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Nebraska Sues Colorado Over South Platte River Water Rights, Perkins County Canal
July 22nd, 2025
Via , a report on Nebraska’s lawsuit against Colorado before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to assert Nebraska’s water rights to the South Platte River that crosses state lines: Nebraska state leaders filed a lawsuit against Colorado on Wednesday seeking to have the U.S. Supreme Court assert the Cornhusker State’s century-old water rights to the […]
Read more »The Deepening Water Shortage Fight Between the US and Mexico
July 15th, 2025
Via BBC, a report on the deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico: After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention. On the shores of Lake Toronto, the reservoir behind the state’s most important […]
Read more »For the Future of Water Conservation, Look to … Los Angeles?
June 29th, 2025
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how years of drought forced the city to rethink its water usage and, almost under the radar, to remake its identity. You’ve probably come across more stories about water woes in California than you can recall, so you may feel you’ve had enough for a while. […]
Read more »The Colorado River Is Running Low, But The Groundwater Status Is Even Worse
May 29th, 2025
Via the Washington Post, an article on a new study showing that the Colorado River Basin has lost twice as much groundwater since 2003 as water taken out of its reservoirs: The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has alarmed the American West for years, but the water losses happening underground are even worse, according to […]
Read more »Trump Forces Mexico to Share More Water Along the Rio Grande
May 29th, 2025
Via Circle of Blue, a report on how President’s stern hydro diplomacy is criticized as temporary and damaging: Mexico’s announcement late last month that it would send water to the United States to meet its treaty requirement to meet the needs of residents in the Rio Grande Valley was seen by President Claudia Sheinbaum as a step […]
Read more »Tribal Interests in the Future of the Colorado River
May 22nd, 2025
Via Native American Rights Fund, an article on Tribal interests in the future of the Colorado River: The Colorado River Basin is home to thirty federally recognized Tribal Nations,[i] each with unique histories, cultures, and relationships to the Colorado River and its tributaries. These Tribal Nations rely on the River for various purposes, including cultural and […]
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