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Every Drop Counts In America’s River Crisis
July 2nd, 2024
Via National Geographic, a look at the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers, two of the most threatened rivers in the U.S.: Our nation’s most vital waterways are drying up at an alarming rate due to global warming, increased human water use, and other man-made impacts. Nowhere is this crisis seen as dramatically than in the […]
Read more »Conflict Flowing Down River: The Water War Between U.S. and Mexico
June 27th, 2024
Via The Week, an article on rising water tensions between the U.S. and Mexico: The U.S. and Mexico are experiencing another border dispute, and this one is about water. The conflict stems from an 80-year-old treaty where the countries agreed to share water from the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. However, because water is […]
Read more »A Water War Looms Between Mexico and the U.S. Neither Side Will Win.
June 17th, 2024
Via CNN, a look at the looming water war between Mexico and the U.S.: Tensions are rising in a border dispute between the United States and Mexico. But this conflict is not about migration; it’s about water. Under an 80-year-old treaty, the United States and Mexico share waters from the Colorado River and the Rio […]
Read more »Mexican Cities and States Could Run Out of Water: What’s the Solution?
June 11th, 2024
Via Modern Farmer, a report on how more than 22 million people in Mexico City could face a complete water shortage this month, and millions more around the country deal with frequent droughts and water shortages. This article examines whether it time to rethink our relationship with water? It was mid-February, and in Oaxaca City, […]
Read more »Mexico / USA: The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty
June 1st, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, an article on how, with another hot summer looming, Mexico is behind on its water deliveries to the United States, leading to water cutbacks in South Texas: Maria-Elena Giner faced a room full of farmers, irrigation managers and residents in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas on April 2. The local […]
Read more »Mexico City’s Water ‘Day Zero’ May Come Even for the Wealthiest Residents
May 26th, 2024
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on Mexico City’s water crisis: Raquel Campos’ water issues started in January, when her condo building’s manager sent residents a message saying that the city hadn’t delivered water to its cistern. Four days later, taps in the upscale residence went dry. Campos has lived in the wealthy Polanco […]
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