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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 […]
Read more »California’s Delta Conveyance Project: $20 Billion Effort To Avert Drought
September 12th, 2024
Via Construction Briefing, a report on California’s US$20bn water utility construction aiming to help the state avoid a climate change catastrophe: The Delta Conveyance Project is an immense US$20 billion water utility construction project working through development and permitting in the US State of California. Seeking to reroute the region’s scarce water supply to better […]
Read more »‘Enormous’ Profits From Avocado Exports Drive Water Shortages In Mexico
September 12th, 2024
Via PBS, an interview examining the impact that Mexico’s avocado exports are having upon the nation’s water supply: Demand in the United States for one popular food is driving deforestation in Mexico. Daniel Wilkinson, senior policy adviser at Climate Rights International, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss the environmental and human costs of skyrocketing avocado sales […]
Read more »Hedge Fund’s $100M Arizona Farmland Buy Stirs Fears Of Water Grab
September 12th, 2024
Via Tucson.com, a report on a hedge fund’s $100M Arizona farmland buy which has stirred up fears of a water grab: A New York City-based hedge fund spent $100 million to buy farmland and water rights in Western Arizona, stirring concerns about a future “water grab” from that rural area and of corporate control over […]
Read more »Is Amazon’s ‘Water Conservation’ Plan A Drain On California Farmland?
September 12th, 2024
Via AgDaily, a look at Amazon’s ‘water conservation’ plan’s impact on California farmland: In the Central Valley of California, Amazon warehouses have been popping up, seemingly overnight. California even tops the charts with the most warehouses of any state. However, this is highly strategic in such a populous state, as the online retail giant’s expansion […]
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