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Water Finance: New Path Forward For Irrigated Agriculture?
September 7th, 2023
Via Farm Progress, an article on water finance which uses innovative financial incentives to balance a farmer’s economic needs with the preservation of their water resources, using a combination of loans, grants, equity, debt and other financial instruments to make water management economically viable: As I write this, I just finished up an article for […]
Read more »Chicago Suburbs, Running Out of Water, Will Tap Lake Michigan
September 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on a U.S. city in which groundwater is now running dry where water is abundant: A city straddling the Des Plaines River that is less than 30 miles from one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes is an unexpected setting for a water shortage. But that’s the situation […]
Read more »America Should Harvest a Trillion Gallons of Rainwater
September 7th, 2023
Via Time Magazine, an article on the potential of rainwater harvesting: Over the weekend, Burning Man attendees were forced to shelter in place when the usually-parched Black Rock Desert got roughly 3 months’ worth of rain in 24 hours. In August, Tropical Storm Hilary dropped as much rain on some inland areas of Southern California in […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Groundwater Depletion Rates In India Could Triple In Coming Decades
September 7th, 2023
Via University of Michigan, a study on groundwater depletion in India: A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss could triple by 2080, further threatening India’s food and […]
Read more »Climate Change: Driving More Farmers To Consider Irrigation
September 5th, 2023
Via AP News, a report on how climate change is forc=ing more farmers and ranchers to consider irrigation — at a steep cost: The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Establishes Global Water Organization
September 5th, 2023
Via Gulf Business, news of Saudi Arabia’s establishment of a new global organisation focused on water conservation: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the establishment of the Global Water Organisation on Monday, as per the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The newly created Global Water Organisation, headquartered in Riyadh, will aim to play a pivotal […]
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