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A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River
January 7th, 2023
Via ProPublica, commentary on the tensions arising from a dwindling Colorado River: On a crisp day this fall I drove southeast from Grand Junction, Colorado, into the Uncompahgre Valley, a rich basin of row crops and hayfields. A snow line hung like a bowl cut around the upper cliffs of the Grand Mesa, while in […]
Read more »Great Salt Lake Will Disappear In 5 Years Without Massive ‘Emergency Rescue’
January 7th, 2023
Via CNN, a report on Great Salt Lake’s dire future: The Great Salt Lake in Utah is facing “unprecedented danger,” experts say, as it has fallen to an alarmingly low level amid a climate change-fueled megadrought that’s tightening its grip in the West. Less than two weeks away from Utah’s 2023 legislative session, nearly three dozen scientists […]
Read more »Low Water Levels Have Created An Energy Crisis At The World’s Largest Dam
January 6th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on the impact that drought is having on Kariba Dam: The water level at the world’s largest man-made dam — which generates hydroelectric power for millions of people in Zambia and Zimbabwe — has dropped to a record low, forcing local energy companies to make drastic cuts. The […]
Read more »How Rapid Urbanization in Africa Compounds Water Challenges
January 5th, 2023
Via World Resources Institute, a report on how rapid urbanization in Africa compounds the continent’s water challenges: Africa’s population is growing?faster?than any other continent’s and its urban population is expected to?more than double?by 2050. This urban rapid growth, which is mostly sprawling “horizontal” growth, as the?World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City?shows, is combining […]
Read more »2023 Top Risks: Water Stress
January 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of Eurasia Group, a report that water stress is #10 of 2023’s top global risks: This year, water stress will become a global and systemic challenge … while governments will still treat it as a temporary crisis.In 2022, receding water levels exacerbated the food crisis in Africa, halted shipping and nuclear output in Europe, […]
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