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The New Water Wars Reshaping America
December 8th, 2017
Via Ozy, a report on water politics in America: Pawhuska, in northern Oklahoma, is the capital of the Osage Nation. Surrounded by ranchers and farmers, its downtown economy was historically fed by a brick plant, a creamery, an ice factory and a rock crusher. Nowadays, even those job creators are gone. Replacing them are a […]
Read more »US, Mexico Reach Deal To Conserve Colorado River Water
September 29th, 2017
Via Associated Press, a report on a new agreement between the United States and Mexico to preserve the overtaxed Colorado River: The United States and Mexico unveiled an agreement Wednesday to preserve the overtaxed Colorado River, including spending millions of dollars on conservation and environmental projects and drawing up plans to deal with any shortages […]
Read more »U.S. And Mexico Agree To Share A Shrinking Colorado River
September 19th, 2017
Via the High Country News, a report on how the two nations are poised to sign an updated water pact to deal with drought: On a sunny March morning in 2014, dam operators lifted a gate on the Morelos Dam on the Colorado River, at the U.S.-Mexico border. Water gushed toward the river’s dry delta at […]
Read more »Federal Court Stalls Las Vegas Water Grab
September 9th, 2017
Via Summit County Citizens Voice, a report on a planned $15.5 billion project that some feel would deplete aquifers and springs in the eastern Nevada desert, pumping it more than 250 miles south to metropolitan Las Vegas: A federal court has at least temporarily stifled a major water grab in Nevada, finding that the Bureau of […]
Read more »U.S. and Mexico Finalizing Colorado River Water-Sharing Deal
August 14th, 2017
Via USA Today, a report on progress between the U.S. and Mexico on a new Colorado River water sharing agreement: The U.S. and Mexican governments may be sharply at odds on President Trump’s plan for a border wall, but when it comes to water – and the potential for a major shortage along the Colorado River […]
Read more »The Fight Over Water: Business and Politics Collide In California
August 12th, 2017
Via Entrepreneur Magazine, a look at the controversial Cadiz water project in southern California: Water, as intrinsic to our lives as the air we breathe, is becoming increasingly rare and valuable. We must stop taking it for granted. The water situation in California is dire, and some experts predict that the state — our largest […]
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