two main branches, spreads out […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Multiple Hydropower Projects On Chenab River Ring Alarm Bells
July 8th, 2022
Via Mongabay, an article on multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab river in India: Chenab is an important river in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region and currently has over 12 hydropower projects either commissioned or under construction. Environmentalists and experts in the region also warn that the unchecked growth of such projects may lead to […]
Read more »U.S. Southwest Is Bone Dry and Key Water Sources Are At Risk
July 6th, 2022
Via Politico, a look at how climate change and worsening drought have driven water stores in the U.S. southwest to dangerous lows. Now the federal government is telling states to drastically cut back: California and six other Western states have less than 60 days to pull off a seemingly impossible feat: Cut a multi-way deal […]
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