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Uruguay Drought Forces Government to Subsidize Bottled Water
May 15th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on the growing intensity of Uruguay’s drought crisis: Uruguay’s government is now subsidizing bottled water in the capital Montevideo and neighboring cities as a three-year drought has triggered the South American country’s worst drinking water crisis in at least half a century. “This is a drought where it rained 60% less […]
Read more »Iran Pursuing Water Rights from Helmand River
May 15th, 2023
Via Tasnim News, a report that Iran is pursuing water rights from Afghanistan’s Helmand River Securing Iran’s water rights from the Helmand (Hirmand) River is a major priority of the government, Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian said, adding that the country will make its utmost effort in this regard. Mehrabian made the comment late […]
Read more »U.S. West: When One Almond Gulps 3.2 Gallons of Water
May 13th, 2023
Via The New York Times, commentary on the water shortage in the U.S. West: When interviewing people in their homes here, I didn’t have the heart to ask them if I could use the bathroom. There’s no water to spare, so some families flush only once a day. As for showers, they’re rationed and timed: […]
Read more »Lake Powell Is Rising, but Megadrought’s Effects Still Felt
May 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how a large snowpack is quickly melting into the critical Colorado River reservoir, but experts say it will do little to reverse the effects of a historic megadrought: Weeks after the surface of Lake Powell sunk to an all-time low, the key Colorado River reservoir is rising more […]
Read more »Spain To Spend 2.2B Euros To Tackle Drought
May 12th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on Spain’s investment to tackle drought: Spain’s cabinet on Thursday approved measures worth more than two billion euros to alleviate the impact of a prolonged drought that has hit its key agricultural sector. The country’s water reserves are on average below 50 percent of capacity, while levels have fallen to […]
Read more »Plan To Pay Farmers To Use Less Colorado River Water Comes Up Dry
May 11th, 2023
Via Coyote Gulch and Denver Post, a look at how a plan to pay farmers to use less of the Colorado River comes up dry. Specifically, Glen Canyon Dam just upstream from Lee’s Ferry where the Upper Basin ends and the Lower Basin begins. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, which make up the Colorado […]
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