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In Drying Colorado River Basin, Indian Tribes Are Water Dealmakers
March 4th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, a look at how native Americans – who hold 20 percent of the basin’s water rights – will shape the future of the Southwest: Mired in drought and torched by one of the hottest years ever measured, the seven states of the Colorado River Basin are acutely aware of how a […]
Read more »Nevada May Create ‘Water Court’ System
March 4th, 2021
Via The Review Journal, a report that Nevada may create a new ‘water court’: As disputes over water rights increasingly end up in lengthy legal battles, the Nevada Supreme Court is potentially looking to reshape how the nation’s driest state handles water law. Nevada’s high court on Wednesday held a public hearing on a petition […]
Read more »Future Upper Colorado River Basin Water Use Estimates Confound Planning
March 3rd, 2021
Via The Colorado Sun, an article on the complexity and politics involved in Colorado River water use estimates: Some water experts fear that a long-held aspiration to develop more water in the Upper Colorado River Basin is creating another chance to let politics and not science lead the way on river management. “Alternative Management Paradigms […]
Read more »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 […]
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