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The Cross-Border Fight for Water in the Rio Grande Valley
January 17th, 2026
Via Texas Monthly, commentary on water diplomacy and a looming disaster for communities and industry along the Rio Grande: Water scarcity is a fact of life for people in South Texas and the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico. While Texans in the Rio Grande Valley have so far avoided scientists’ predictions of a “Zero Day” […]
Read more »Mexico Is Sending Texas Billions of Gallons of Water. It Won’t Be Enough.
January 17th, 2026
Via Texas Monthly, a report on the treaty between the U.S. and Mexico that aims to manage resources that flow between nations. What happens when the water dries up? There’s a scenic overlook off the highway above the deep ravine of the Cañón del Pegüis in Chihuahua, Mexico, not far from the Texas border and […]
Read more »Three Major U.S. River Basins: “Out of Balance”
December 31st, 2025
Via Sustainable Waters, a sobering reflection on three major river basins in the western U.S.: ‘Sustainability’ is a foundational tenet of modern natural resource management. The concept of sustainable development gained global recognition in 1987 when the United Nations’ Brundtland Commission published its report on Our Common Future, in which sustainable development was defined as “meeting the […]
Read more »The Colorado River Is On Verge of Crisis. No One Has A Solution.
December 23rd, 2025
Via The Washington Post, a report on how current rules for sharing the Colorado River expire next year, risking water supply and power generation: When Carly Jerla left her home in the Rocky Mountains to attend the annual conference of the most bitterly contested river in the American West, the signs around her were grim: […]
Read more »Colorado River Deadlines & Incentives
December 17th, 2025
Via JFleck at Inkstain, a summary of Colorado River deadlines and incentives: Key Takeaways The consensus-based effort to develop new rules to manage the Colorado River system hasn’t worked – it’s time for a new approach Federal leadership and the credible threat of managing reservoirs to protect the system is that new approach Missing Deadlines […]
Read more »Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users
December 14th, 2025
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, analysis of a new report from UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council which found nearly a quarter of Colorado River water is basically provided for free by the federal government: Colorado River water is not priced at rates that accurately reflect its scarcity, incentivizing inefficiency and overconsumption as climate […]
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