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Addressing Groundwater Overdraft in the Sacramento Valley
December 15th, 2023
Via the Public Policy Institute of California, a report on ways to address groundwater overdraft in the Sacramento Valley: Although the Sacramento Valley has relatively abundant surface water supplies, groundwater is also an important resource for many of its communities and farms. In fact, one-third of the valley’s farmland depends entirely on groundwater, and more than half (60%) […]
Read more »Kabul Residents Endure Hours-Long Queues in Severe Water Crisis
December 15th, 2023
Via InterPress Service, a report on Afghanistan’s growing water scarcity crisis: According to United Nations statistics, nearly 80 percent of Afghan families lack access to sufficient water for their daily needs. Afghanistan, a landlocked country with limited water resources, is grappling with an exacerbated drought fueled by climate change, affecting the entire region. In the […]
Read more »The Race to Save the Great Salt Lake
December 15th, 2023
Via Mother Jones, a look at the race to save the Great Salt Lake: In October 2021, an increasingly dire megadrought had left Utah’s most famous lake at its lowest level in recorded history. As Great Salt Lake lay dying, Democrats introduced a modest water conservation bill requiring efficient plumbing fixtures in all new construction, […]
Read more »Spain Looking To Transfer Water From Portugal
December 15th, 2023
Via The Portugal News, report that Spain is looking to transfer water from Portugal: The regional president of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno, has defended that water transfer could be a solution to combat the impact of drought and added that he is working with Portugal in this regard. Moreno’s office is finalising a project that […]
Read more »Opportunities for Restoring Environmental Flows in the Rio Grande–Rio Bravo Basin Spanning the US–Mexico Border
December 13th, 2023
Courtesy of ASCE, a new study published in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management examining opportunities for restoring environmental flows in the Rio Grande–Rio Bravo Basin spanning the US–Mexico border: Abstract The Rio Grande–Rio Bravo’s flow regime has been highly altered for more than 130 years, yet the river ecosystem still supports important biodiversity […]
Read more »Los Angeles Plans to Improve Stormwater Capture, Source 80% of Water Locally by 2045
December 13th, 2023
Via EcoWatch, a report on how Los Angeles plans to improve stormwater capture, and source 80% of water locally by 2045: Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors has voted for a plan to improve stormwater capture, with a goal of capturing more stormwater for local reuse rather than importing water from other regions. The L.A. […]
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