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Dwindling Water Levels of Lake Powell
April 14th, 2022
Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report on the dwindling water levels of Lake Powell: After decades of drought, water levels in Lake Powell, the second-largest humanmade reservoir in the United States, have shrunk to its lowest level since it was created more than 50 years ago, threatening millions of people who rely on its water […]
Read more »Dams In U.S. Southwest Getting Hung Out To Dry
April 11th, 2022
Via Ars Technica, a report on how hydro power is decreasing as climate change hangs the Southwestern US out to dry: News that Arizona’s Lake Powell is slowly but surely drying up has spread far and wide. The reservoir behind the 1,320-megawatt Glen Canyon Dam and power station, Lake Powell plays an important role in providing power […]
Read more »Lake Powell’s Plummeting Water Levels
April 8th, 2022
Via CNN, an article on Lake Powell’s plummeting water levels: Kenneth Runnels doesn’t see himself as a “victim” of the drought. He says he’s an “adapter.” Runnels is the chief administrator of the Antelope Point Marina on Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the country and part of the Colorado River system, which provides water for more […]
Read more »How Navajo Are Turning On Taps – Even In Remote, Dry Areas
April 8th, 2022
Via Christian Science Monitor, a report on how Navajo are turning on taps – even in remote, dry areas: Ida Joe flinches a little as the tap sputters, then spurts water into the sink. Cautiously, tentatively, she pushes her hand under the faucet. She feels the water soak her skin and run through her fingers […]
Read more »California Drought May Be Worse Than Currently Believed
April 5th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on US west’s drought: Outside my lab near Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, new animal tracks are on the snow after a winter of hibernation, bird songs are lofting through the air, and the creek is flowing strongly with water from the melting snow. Spring […]
Read more »How We Drained California Dry
April 2nd, 2022
Via MIT Technology Review, an article on California’s water scarcity challenge: The wind finally blew the other way last night and kicked out the smoke from the burning Sierra. Down here in the flatland of California, we used to regard the granite mountain as a place apart, our getaway. But the distance is no more. […]
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