Recursos hídricos
Senado debate lei da água com urgência em meio a protestos de agricultores
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O Senado do México iniciou na quinta-feira um debate urgente sobre a nova Lei Geral de Águas, aprovada horas antes pela Câmara dos Deputados sem passar por comissões. Agricultores protestam do lado de fora do Congresso e ameaçam bloquear a Cidade do México e outros estados se suas demandas não forem atendidas. Parlamentares do Morena defendem a iniciativa da presidente Claudia Sheinbaum, enquanto a oposição critica o processo apressado.
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.
Pesquisadores da University of Texas at Austin descobriram que a Oscilação do Sul de El Niño (ENSO) sincroniza condições extremas de umidade e seca em continentes. Seu estudo, baseado em dados de satélite de 2002 a 2024, revela como esses padrões climáticos impulsionam crises hídricas simultâneas em todo o mundo. As descobertas destacam uma mudança para extremos secos mais frequentes desde cerca de 2012.
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Hong Kong authorities have established a three-member expert panel to investigate persistent freshwater losses at the Fairview Park housing estate in Yuen Long. The initiative follows criticism from landlords over bureaucratic inertia. The Water Supplies Department will offer technical support to residents but maintains it is not responsible for repairing pipes on private land.
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.