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Arizona Is Not Running Out of Water or Workers
August 16th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, counter commentary from Arizona officials on how the state will remain a destination for foreign investment due to a skilled workforce, leadership in water conservation, and low tax burdens: A recent article published in Foreign Policy arguing against corporate investment in Arizona completely misses the mark. Not only does it misstate the […]
Read more »Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead
August 16th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how heat, drought and booming population growth have stressed the aquifers that supply drinking water to millions of people: Almost every other day, Charlie Flatten gets a call about another local water well gone dry. Last week, he tried to help one woman find a water truck to […]
Read more »Turf Wars: Las Vegas Needs Water, But Won’t Find It In Lawns
August 16th, 2023
Via ProPublica, a report on the potential and limitations of Las Vegas’ efforts to save water by replacing lawns: As millions of newcomers have flocked to the Las Vegas Valley over the past 50 years, every level of government in the nation’s driest state has worked to ensure that water shortages don’t stop the growth. […]
Read more »Mexico’s Water Stress
August 16th, 2023
Via Cronica National, commentary on Mexico’s water scarcity challenge, a problem partially resulting from the overexploitation of aquifers, distribution and processing of water: “The scarcity of water in the country due to water stress is the result of a combination of factors; On the one hand, the overexploitation of the aquifers, the high demand for the […]
Read more »As Armenian Fish Farming Expands, a Pristine Aquifer Is Drying Up
August 16th, 2023
Via Yale e360, an article on the impact that aquaculture has had upon Armenia’s Ararat Valley, where the heightened use of water, combined with a warming climate and increased drought, has led to groundwater reserves shrinking by two-thirds, once-bountiful farms withering, and wells going dry: On an overcast morning this past spring, Gegham Muradyan searches […]
Read more »Thirsty For Its Next Big Investment Opportunity, Wall Street Looks At The West’s Vanishing Water
August 15th, 2023
Via CNN, a report on growing investment interest in the U.S. West’s vanishing water: Situated in the Sonoran Desert near the Arizona-California border is the tiny rural town of Cibola – home to roughly 300 people, depending on the season. Life here depends almost entirely on the Colorado River, which nourishes thirsty crops like cotton and alfalfa, […]
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