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The Race to Save the Great Salt Lake
December 15th, 2023
Via Mother Jones, a look at the race to save the Great Salt Lake: In October 2021, an increasingly dire megadrought had left Utah’s most famous lake at its lowest level in recorded history. As Great Salt Lake lay dying, Democrats introduced a modest water conservation bill requiring efficient plumbing fixtures in all new construction, […]
Read more »Spain Looking To Transfer Water From Portugal
December 15th, 2023
Via The Portugal News, report that Spain is looking to transfer water from Portugal: The regional president of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno, has defended that water transfer could be a solution to combat the impact of drought and added that he is working with Portugal in this regard. Moreno’s office is finalising a project that […]
Read more »Opportunities for Restoring Environmental Flows in the Rio Grande–Rio Bravo Basin Spanning the US–Mexico Border
December 13th, 2023
Courtesy of ASCE, a new study published in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management examining opportunities for restoring environmental flows in the Rio Grande–Rio Bravo Basin spanning the US–Mexico border: Abstract The Rio Grande–Rio Bravo’s flow regime has been highly altered for more than 130 years, yet the river ecosystem still supports important biodiversity […]
Read more »Los Angeles Plans to Improve Stormwater Capture, Source 80% of Water Locally by 2045
December 13th, 2023
Via EcoWatch, a report on how Los Angeles plans to improve stormwater capture, and source 80% of water locally by 2045: Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors has voted for a plan to improve stormwater capture, with a goal of capturing more stormwater for local reuse rather than importing water from other regions. The L.A. […]
Read more »Could a 550-Mile Pipeline From the Ocean Save the Great Salt Lake?
December 13th, 2023
Via Smithsonian Magazine, a report on new research suggesting that the electricity costs would exceed $300 million per year and carbon dioxide emissions could approach one million metric tons annually from a proposed 550-mile pipeline to save the Great Salt Lake: A 550-mile pipeline pumping water from the Pacific Ocean to the rapidly depleting Great […]
Read more »The Deal Shaping the Future of the American West
December 13th, 2023
Via Politico, a report on the deal that’s shaping the future of the American West: The future of the American West is quietly being hashed out in the conference rooms of a Las Vegas casino this week. Just across the strip from the Bellagio’s fountains, in the shadow of an enormous Eiffel Tower-knock-off, negotiators from […]
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