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Utah’s Water Dilemma
December 3rd, 2021
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at Utah’s water dilemma: Sitting inside a shepherd’s trailer hitched to his white pickup truck, Robert Child recounts a lifetime spent running sheep in the pastures of northern Utah. Wind gently rocks the compact trailer as Child, who is 75, describes the grazing rotations for his 2,000-head flock. […]
Read more »Tapped Out: Where Is California’s Water Going?
November 24th, 2021
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on the battle over water between small and large farmers in central California? Farmers in the heart of California’s agricultural belt – Kings County – sense something is awry with their water supplies. In this intensively farmed, perennially dry county, water is leaving at a concerning rate. “We’ve […]
Read more »California’s Uneven Drought
October 23rd, 2021
Via The Washington Post, an article on the vastly different ways that small towns between San Francisco and the Oregon border are managing their water supplies, highlighting how uneven California’s brutal drought has been across the state: This town took a big step toward making fresh water along the rocky, wild North Coast of California. As its […]
Read more »Avoiding Water Bankruptcy: What The U.S. And Iran Can Learn From Each Other
October 23rd, 2021
Via WaterOnline, an interesting look at what the U.S. and Iran can learn from one another regarding drought and water bankruptcy: The 2021 water year ends on Sept. 30, and it was another hot, dry year in the western U.S., with almost the entire region in drought. Reservoirs vital for farms, communities and hydropower have fallen to dangerous lows. The […]
Read more »Despite a Punishing Drought, San Diego Has Water. It Wasn’t Easy.
October 19th, 2021
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on San Diego’s drought mitigation measures: In many parts of California, reminders abound that the American West is running out of water. “Bathtub rings” mark the shrinking of the state’s biggest reservoirs to some of their lowest recorded levels. Fields lie fallow, as farmers grapple with an uncertain […]
Read more »U.S. High Plains: Groundwater Is Disappearing
September 23rd, 2021
Via AP News, a report on the decreasing availability of American groundwater: Tim Black‘s cell phone dings, signaling the time to reverse sprinklers spitting water across a pie-shaped section of grass that will provide pasture for his cattle. It’s important not to waste a drop. His family’s future depends on it. For decades, the Texas […]
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