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A ‘Dangerous Game of Chicken” On The Colorado River
March 23rd, 2022
Via Writers on the Range, commentary on inter-basin negotiations and use of water from the Colorado River: Seven Western states and their leaders — all depending on water from the Colorado River — remain divided. Split into basins by an imaginary border at Lees Ferry, Arizona, each state can share blame for the rapid depletion […]
Read more »Colorado River: Don’t Blame Upper Basin States
March 22nd, 2022
Via Writers on the Range, commentary on the Colorado River blame game between Upper and Lower Basin states: Kyle Roerink’s recent “Writers on the Range” opinion (“A dangerous game of chicken on the Colorado River”) reminds one of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s 1983 caution in a Washington Post op-ed: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but […]
Read more »The West’s Megadrought Has Left One Arizona Neighborhood with No Water At All
March 16th, 2022
Via Grist, a look at how the West’s megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water at all: Late last year, Leigh Harris logged onto a local Facebook group and learned that she and her neighbors were about to lose their water — for good. Harris lives in an area called Rio Verde Foothills, […]
Read more »Arizona’s Desert Civilization Confronts A Reckoning Over Water
March 16th, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, an article on how Arizona’s powerful will to grow is challenged by extreme heat, deep drought, and serious water-related stress: Tales of personal anguish are the typical start of serious articles about Arizona’s conspicuous confrontation with scarce water. The distraught Chino Valley homeowner buying water out of a truck because her well […]
Read more »As Drought Deepens, Californians Saving Less Water
March 16th, 2022
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report that – as drought deepens – Californians are saving less water: California will end winter in a perilous position as record-shattering drynessconverges with lagging water conservation efforts in nearly every part of the state, officials said Tuesday. After months of cutting back, new data from the State Water Resources […]
Read more »Size of US Drought Increased By Area of California In Past Month
March 15th, 2022
Via Kake, an article on how the size of drought in US increased by the area of California in the past month: The West is far from the only region experiencing remarkably dry weather so far this year. According to Thursday’s report from the US Drought Monitor, more than 61% of the contiguous US is in […]
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