Comments on: Perspective: Sudan – Land of Water and Thirst; War and Peace

By: Aid in Southern Sudan - Institute for Social Change » Institute for Social Change

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:21:01 +0000

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By: African, Asian Nations Top Latest Water Security Risk Index - An Inspiring Voice

African, Asian Nations Top Latest Water Security Risk Index - An Inspiring Voice — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:07:41 +0000

[...] study, the Water Security Risk Index, featured three other African nations, including Mauritania, Sudan and Niger, as well as Iraq, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan and [...]

By: Isaiah Majok Acuil

Isaiah Majok Acuil — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:06:59 +0000

Southern Sudan is ready to be an Indepedent State by and means.
We are attactive and can not be cheated by the North

By: Sudan’s Fight Against the Guinea Worm | Circle of Blue | WaterNews | Africa water news

Fri, 21 May 2010 14:44:24 +0000

[...] And these internal conflicts could worsen as water resources are divided, according to some experts. [...]

By: Sudan’s Fight Against the Guinea Worm | Circle of Blue | WaterNews

Thu, 13 May 2010 12:20:13 +0000

[...] And these internal conflicts could worsen as water resources are divided, according to some experts. [...]

By: GI

GI — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:49:08 +0000

Conflict over resources will become more prominent in the coming decade, especially over water, not only in the Nile region but all over the world. In a blog for the Future Agenda Project, Professor Stewart Burn comments that “countries are recognising the higher chances of conflict as different economies seek to secure resources” and “while today much of India, China, the Middle East, Australia, Africa, the US and southern Europe are already water stressed, by 2020 significant areas of Northern Europe and South America will be added to the list”: http://www.futureagenda.org/?cat=5.

By: David

David — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:11:04 +0000

It will be very interesting to see what happens with the Jonglei Canal project and the Nile River if Southern Sudan decides for self-determination in 2011. North and South Sudan are having difficulty sharing oil revenue, imagine the difficulties sharing the Nile Basin!?

I will repost your article on my blog as a guest contributor. It is the first article I have read that discusses water issues in Sudan so well.

cheers,

david
twitter: david_widge

By: Water issue will make or break peace in Sudan | The Just Life

Water issue will make or break peace in Sudan | The Just Life — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:04:29 +0000

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Water.org » Water issue will make or break peace in Sudan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:31:48 +0000

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By: Stephen Klaber

Stephen Klaber — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:08:04 +0000

That infestations of water hyacinth and mesquite are a very large part of the water problem in Sudan, along with typha and phragmites. Weeds are sucking up precious water all over Africa, and everywhere else too. Everything we do with our waters encourages one weed or another. They are siltation and dessication machines. They silt up waterways until they are no longer in contact with the subterranean water. They transpire water so quickly that it doesn’t have time to accumulate. Tributaries and lakes dry up, suppressing “lake effect” rains. Aquifers do not get replenished. The weeds and their silt must go.

Good news! They are all biomass, suitable for use as fuel. There are many uses for their fiber too. Some of it is fit for human consumption, but aquatic weeds have a janitor in their soul, and collect toxic chemicals so not just any can be eaten. With some effort a huge source of food for you could be opened up from typha and water hyacinth. For the time being, fuel is safer. You can make biomass briquettes from water hyacinth, use them as fuel in one of the new gasifier stoves you can make yourselves, and use the charcoal byproduct for biochar or for fuel. You can use the silt that must be removed as soil or soil conditioner.

This is a worldwide phenomenon. In the USA, a serious part of our “dustbowl” problem is the large number of “cattail sloughs” that should be lakes. They are a main driving force in desertification.