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America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water
August 23rd, 2026
Via the New York Times, a look at how Arizona, decades ago, won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come. From a secure, windowless room in northern Phoenix, technicians control the Colorado […]
Read more »From Oil to AI: How Water Constraints Shape the Gulf’s Digital Future
August 21st, 2026
Via Illuminem, an interesting look at Gulf Cooperation Council states are investing hundreds of billions in AI infrastructure, data centers, and semiconductor capabilities, making technology central to post-oil economic diversification. Yet this expansion faces a critical constraint: severe water scarcity turns AI growth into a challenge, as data centers in some of the world’s most […]
Read more »Nation’s Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in the U.S. Southwest
August 18th, 2026
Via the New York Times, a look at how levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River. Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation’s largest reservoirs, are drying up, sending a Colorado River system that provides water […]
Read more »Is India’s Indus Freeze a Warning for Every Shared River on Earth?
August 13th, 2026
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at the Indus Treaty which is threatened by a dam India is building on the Chenab River which exceeds storage limits set by the treaty India insists no longer binds it. On May 15, 2026, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that a dam India is building on the […]
Read more »European Rivers Dwindle Amid Severe Drought
August 8th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a report on Europe’s drought, where water shortages threaten a Romanian nuclear plant, commercial traffic in Holland and drinking water in the foothills of the Italian Alps: The Romanian Navy is blasting out the Danube River bed to maintain the flow of cooling water to a nuclear power plant as a […]
Read more »U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin
August 4th, 2026
Courtesy of New York Times, a report on a federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow. Communities and farms across Arizona, Nevada and California face potentially drastic cuts in the water they can use from the Colorado River […]
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