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Water conflict typically refers to violence or disputes associated with access to, or control of, water resources, or the use of water or water systems as weapons or casualties of conflicts. The term water war is colloquially used in media for some disputes over water, and often is more limited to describing a conflict between countries, states ...
The United Nations held its first water conference in decades, focusing on crises and solutions. The U.N. chief said 'water is in deep trouble' globally.
Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by the availability of water and water resources, a necessity for all life forms and human development. Arun P. Elhance's definition of hydropolitics is "the systematic study of conflict and cooperation between states over water resources that transcend international borders". [1]
The conflict regarding water in the Middle East could flare up in the coming days due to disputes over availability, use and management of water. [18] The intense competition for water could even lead to regional war. [18] That is why, cooperation is necessary to prevent conflicts and wars.
New Mexico water case, the parties are going back to the drawing board. ... “The conflict between surface irrigators and groundwater irrigators is such an important theme to this case,” Griggs ...
The Pacific Institute, a global water think tank, is today releasing a major update to its Water Conflict Chronology, the world’s most comprehensive open-source database on water-related violence. More than 300 new instances of violent conflicts associated with water resources and water systems have been added to the record.
Chattahoochee River in Norcross, Georgia, downstream from Lake Lanier and Buford Dam. The tri-state water dispute is a 21st-century water-use conflict among the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin.
The drought has strained the peace struck by the 2015 settlement agreement, writes Bryan Clark. And tens of thousands of acres may go dry if a resolution can’t be found. | Opinion