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Kyle, Texas: A City That Is Too Hot, Too Dry – and Booming
August 25th, 2024
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an article on Kyle, Texas – one of the U.S.’s fastest-growing cities – but with extreme heat and limited water supplies, that isn’t necessarily a good thing: People and businesses have flooded into Kyle, Texas, since the pandemic, making it the second-fastest-growing city in the U.S. The influx is […]
Read more »U.S. Water Reservoirs: Shrinking and Becoming Less Reliable
August 24th, 2024
Via the American Geophysical Union, a new report on the impact that climate change is having upon U.S. water reservoirs: Major water reservoirs across the continental United States are experiencing longer, more severe, and more variable periods of low storage than several decades ago, a new study reports. The problems are most severe in the […]
Read more »Violence Over Water On The Rise Globally. A Record Number Of Conflicts Erupted In 2023
August 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an article on the global rise in water-related violence: In Pakistan, two groups of farmers started arguing in the fields and attacked each other with axes, clubs and bricks in a bloody fight over water. In South Africa, hundreds of people protesting a water shortage blocked roads with burning […]
Read more »Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico to Face Unchanged Colorado River Water Cuts Amid Persistent Drought
August 22nd, 2024
Via Hoodline, an article on how three (3) southwestern states face unchanged Colorado River reductions amid persistent drought: As the Western states grapple with the reality of a thirstier future, federal officials are holding the line on water cuts to Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico from the Colorado River for another year. ABC15 reports that these reductions […]
Read more »Caspian Sea: At Risk of Desertification
August 21st, 2024
Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a report on the Caspian Sea: In November-December 2023, Beda organized the research group ?????? / SUSPENDED MATTER focused on exploring the environmental policies of the Soviet Union and their long-term consequences in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Caucasus. One notable outcome of the group’s work […]
Read more »Aquifers Along the Border
August 21st, 2024
Via Texas Water Resources Institute, a look at groundwater aquifers shared between the U.S. and Mexico: When it comes to shared surface water, the United States and Mexico are lawfully obligated to abide by binational treaties and the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). But what about governance of the groundwater that both countries have access to, […]
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