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Will Colorado River Cuts Create A New Dust Bowl?
May 30th, 2023
Courtesy of The Land Desk, commentary on the impact that the recently agreed upon Colorado River cuts may have: What effect will fallowing thousands of acres of fields have? Will it lead to another Dust Bowl? Is the electricity from the dams used to deliver water (e.g. to power the pumps for the Central Arizona […]
Read more »Iran Exchanges Heavy Gunfire With Taliban, Escalating Tensions Over Water Fights
May 30th, 2023
Via CNBC, a report on growing tensions between Iran and Afghanistan over water: The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country’s […]
Read more »‘War Over Water’: Drought Battle Reaches Luxury Pools of Southern France
May 29th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the growing tourism-based ‘war over water’ in France: The flower-filled medieval hilltop town of Callian, former home of the late fashion designer Christian Dior, has proved so attractive to wealthy incomers that alongside its 4,000-strong population, it boasts 1,000 private swimming pools. Yet the mayor of the […]
Read more »Uruguay’s Historic Drought Leaves Water Supply Running Dangerously Low
May 27th, 2023
Via TVP World, a report on how Uruguay’s historic drought leaves water supply running dangerously low A historic drought in Uruguay has left the reservoirs that provide water for the country’s capital Montevideo almost dry. Low rainfall and high temperatures across the southern region of South America have triggered a severe drought over the last […]
Read more »Colorado River States: Bought Time But Need To Think Bigger
May 27th, 2023
Via Coyote Gulch, commentary on how Colorado River states bought time with a 3-year water conservation deal, but now they need to think bigger: Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years. This deal represents a temporary solution to a […]
Read more »In Iowa: A Tale of Politics, Power, and Contaminated Water
May 27th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how – on the same day when the US Supreme Court dramatically rolled back the protections of the Clean Water Act – this report from Iowa exposed the political machinations related to a “torrent of (agricultural) run-off that contaminates virtually every mile of the state’s streams and […]
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