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The American West Is Drying Up. Can the Market Help?
Via New Republic, a look at how – as hedge funds buy up land to obtain water rights – a [...]
Attacks on Middle East Desalination Plants Highlight Risks of Near-Total Dependence on ‘Fossil Fuel Water’
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how the destruction of desalination facilities is a violation of international law that [...]
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
Via MDPI a new study on groundwater in Monterrey: Abstract The Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA), the largest urban and industrial [...]
After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and to [...]
War Is Pushing Iran’s Water Supply to the Brink of Collapse
Via Bloomberg, a look at how climate-fueled drought and mismanagement have left the country with a severe water shortage, and [...]
The Alfalfa Fallacy
Via The Land Desk, commentary on the lack of “obvious” solutions to the Colorado River crisis: Oh dear. You’d best [...]

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