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Arizona’s Growth Machine Keeps Churning Even as Existing Communities Dry Up
April 17th, 2026
Via Land Desk, a look at the dire situation for water in Arizona: Rendering of the Halo Vista development and TSMC’s campus. Source: discoverhalovista.com Sometimes it feels like there are two parallel Southwestern United States out there. One is naturally arid, is getting hotter and hotter by the year and is gripped by the most […]
Read more »San Diego Now Has So Much Water That It’s Selling It
April 16th, 2026
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at San Diego – once a drought poster child – the California city now generates enough water to rescue parched states like Arizona—and brew beer from recycled sewage: With the Colorado River in crisis, Arizona and Nevada are turning to an unconventional life line: the ocean water […]
Read more »Kabul Faces Deepening Water Crisis As Supplies Dwindle and Demand Surges
April 15th, 2026
Via Ariana News, a report on how Kabul’s surging population — from around 2.5 million in 2001 to an estimated 6 million today — is placing unprecedented strain on already limited resources: Residents of Kabul are grappling with a worsening water shortage, as falling groundwater levels, rapid population growth and climate pressures push the Afghan […]
Read more »Abysmal Math on the Colorado River
April 14th, 2026
Via The Land Desk, commentary on how the U.S. government is looking to avoid de facto deadpool at Glen Canyon Dam: The Central Arizona Project canal, which carries Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson, as it runs past fields in the desert (that are irrigated with groundwater, not CAP water). The CAP is not […]
Read more »The Rural World Won’t Go Dry Without a Fight
April 14th, 2026
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how – from Jordan to Nepal – solutions to urban water woes are leaving the countryside angry and parched: That the fields around al-Jafr in southern Jordan are often desiccated is a source of frustration and deprivation for locals. That they can sometimes hear the gurgle of water in […]
Read more »When the Water Utility Stops Being the Risk-Taker of Last Resort
April 13th, 2026
Via Todd Court’s substack, commentary on the insurance withdrawal analogy, applied to water: The FAIR Plan Moment for Water Since 2019, more than 30 major insurance providers have either left the California property market, reduced their product offerings or paused the issuance of new insurance policies in the State. The rationale behind these movements is […]
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