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Senate debates water law urgently amid farmer protests
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Mexico's Senate began urgent debate on Thursday on the new General Water Law, approved hours earlier by the Chamber of Deputies without going through committees. Farmers protest outside Congress and threaten to block Mexico City and other states if their demands are unmet. Morena lawmakers defend President Claudia Sheinbaum's initiative, while opposition criticizes the rushed process.
Randa El-Menshawy, Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, has directed the offering of several seawater desalination plants to specialised local private-sector companies for operation and maintenance. The initiative seeks to improve operational efficiency and sustainability as part of state efforts.
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Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam met with Marwan Al-Raqad, executive director of the Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management under the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, to discuss strengthening water management cooperation. Sewilam expressed Egypt's readiness to expand technical and research collaboration, particularly in improving water-use efficiency and sustainable resource management. The two sides reviewed plans to host a regional branch office in Cairo.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have found that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) synchronizes extreme wet and dry conditions across continents. Their study, based on satellite data from 2002 to 2024, reveals how these climate patterns drive simultaneous water crises worldwide. The findings highlight a shift toward more frequent dry extremes since around 2012.
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홍콩 당국은 원롱의 페어뷰 파크 주택 단지에서 지속적인 민물 손실을 조사하기 위해 3인 전문가 패널을 구성했다. 이는 임대인들의 관료적 무기력에 대한 비판에 따른 조치다. 수도국은 주민들에게 기술 지원을 제공할 것이지만 사유지 파이프 수리 책임은 없다고 주장한다.
Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation issued a statement blaming the Ethiopian government for an artificial September flood that caused humanitarian disasters in Sudan and inundated low-lying Nile lands in Egypt's Delta. The statement described the management of the Ethiopian dam as unilateral and irresponsible, shifting the natural flood's timing and triggering a more severe deluge. Egypt affirmed its commitment to patience but kept all options open to protect its water rights.