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Like Utah, California Has Had Pipeline Dreams To Save Its Drying Salton Sea
February 10th, 2024
Via KUER, an article on California’s – and Utah’s – pipeline dreams to save inland water bodies: Most people don’t know that California’s largest lake — the Salton Sea — was a mishap. Birthed in 1905 when the Colorado River experienced massive floods, the accidental lake soon became a community commodity. It once was a recreation destination, […]
Read more »Romancing the River: The Appropriation Doctrine – and Its Appropriation
February 10th, 2024
Via Sibley’s Rivers, commentary on the Colorado River Compact and the appropriation doctrine: ‘The single biggest roadblock to solving the problem of stabilizing the river is the priority system.’ – Tom Buschatzke, Director of Arizona’s ? Department of Water Resource Last post, I laid out some reasons why the water mavens now engaged in mapping […]
Read more »Thirsty Dragon: China Is Building World’s First “Super Dam” Along The Yarlung Zangbo River
February 9th, 2024
Via , a report on China’s “Super Dam” on The Yarlung Zangbo River: China is the undisputed world champion of dam building. Not only do they have more working large dams than every other country in the world, but they also hold the record for the largest capacity hydroelectric power station in operation: the Three Gorges […]
Read more »Pollution Risks Worsening Global Water Scarcity
February 8th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on the risk that pollution poses to global water scarcity: Water scarcity could affect three billion more people than previously expected by mid-century, with increased pollution rendering river sources “unsafe” for humans and wildlife, researchers warned Tuesday. The UN’s climate science panel has said that around half the world’s population […]
Read more »Can Water Help Quench the Flames of Hostility? How Shared Waters Can Promote Dialogue During Conflict
February 5th, 2024
Via Johns Hopkins, a new journal article examining how shared waters can promote dialogue during conflict: Abstract: Grounded in the water diplomacy and environmental peacebuilding literatures, our article poses the question: Are there settings of existing or potential international conflict where shared water resources may induce dialogue, regardless of whether there is a relationship between […]
Read more »Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’
February 4th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a look at a recent Nevada Supreme Court ruling that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision environmentalists are calling a major win in updating the state’s water law: The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the state can […]
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