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Attacks on Middle East Desalination Plants Highlight Risks of Near-Total Dependence on ‘Fossil Fuel Water’
March 15th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how the destruction of desalination facilities is a violation of international law that could cause a humanitarian crisis in the most water-scare region on Earth. Powering the plants with electricity from fossil fuels poses additional long-term threats. Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that […]
Read more »Groundwater Recharge in Crisis: Analyzing the Impact of Urban Growth on Monterrey’s Aquifer Health in the Face of the Rio Grande’s Current Conditions
March 13th, 2026
Via MDPI a new study on groundwater in Monterrey: Abstract The Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA), the largest urban and industrial center in northeastern Mexico, faces increasing groundwater stress driven by rapid urban expansion, recurrent drought, and limited surface-water availability. Since 2024, the San Juan River has been considered a potential source of treaty water under […]
Read more »After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe
March 13th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and to fully run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel supplies to Texas airports, trigger a surge in gasoline prices and result in an “economic disaster” without precedent, former officials said. The imminent […]
Read more »War Is Pushing Iran’s Water Supply to the Brink of Collapse
March 12th, 2026
Via Bloomberg, a look at how climate-fueled drought and mismanagement have left the country with a severe water shortage, and war only adds to the strain: A bright ball of fire traveled along the Tehran boulevard, so fast that people initially thought it was a drone attack. But the video shows no explosion and, instead, […]
Read more »The Alfalfa Fallacy
March 10th, 2026
Via The Land Desk, commentary on the lack of “obvious” solutions to the Colorado River crisis: Oh dear. You’d best get your skiing in now, because it looks like the spring melt will hit a lot earlier than usual. A big heat wave is on its way to the West, with the most unseasonably warm […]
Read more »War Brings New Water Crises to an Already-Parched Iran
March 10th, 2026
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how Iran has accused the United States of bombing a desalination plant on Qeshm Island. The country was already facing a severe water shortage. The war in Iran has exposed the country’s water woes, which had been pushed to the brink by climate change, excessive agricultural […]
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