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As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain
January 27th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how the seven states that rely on the Colorado River for water are not expected to reach a deal on cuts, thus making it likely that the Biden administration will have to impose reductions: The seven states that rely on water from the shrinking Colorado River are […]
Read more »The Colorado River – Overused and Shrinking – A Crisis Transforming U.S. Southwest
January 27th, 2023
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report on how the Colorado River’s overuse is a crisis transforming the Southwest: The Colorado River begins as melting snow, trickling from forested peaks and coursing in streams that gather in the meadows and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Like arteries, its major tributaries take shape across Colorado, Wyoming, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: How A Delhi District Stopped The Ground From Sinking
January 26th, 2023
Via the BBC, a report on how India is tackling subsidence caused by excessive groundwater extraction: India’s Himalayan town of Joshimath has been in the news for sinking slowly into ground because of uncontrolled construction and indiscriminate extraction of groundwater. Experts fear several cities in the country could meet the same fate. However, a neighbourhood […]
Read more »Satellite Data Shows Sustained Severe Drought In Europe
January 26th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on new satellite data that shows sustained severe drought in Europe: Europe has been experiencing a severe drought for years. Across the continent, groundwater levels have been consistently low since 2018, even if extreme weather events with flooding temporarily give a different picture. The beginning of this tense situation is […]
Read more »How California, Arizona, and Other Western States Are Creating New Water Supply During Drought
January 26th, 2023
Via One Green Planet, a look at how California, Arizona, and other western states are using managed aquifer recharge to combat drought: Water scarcity is a growing concern for many Western states as droughts become more frequent and severe due to climate change. But there may be a solution hiding underground: aquifer recharge. Aquifers, or underground layers of […]
Read more »Import Water To New Mexico?
January 26th, 2023
Via the Albuquerque Journal, commentary on the many challenges to the idea of interbasin transfer in the United States: Two recent op-ed pieces have proposed that the solution to future water challenges involve interbasin transfer of water from the Mississippi River basin (Sunday Journal, Sept. 18, 2022) to New Mexico or, far more ambitiously, pump […]
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