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Many U.S. West Farmers Ready To Sell Groundwater Rights As Aquifers Shrink
September 5th, 2024
Via KUNR, a report that many U.S. Mountain West farmers are ready to sell groundwater rights as aquifers shrink: Decades of drought and overpumping are draining groundwater tables across the West. Now, some states are buying farmers’ water rights to free up supplies – and plenty of farmers are ready to sell. In Nevada’s Walker […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Record Rainfall Spoils Crops in China, Rattling Its Leaders
September 4th, 2024
Via the New York Times, an article on how record rainfall has impacted food production in China and emphasized the nation’s water crises (some areas have too much, and others too little): After weeks of drought, farmers in the typically arid agricultural belt in northern China were ill prepared for the torrential rain that inundated […]
Read more »India-Bangladesh Water Dispute: Why A New Approach Is Necessary
September 1st, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the recent floods in Bangladesh, some of which may have been caused by the release of water from a dam in India: Bangladesh, a country that struggles with nature’s forces frequently, recently dealt with one of the worst flood catastrophes in decades. Notably, there is growing evidence that the neighbouring […]
Read more »We Bought Time To Fix The Colorado River. What Happens When The Money Runs Out?
August 29th, 2024
Via AZ Central, commentary on the Colorado River – which is in better shape now than it has been in years, thanks to extra water in Lake Mead and federal government funding – but the question is how to keep it there after 2026? We have a good story to tell about the Colorado River […]
Read more »With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River
August 27th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on the U.S.’s largest dam removal project which is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border: The Klamath River was once so flush with fish that local tribes ate salmon at every meal: flame-roasted filets on redwood […]
Read more »Ensuring Water Security In Rural Morocco: A Bold Step Towards Sustainable Development
August 27th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, a look at water security in rural Morocco: In the face of growing water scarcity, Morocco has taken significant strides to secure its water resources and ensure access to clean drinking water for all its citizens. The construction of mobile seawater desalination plants and the deployment of tanker trucks to supply drinking […]
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