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Utah’s Idea To Swap Colorado River Water For Desalination Plant Money
December 9th, 2024
Via Fox13, a report on a potential idea that would see Colorado River water swapped for desalination plant funding: An unusual idea floated by the president of the Utah State Senate to get more shares of Colorado River water is intriguing California water officials. In an interview with FOX 13 News in May, Senate President […]
Read more »Water Negotiators Spar As Time Runs Out To Stabilize Colorado River
December 9th, 2024
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, a report on the negotiations aiming to stabilize the Colorado River: Two bitterly divided coalitions of Colorado River states took shots at one another Thursday at a Las Vegas conference, indicating that a unified front on how to update expiring operating guidelines is not in the basin’s near future. […]
Read more »UN Warns Global Drought Costs $300B Annually
December 6th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on a recent UN warning that the global drought carries a $300 bn annual cost: Drought costs the world more than $300 billion each year, the United Nations warned Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia.Fuelled by “human destruction of […]
Read more »Can Recycled Oilfield Water Quench the Thirst of Drought-Stricken West Texas?
December 5th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a look at pilot projects in Texas evaluating if oilfield wastewater could be treated and used to grow crops: There is water in all the wrong places in this corner of West Texas. The Pecos River runs dry through this small town mired in severe drought. But Lake Boehmer, a pool […]
Read more »Brackish Groundwater Is No Easy Water Solution for Arizona
December 5th, 2024
Via Circle of Blue, a look at why brackish groundwater is not an easy water solution for Arizona: The numbers are so vast, so enticing that they tantalize like a desert oasis. Deep below the surface in Arizona – roughly a quarter mile underground – sit large volumes of water that are less salty than […]
Read more »Luang Prabang Dam and Hydropower Pursuits along the Mekong: Are They Really ‘Clean Energy’ Projects?
December 3rd, 2024
Via Eco Business, a closer look at how the Mekong River ‘energy transition’ deals are backed, revealing gaps in the lending policies of banks in the Mekong subregion: From disappearing fish species to an exceptionally severe dry season, there is now clear indication that excessive damming is taking a toll on the Mekong. These impacts on the transboundary river […]
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