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The Colorado River Crisis Is a National Crisis
February 8th, 2021
Via The New Republic, an article on how Colorado River drought and water supply issues could soon affect 12 percent of Americans: The Colorado River supports over 40 million people spread across seven southwestern states, 29 tribal nations, and Mexico. It’s responsible for the irrigation of roughly 5.5 million acres of land marked for agricultural […]
Read more »Drought-stricken Colorado River Basin Could See Additional 20% Drop in Water Flow by 2050
February 1st, 2021
Via Yale Climate Connections, a look at how the region is transitioning to a more arid climate, challenging longstanding practices of water-sharing in the basin: Colorado is no stranger to drought. The current one is closing in on 20 years, and a rainy or snowy season here and there won’t change the trajectory. This is what […]
Read more »Florida’s Water Brawl With Georgia Reaches Supreme Court
January 12th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on Florida’s water brawl with Georgia: Florida’s request to the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the state of Georgia’s water usage along the Apalachicola River basin is headed to a hearing on Feb. 22. The case is the first such interstate water dispute in the eastern United States to be heard […]
Read more »A River Used To Run Through It: Handling A Dwindling Rio Grande
January 12th, 2021
Via The Guardian, a report on how the Rio Grande used to flow freely, but now in Las Cruces, humans, fish and plants are vying for water in the arid landscape: Imagine the world without its most famous rivers: Egypt without the Nile, or London without the Thames. In Las Cruces, New Mexico, residents don’t have […]
Read more »Colorado River Indian Tribes Take Another Step Toward Marketing Valuable Water in Arizona
January 6th, 2021
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on how Arizona tribes recently unveiled draft legislation to allow their water to be leased to users in Arizona off the reservation or stored underground: The water rights held by the Colorado River Indian Tribes are a valuable asset, and tribal leadership is seeking congressional approval to cash in on […]
Read more »Wall Street Eyes Billions in the Colorado’s Water
January 4th, 2021
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on how investor interest in the Colorado River could redefine century-old rules for who controls one of the most valuable economic resources in the United States: There is a myth about water in the Western United States, which is that there is not enough of it. But […]
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