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Colorado River Crisis: How Did The Nation’s Two Largest Reservoirs Nearly Go Dry?
November 23rd, 2023
Via The Colorado Sun, a look at how historic drought, poor planning, competing political agendas and climate-change denial contributed to dangerously low levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell, experts say: During the drought-choked summer of 2021, Colorado’s largest reservoir, Blue Mesa, was low, its shoreline exposed and dusty like a dirty white collar. The […]
Read more »In A Thirsty World, ‘Luxury Water’ Becomes Fashionable Among The Elite
November 22nd, 2023
Courtesy of AP News, a look at how – as more of the world thirsts – luxury water is becoming fashionable among the elite: Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the lone dirt road have retreated enough for a small truck to climb these Himalayan foothills to a gurgling spring. It spews water […]
Read more »Drought Worsens In Spain’s Catalonia
November 22nd, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on Spain’s drought crisis: A long drought in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region is getting worse and could make it necessary to bring fresh water to Barcelona by boat, local officials said Tuesday. Three years without significant rain have left reservoirs in the Mediterranean region at just 19 percent capacity, compared […]
Read more »Jordan Will Not Sign Water-for-Energy Deal With Israel
November 22nd, 2023
Via the Jordan Times, a report that Jordan will will not sign water-for-energy deal with Israel in light of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Thursday that Jordan will not sign a water-for-energy deal with Israel in light of the ongoing war on the […]
Read more »Pumped Storage Hydro: Key to the Clean Energy Transition, but Where Will the Water Come From?
November 21st, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at dozens of proposed projects that would pump water uphill to reservoirs before releasing it to generate electricity when wind and solar can’t. But their reliance on groundwater in the drought-stricken Southwest is leading to pushback: The smell of piñon pine filled the air as the Ghost Train of […]
Read more »Uzbekistan Urges Public To Save Water As Crisis Looms
November 21st, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on Uzbekistan’s efforts to rally public support to save water as crisis looms: Uzbekistan on Friday said it would urge the public to save water, as global warming and creaking infrastructure point to a serious crisis in the landlocked arid country. Experts have said streamflows at its two main rivers, the […]
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