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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 […]
Read more »The War for the Rio Grande
September 4th, 2026
Courtesy of Texas Monthly, a look at Rio Grande crisis: Some three hundred farmers bushwhacked up a steep hillside through the desert thornbush. Scrambling on all fours, they had to avoid the sharp stones wedged into the sunbaked earth, though some of them collected the rocks to use as weapons. The unforgiving September sun felt […]
Read more »What the New Rules for a Shrinking Colorado River Mean for Tribal Nations
September 1st, 2026
Via High Country News, a look at what the new rules for a shrinking Colorado River mean for tribal nations: Between the red rock canyon walls of the Colorado River, Aniston Hanks, 20, stood in the water while her best friend, Shauna Belone, 21, sat along the river’s shore. The two Diné citizens spent part […]
Read more »Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
September 1st, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a report on Nevada’s plans to sue the Trump administration’s ten-year strategy for how to stabilize use of the Colorado River: Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada. Of the seven states that rely on the […]
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