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Western Water: Where Values, Math, and the “Law of the River” Collide
September 14th, 2024
Via The Land Desk, an essay on water in the U.S. West – where values, math, and the “Law of the River” collide: This spring, I had the pleasure to sit on a panel on water in the West with Paolo Bacigalupi and Heather Hansman, two writers I’ve long admired. During the question & answer period, […]
Read more »Texas Farm Fights To Protect Aquifer Amid Growing Water Export Concerns
September 14th, 2024
Via KOSA, a look at one Texas farm’s efforts to protect its aquifer amid growing water export concerns: Located 99 miles from Midland, Belding Farms, a 60-year-old pecan orchard in Fort Stockton, is making significant strides to safeguard its groundwater supply. The farm recently petitioned the local groundwater district to create a mitigation fund. This […]
Read more »South Sudan May See the First Permanent Mass Displacement Due to Climate Change-Driven Flooding
September 14th, 2024
Courtesy of Wired, an article on South Sudan where protracted flooding has engulfed the country’s Sudd region due to more water entering the Nile upstream, which is driving conflict and disease and is potentially leaving the region uninhabitable: Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream […]
Read more »Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
September 14th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a report on abnormally dry conditions which have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest are drawing down water levels on the Mississippi […]
Read more »Does the Colorado River Need Bank Reform?
September 13th, 2024
Via Western Water Notes, commentary on the most important bank you’ve maybe never heard of – the Southwest water bank: Holding back the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead serves as a visual marker for water scarcity in the Southwest. During the past 20 years, Lake Mead has fallen so far that visitors […]
Read more »Parts Of Texas ‘Out of Water’ As Rest Dries Out, Commissioner Says
September 12th, 2024
Via The Hill, an article on Texas’s water crisis: Some regions of Texas have already run out of water — and the rest face a looming crisis, the state’s agriculture commissioner said on Sunday. “We lose about a farm a week in Texas, but it’s 700 years before we run out of land,” Agriculture Commissioner […]
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