Palestinian President Accuses Israel of ‘Deliberately Causing Thirst’ in Gaza
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Via Anadolu Agency, a report on the immense water scarcity pressure in the Gaza Strip: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of “deliberately causing thirst” and spreading diseases in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency, WAFA. Abbas made the remarks on World Water Day, which is celebrated annually on March 22. “World Water Day this year comes at a time when our Palestinian people in Gaza are experiencing, like never before, the most heinous inhuman crimes of the occupation, which have claimed the lives of thousands of innocent victims, including ma ..read more
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Water Level of Caspian Sea Falling at Accelerating Rate
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Via Window on Eurasia, an article on the Caspian Sea: The water level of the Caspian Sea is falling at an accelerating rate, raising the specter not that that inland sea is going to go the way of the Aral anytime soon but rather that lower water levels will complicate the lives of littoral states and may make it far more difficult for Moscow to move its Caspian Flotilla to the Sea of Azov. A debate has been going on between Western specialists who see the level of the Caspian continuing to fall throughout the 21st century and Russian ones who argue that the current decline will be revers ..read more
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Yemen’s Aquifers To Run Dry By 2030
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Via Green Prophet, a report on Yemen’s water crisis: The Yemeni Houthis are a problem as they blow up ships passing through the Red Sea toward the manmade Suez Canal. The Houthis astarving out their own people. They use water as a weapon in their war against the west. In a recent UN report by UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), they estimate that all of Yemen’s freshwater resources will be depleted by 2030. It said that most conflicts revolve over water in Yemen, which remains the poorest in the world in terms of water resources. In a report entitled “To leverage Water for Peace ..read more
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Las Vegas Is Going All In on Its Water Conservation Plan
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3d ago
Via Smithsonian Magazine, an article on how Las Vegas – as the Southwest dries – a city notorious for excess find a way to survive with less: Anything goes in Las Vegas, except excessive water use. Two decades ago, the city began to grapple with a reality that many other cities in the Southwest were trying to put off: Eventually, it could run out of water. In contrast with cities like Phoenix or Los Angeles, which get water from a number of sources, Las Vegas still gets about 90 percent of its water from the Colorado River, and it has little other water to tap into. By the time the ..read more
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Mexico City: What Will 22M People Do When The Taps Run Dry?
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3d ago
Via Los Angeles Times, a look at Mexico City’s water crisis: When Reina Cervantes Trejo heard the truck, gears grinding as it climbed the street to her house, she rushed outside. “Thanks to our good Lord!” she said. “The water has finally arrived!” Cervantes and her husband hurried to help the driver, Fredy Romero, as he yanked hoses from the truck to fill up a cistern and a hodgepodge of plastic buckets, pails and kitchen pots the couple had assembled on their patio. The taps had dried up weeks ago, and Cervantes’ daughter had been calling the city nearly every day, pleading for the water ..read more
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Sprinklers and Drip Irrigation Help Iraqis Beat Drought
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4d ago
Via Terra Daily, an article on Iraq’s drought: After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father’s parched land, but then a water-saving irrigation system revived his crops and his hopes. He is among hundreds of farmers in the country battered by heatwaves, scarce rain and depleted rivers to benefit from new water management systems brought by the UN World Food Programme. The systems use automated sprinklers and drip irrigation to ensure scarce water is used in the most efficient way and is not lost as run-off or evaporated under the blazing sun. “Since 2 ..read more
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Climate Change Puts Pressure on Kenya’s Water Resources
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5d ago
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the impact that climate change is having upon Kenya’s water resources: Steve Macharia leans down to his pond and scoops up water in his palms. He lets it run through his fingers. “This water pan has changed my life,” the farmer says. He surveys it and one next to it — both lined with an impermeable plastic sheet, and each holding about 100,000 litres of water. By storing rainwater in these ‘pans’, Macharia explains, he can irrigate his fields and harvest healthier cabbages not once but three times a year. This means he can now make Ks1.5mn (about $10 ..read more
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Why Shared Water Could Become A Source of Conflict Between Arab Nations
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5d ago
Courtesy of Arab News, a look at why shared water resources could become a source of conflict between nations of the Arab region: Water scarcity is common across the Middle East and North Africa owing to high temperatures and limited rainfall As climate change depletes rivers and aquifers, experts warn a failure to jointly manage resources could provoke conflict  Water scarcity and mismanagement are pressing global issues, made worse by a warming climate which is depleting the world’s freshwater sources at an alarming rate. Despite this, international cooperation on water s ..read more
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Saudi Arabia: Working To Stabilize and Replenish Its Groundwater Reserves
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5d ago
Via Arab News, a report on how Saudi Arabia is acting to stabilize and replenish its groundwater reserves: The Kingdom is among the most arid countries in the world due to its minimal rainfall and high evaporation rates To combat water scarcity, Saudi Arabia has made substantial investments in conservation and desalination infrastructure DUBAI: Groundwater levels are in significant decline around the world, particularly in agricultural regions with dry climates that experience severe water deficiency. Saudi Arabia is one of several Middle Eastern nations that struggle with water ..read more
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The Water Wars Myth
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5d ago
Via OpenMind, commentary on what they call the ‘water wars myth’: “Water shortages are brewing wars,” warned the BBC last year. People who worry about climate change are drawn to this dramatic, high-stakes idea. After all, persistent droughts and destructive floods are symptoms of a changing climate, and it seems irresistibly intuitive to claim that when water becomes scarce or unpredictable, states will go to war with each other to secure it. But by paying so much attention to an exaggerated, simplistic scenario (even with good intentions), we miss the true risks of water shortages and the ..read more
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