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Amid Drought, Arizona Contemplates Piping In Water From Mexico
December 23rd, 2022
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how Arizona – amidst drought – is considering piping in water from Mexico: Arizona’s newly expanded water finance board had met only three times. The state authority had no director. Nor had it made a public call for water projects to boost Arizona’s dwindling water supplies from the Colorado River. But […]
Read more »The Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin: old disputes in a new century
September 28th, 2022
Via the Global Water Forum, an article on the lingering disputes over the Rio Grande and Río Bravo basin: The Rio Grande River, known in Mexico as the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Originating in Colorado in the U.S., the Rio Grande flows over 3,000 […]
Read more »Sinaloa Cartel Is Controlling Water in Drought-Stricken Mexico
September 21st, 2022
Via Vice, an article on how Mexican cartels – as water becomes more scarce and more valuable – have decided to focus on the control and distribution of water: Deep inside a canyon in the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico—a place that’s accessible only by mule or on foot—locals haven’t seen this river full for over […]
Read more »For Business, Water Scarcity Is Where Climate Change Hits Home
August 18th, 2022
Courtesy of The Economist, an article on the impact of water scarcity on business: One of your columnist’s favourite ways of passing a hot afternoon in Monterrey, three hours south of Mexico’s border with Texas, is with a cold bottle of locally brewed Bohemia beer alongside a plate of cabrito (roast kid). For a business writer, it […]
Read more »Northern Mexico’s Historic Water Shortage
August 10th, 2022
Via the Washington Post, a look at Northern Mexico’s historic water shortage where a lack of rain has combined with mismanagement to cause one of the worst droughts in the northern half of the country: Water has become a sacred commodity in northern Mexico. Reservoirs have been hitting the bottom of their basins. Taps have been running dry […]
Read more »Mexican Drought In Nuevo Leon: A Matter of ‘National Security’
August 2nd, 2022
Via Reuters, an article on how Mexico has declared the drought in northern state of Nuevo Leon a matter of ‘national security’: Mexico declared the water shortage in the northern state of Nuevo Leon a matter of “national security” on Friday as the region, home to Mexico’s industrial capital, has been crippled by a worsening drought […]
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