https://rbtfl.xyz/en/track/water Rivers, dams, aquifers and transboundary disputes. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-assam-floods-0808 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-assam-floods-0808 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Monsoon flooding in India's northeastern Assam state had killed 98 people by August 8, up from 87 on August 4, with the affected population rising to 1.68 lakh people (about 168,000) across 15 districts; Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a fresh relief package and said damage assessments would begin soon, with 43,000 families already receiving financial assistance from the state government [disrupted] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/germany-rhein-niedrigwasser-0806 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/germany-rhein-niedrigwasser-0806 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Low water on Germany's Rhine is threatening to reduce river cargo to a trickle, sending riverboat freight prices higher and prompting Germany's transport minister to consider lifting the Sunday truck-driving ban to reroute freight by road; the Japan Times reported shallow water is imposing tighter load limits and applying pressure on Germany's government to act; Handelsblatt noted the chemical industry is warning of production cutbacks [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/danube-drought-nuclear-0806 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/danube-drought-nuclear-0806 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Danube River reached record low levels across central Europe by August 5-6, 2026, threatening both Romania's Cernavoda and Hungary's Paks nuclear plants; Romania's military completed an unprecedented operation to blast a rock formation from the riverbed to keep Cernavoda's cooling water intake functioning; as of August 6 the plant director said Unit 2 could be shut down in 5-6 days if the river keeps dropping; the drought is also disrupting Rhine freight and Germany's chemical industry [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-assam-floods-0804 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-assam-floods-0804 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Monsoon flooding in India's northeastern Assam state had killed 87 people by August 4, with 1.28 lakh people (about 128,000) affected across seven districts, 14,230 hectares of cropland inundated, and more than 11,000 sheltering in relief camps; Down to Earth reported the 2026 flood season is worse than recent years because of worsening riverbank erosion [disrupted] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/romania-cernavoda-0801 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/romania-cernavoda-0801 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Romanian military engineers blasted a rock outcrop on the Danube riverbed on August 3 to divert more river flow to the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, Romania's only operating reactor; engineers also plan to sink ships to obstruct a competing channel; authorities called the dual operation unprecedented [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/rhine-record-low-0802 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/rhine-record-low-0802 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Europe's summer drought drove the Rhine to its lowest level on record at Duisburg, Düsseldorf and Cologne by August 2, 2026; cargo ships on Germany's busiest inland waterway were forced to carry about a fifth of their normal load; conditions are comparable to the 2018 Rhine drought that caused material disruptions to Germany's chemical and manufacturing supply chains [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-cauvery-0802 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-cauvery-0802 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Karnataka began releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on August 2 after heavy rainfall in Kerala's Wayanad sharply increased inflows into the Kabini reservoir, ahead of an all-party meeting; India's Cauvery Water Management Authority had directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs daily following a July 30 rejection of Karnataka's appeal; the Deccan Herald reported Karnataka moved cautiously under a combination of legal orders and the rainfall bonus [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/romania-danube-alert-0801 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/romania-danube-alert-0801 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Romania's government declared a national state of energy alert for the whole of August on July 31 after the Danube River fell to its lowest level in recorded history, with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan warning that Romania risks losing 20% of its electricity production if the Cernavoda nuclear plant's second reactor also shuts down; the Danube water level in the Cernavoda area was falling by 2 to 3 centimetres per day, and Romanian water authorities said the plant could function at current limits for only another four to five days. [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/moldova-energy-alert-0728 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/moldova-energy-alert-0728 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Moldova's government called an emergency cabinet session and declared a 30-day high-alert regime covering the energy and hydrological sectors, citing diesel fuel shortages and risks to water supplies. [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cernavoda-danube-0728 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cernavoda-danube-0728 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Romania's state nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica shut down Unit 1 of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant on July 27-28 due to record-low Danube water levels; by July 31 Romanian naval forces had been mobilised to support Unit 2's continued operation; Romania's water authority Apele Romane warned on August 1 that Cernavodă can function in current conditions for only another 4-5 days as the Danube falls 2-3 cm per day; Digi24 described the situation as the worst Danube energy crisis in the country's history [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-asia-floods-0723 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-asia-floods-0723 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT At least 82 people died across northeastern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in heavy monsoon rains on July 23, with 43 of the deaths in India's Assam state alone, where more than 9 lakh (900,000) people are affected across multiple districts; rescue operations are ongoing as rivers including the Brahmaputra flow above danger levels [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nz-southland-datacenter-0720 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nz-southland-datacenter-0720 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Datagrid's Makarewa AI data centre in Southland holds consents to draw 600,000 litres of groundwater a day, though the company says it will use rainwater; engineers and water-consent experts warn New Zealand's resource-management framework is not equipped for the water demands of hyperscale AI facilities [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/us-iran-jask-water-jul18 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/us-iran-jask-water-jul18 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A US airstrike on a drinking-water desalination facility in Jask, Hormozgan Province, has left roughly 10,000 people without water, provincial officials said, marking the first reported US strike on Iranian civilian water infrastructure in the current conflict [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-indus-conference-jul1 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-indus-conference-jul1 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Islamabad convened foreign governments and legal experts June 30-July 1; Bilawal Bhutto warned 'world order will collapse'; India dismissed back-channel talks as 'futile' [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/car-cholera-bimbo-mbaiki-jun26 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/car-cholera-bimbo-mbaiki-jun26 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The health ministry confirmed 197 cases and 24 deaths in the Bimbo and Mbaiki districts southwest of the capital, the country's fifth recorded epidemic [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cholera-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cholera-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A bacterial waterborne disease in a WHO-declared grade-3 global emergency since 2023, killing thousands annually across 60 countries as climate shocks and conflict drive accelerating outbreaks. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/data-center-water-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/data-center-water-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI data centres globally consume billions of gallons annually for server cooling, triggering water-rights conflicts across the US Southwest, Spain, and other drought-stressed regions. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/egypt-ethiopia-gerd-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/egypt-ethiopia-gerd-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has no binding operating rules, and Egypt, with 105 million people, sources 97% of its water from the Nile. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-sand-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/illegal-sand-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Criminal extraction of sand outside licensing rules, the world's most-used solid material after water, sustains violent organised networks on four continents and kills hundreds each year. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT India and Pakistan, the only nuclear-armed pair to have fought four wars, remain locked in a post-2025 standoff over Kashmir, water rights, and cross-border militancy. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/indus-waters-treaty-dossier https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/indus-waters-treaty-dossier Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The 1960 India-Pakistan river-sharing pact dividing six Indus basin rivers; placed in abeyance by India in April 2025, threatening Pakistan's agriculture and hydropower. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-water-power-crisis https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-water-power-crisis Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Rolling blackouts and reservoirs near 5% collide with a sixth drought year, as Pezeshkian warns the capital could run dry and even floats evacuation [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-indus-treaty-water-war https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-indus-treaty-water-war Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT New Delhi ties restoration to an end of cross-border terror as ministers vow to choke Pakistan's flows; Islamabad calls water security a casus belli [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/imperial-valley-datacenter-water-lawsuit https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/imperial-valley-datacenter-water-lawsuit Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A developer sues the Imperial Irrigation District for ~260m gallons/yr from the drought-stricken river, one of a wave of suits, wells and settlements over data-center thirst [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/indus-treaty-sindh-water https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/indus-treaty-sindh-water Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT With India's suspension still in force, Sindh says it is starved of Indus flows during peak kharif sowing while Punjab draws near its full share [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tucson-project-blue-water-cutoff-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/tucson-project-blue-water-cutoff-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After the council rejected the Amazon-linked complex over desert water use, the city revoked a meter for improper use; Arizona regulators still cleared two project wells [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/gerd-trump-g7-mediation https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/gerd-trump-g7-mediation Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT At the G7 Trump says the dam is causing Egypt 'tremendous problems' and offers to restart US Nile mediation, six months after Ethiopia inaugurated Africa's largest hydro project [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-datacenter-water-fights-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-datacenter-water-fights-2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Meta's Talavera site would draw ~504m litres/yr mostly from the Tagus; Amazon seeks a 48% water rise in Aragón; Lleida banned data centers as drought collides with the AI build [contested-result]