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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 »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 […]
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 […]
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