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Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening.
May 22nd, 2024
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on how a system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world’s largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate: A collision of climate change, urban sprawl and poor infrastructure has pushed Mexico City […]
Read more »A Water War Is Starting To Boil Between U.S. and Mexico
May 18th, 2024
Via The Washington Post, a report on water tensions between the U.S. and Mexico in south Texas, where a water shortage killed the sugar industry and could slow growth in booming border towns: A water dispute between the United States and Mexico that goes back decades is turning increasingly urgent in Texas communities that rely […]
Read more »Will Mexico City Run Out of Water?
May 15th, 2024
Via Scientific American, a report on Mexico City’s water crisis: The global press recently warned that as early as June 2024, Mexico City, home to 22 million people, could face “Day Zero—the complete loss of fresh water at the taps. The situation on the ground, although dire, is more nuanced. “Day Zero is a bit […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Hurting South Texas and North Mexico
May 3rd, 2024
Via BorderReport, an article on the growing impact of water scarcity in south Texas and north Mexico: The South Texas border town of Mission is known as the “Home of the Grapefruit.” But the sight of grapefruit, lemon and orange groves could soon be no more as water scarcity is beginning to affect the citrus […]
Read more »Megadrought Forces End To Sugarcane Farming in Parched Texas
May 1st, 2024
Via The Guardian, an article on the drought-driven end to sugarcane farming in parched Texas, where there’s just not enough water in the Rio Grande to share between the US and Mexico: Tudor Uhlhorn has been too busy auctioning off agricultural equipment to grieve the “death” of Texas’s last sugar mill. “I’m as sad as anyone […]
Read more »Mexico Water Wars: Farmers Take Over Avocado Orchards That Need Too Much Water
April 28th, 2024
Via Fast Company, an article on water conflicts between Mexican farmers and avocado growers—who are often sponsored by or pay protection money to drug cartels: As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in […]
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