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The Colorado River’s Backup Reserve Is Running Dry Too
October 31st, 2026
Via Todd Cort’s always insightful substack, a look at how groundwater has been the line of credit that would cover the shortfall when the river failed. This line of credit is being drawn down fastest in the very conditions it was supposed to protect against. In my earlier article on the Colorado River, I asked […]
Read more »As the Colorado River Shrinks, Calls to Drain Lake Powell Grow
October 29th, 2026
Via Yale e360, a look at how Lake Powell recently dropped to a historic low, slashing hydropower and the flow of water downstream. As drought deepens, groups are pushing to drain the lake entirely to reveal its long-submerged rock arches and spires and allow wildlife along the Colorado River to recover. The 27-year-long drought in […]
Read more »How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster
October 18th, 2026
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a look at what started as a novel plan to build a desalination plant supplying plentiful water to the oil and gas industry has landed the Texas city in a financial and political quagmire: Eight years ago, at the height of the shale-oil boom, a committee of industry giants and […]
Read more »Will the U.S. Megadrought Ever Dnd?
September 20th, 2026
Via Science News, a look at the U.S. megadrought and a controversial new hypothesis suggesting “No”: Kearny, Ariz., is a town on the brink. Located at the foot of the Dripping Spring Mountains in eastern Arizona, this small community of 2,000 people sources its water from the Gila River, a verdant waterway that snakes by […]
Read more »US-Mexico Water Management in a Changing Environment
September 20th, 2026
Via the Baker Institute for Public Policy, a report on US-Mexico water management: This brief summarizes the key insights and strategic pathways emerging from an April 2026 closed-door workshop organized by the Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico(CUSMX) in collaboration with the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters (PFBW), and […]
Read more »Litigation Flows: The Colorado River Enters the Courts
September 5th, 2026
Via Invisible Waters, a look at Nevada’s legal suit against the federal government over its shortage plan: Over the past few years, negotiations over the Colorado River’s new operating rules occurred mostly behind closed doors, with little official record-keeping. But based on the public rhetoric, if you were to make a guess, Nevada would have […]
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