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To Tackle Groundwater Overuse, Nevada takes New Approach: Buying Back Farmers’ Rights
October 17th, 2023
Via The Nevada Independent, a report on Nevada’s plans to issue $25 million in grants to retire groundwater rights in places where use exceeds what is sustainable: The Pershing County Water Conservation District’s headquarters in Lovelock sits off Interstate 80 a few miles before the Humboldt River disappears into a desert sink. Farmers here have […]
Read more »WWF: The ‘High Cost of Cheap Water’
October 16th, 2023
Courtesy of WWF, a new report with the first annual estimate of economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems, noting that the water crisis threatens US$58 trillion in economic value, food security and sustainability: First ever annual estimate of economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems is US$58 trillion – equivalent to 60% of global […]
Read more »Drought, Migration and the Fall of Civilization: A Cautionary Tale
October 16th, 2023
Via The Hill, commentary on similarities between today’s world and the rise/fall of Mesopotamia: The writer George Santayana once famously said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This adage seems especially poignant at this moment with the twin conflicts that are playing out in the Western and Eastern hemispheres. For, this […]
Read more »Water Corruption In Central Asia
October 16th, 2023
Via Central Asia Journal for Water Research, a new study on water corruption in Central Asia: Academic scholarship defines sectoral corruption, namely water corruption one of the main threats to the development of Central Asia. While applying a rapid review, the purpose of this article is to explore the current state of research on water […]
Read more »Texas’ Water Demands Could Outpace Supply in Some Areas by 2070
October 16th, 2023
Via Texas.gov, a report on the state’s water demand forecast: The rapidly growing Texas population will require more water — but the supply isn’t projected to keep up with demand. In its 2022 State Water Plan (SWP), the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) projects the Texas water supply (PDF) to decrease by 18 percent by 2070 and water […]
Read more »Tensions Rise in the Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to the U.S.
October 14th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at rising tensions in the Rio Grande basin where – in 2020 – rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty: By late August, the usual monsoon rains had scarcely materialized […]
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