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What the New Rules for a Shrinking Colorado River Mean for Tribal Nations
September 1st, 2026
Via High Country News, a look at what the new rules for a shrinking Colorado River mean for tribal nations: Between the red rock canyon walls of the Colorado River, Aniston Hanks, 20, stood in the water while her best friend, Shauna Belone, 21, sat along the river’s shore. The two Diné citizens spent part […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Turning to Ancient Water Systems as Modern Ones Run Dry
September 1st, 2026
Via BBC, a report on how India is restoring traditional water structures built centuries ago: Water scarcity and climate change is driving communities to restore traditional water structures built centuries ago, bringing them back into use in the 21st Century. In 2025, water from the Moosi Rani Sagar, a stepwell in the city of Alwar […]
Read more »Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
September 1st, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a report on Nevada’s plans to sue the Trump administration’s ten-year strategy for how to stabilize use of the Colorado River: Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada. Of the seven states that rely on the […]
Read more »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 […]
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