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California’s Double Whammy: Drought and Floods
April 18th, 2023
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an editorial on the challenges faced by a society experiencing drought and floods at the same time, the Golden State’s reality for the near future: Just as federal officials were laying out alternative scenarios last week for steep water supply cuts from the Colorado River due to the drying […]
Read more »French Villages Run Dry As Water Warnings Rise
April 18th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on France’s growing drought: Another four French villages lost their fresh water supply on Friday, local authorities told AFP, as a winter drought causes disruption and serious concerns about shortages this summer.Around 3,000 people are affected in the villages of Bouleternere, Corbere, Corbere-les-Cabanes and Saint-Michel-de-Llotes in the foothills of the […]
Read more »Initial Response To The Colorado River Crisis Will Be Local
April 18th, 2023
Courtesy of STRATFOR Worldview, analysis that the initial response to the Colorado River crisis will be at the local level as federal initiatives will likely be delayed until after the national election in 2024: Political obstacles and increased winter precipitation will slow U.S. federal and state officials’ response to the decline of the Colorado River […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Building Longest River On Earth
April 17th, 2023
Via KAS Explains, a video look at a new Saudi Arabian desalination project: Saudi Arabia launched plans for 12,000 km long water project longer than the Nile river. The ‘river’ will be one of the world’s largest desalinated water networks, producing 9.4 million cubic meters of water per day. Their plan involves digging a river […]
Read more »Before Western States Suck the Colorado River Dry, We Have One Last Chance to Act
April 16th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary from Bruce Babbitt, the secretary of the Interior Department in the Clinton administration and former governor of Arizona: The Interior Department last summer dropped a bomb on the seven states that depend upon the Colorado River for water. It declared an emergency over the two-decade drought that was […]
Read more »Water Cuts Could Save The Colorado River. Farmers Are In The Crosshairs.
April 16th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on how California’s Imperial Valley uses more water than several other states combined, but its farmers want to avoid big cuts: Alex Jack has spared little expense in the quest to grow vegetables in the desert with less water. It has cost him $2.5 million over the years […]
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