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The Massive Plumbing System Moving Water Across Colorado’s Mountains Has Less To Work With
July 21st, 2021
Via Aspen Public Radio, a look at the massive plumbing system that moves water across Colorado’s mountains which – this year – is finding less to go around: High up on Colorado’s Independence Pass, a narrow, winding road weaves through the evergreens and across mountain streams, up and over the Continental Divide at more than […]
Read more »New Mexico: Swift Action Needed To Address Dwindling Water Supply
July 21st, 2021
Via the Santa Fe New Mexican, a report on the state’s dwindling water supply: Drive past any major body of water in New Mexico, and you will probably see the harsh reality of the state’s drought. Simply put, our water supply is pretty much tapped out. “There is no buffer left … no cushion,” David […]
Read more »The Thirsty West’s Dreaded Water Crisis Is Here
July 21st, 2021
Via The Washington Post, an OpEd on water in the US West: To grow up in the American West in the 20th century was to swing between inferiority and hubris. Our history books taught us that all great and elevated events happened back east. We should go there someday and study the monuments. At the […]
Read more »A Drought So Dire That a Utah Town Stopped Building
July 20th, 2021
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at how drought caused one town in Utah to stop growth: Across the western United States, a summer of record-breaking drought, heat waves and megafires exacerbated by climate change is forcing millions of people to confront an inescapable string of disasters that challenge the future of growth. […]
Read more »The US Drought and Its Connection To National Security
July 15th, 2021
Via Cipher Brief, commentary on the US drought’s impact on national security: Each new report about this year’s western drought reveals another record-breaking development: Hoover Dam’s Lake Mead is at its lowest level ever. More acres have already burned across California compared to this time last year. Extraordinary electricity demand is straining the Texas electric grid to its limit. As […]
Read more »The Gila River Indian Community Innovates For A Drought-Ridden Future
July 12th, 2021
Via The High Country News, a look at how – through partnerships and exchanges – the Gila River Nation is ensuring that its members have long-term access to their own resources while helping solve broader water supply problems: A riverbed that has been parched since the end of the 19th century — a portion of the […]
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