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Rural Arizona Has Gone Decades Without Groundwater Regulations. That Could Soon Change.
December 22nd, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how nearly 80 percent of Arizona has no regulations over the pumping of groundwater, leading rural residents and leaders to push for change as wells go dry, something Gov. Katie Hobbs has vowed to enact: It’s been nearly a decade since Steven Kisiel’s well at his home in […]
Read more »California Could Solve Its Water Woes by Flooding Its Best Farmland
December 22nd, 2023
Via Gizmodo, a report on how restored floodplains in the California’s agricultural heartland are fighting both flooding and drought: The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United States, almost every square inch of land has been razed, planted, and shaped […]
Read more »Innovative Water Solution Combats Spain’s Severe Drought
December 22nd, 2023
Via BNN, a look at some innovative water solutions combating Spain’s drought: Spain is grappling with a severe drought, particularly in regions such as Andalusia and Catalonia, where water reserves are languishing below 20%. In response to this crisis, a range of technologies are being deployed, including portable desalination units and systems that extract water […]
Read more »Drinking Toilet Water: Future of Drought-Stricken California?
December 21st, 2023
Courtesy of the Washington Post, a look at how drinking toilet water may be the future of drought-stricken California: As climate change and water scarcity become increasingly urgent issues around the world, governments are turning to new options to ensure adequate water supplies — including turning sewage waste into drinking water. And if you’re in California, this may […]
Read more »Colorado River Stakeholders Say There’s No One Solution To The Water Crisis
December 21st, 2023
Via Utah Public Radio, a report on the Colorado River: The future of the Colorado River is being hashed out behind closed doors, and negotiators appear far from a long-term solution to the wide gap between water supply and water demand. At the Colorado River Water Users Association annual meeting in Las Vegas, representatives from […]
Read more »Shrinking Caspian Sea Worries Secretive Turkmenistan
December 21st, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on the shrinking Caspian Sea: On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan — one of the world’s most secretive states — Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his passengers between two ports. There is not enough water. “I used to go between Turkmenbashi and Hazar,” the 36-year-old ferry worker said […]
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