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Two Nations, One Aquifer
July 28th, 2017
Via the Albuquerque Journal, an article on U.S. and Mexican management of the Mesilla Bolson aquifer: Deep underground, beneath the 18-foot steel wall that divides parts of the U.S. and Mexico border, the aquifer upon which both sides depend pays the barrier no mind. The water is there for the taking, first come, first served. […]
Read more »U.S. Midwest: Groundwater Pumping Drying Streams, Driving Fish Extinctions
July 12th, 2017
Via EurekAlert, a sobering article on the impact of groundwater pumping in the Midwest: Farmers in the Great Plains of Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and the panhandle of Texas produce about one-sixth of the world’s grain, and water for these crops comes from the High Plains Aquifer — often known as the Ogallala Aquifer — the […]
Read more »Water: One of Canada’s Biggest Potential Exports
May 29th, 2017
Via Business In Vancouver, commentary on how Canadian water could be one of the country’s biggest commodity export opportunities by 2030: It’s 2030, and you are headed to a public hearing on a proposed new pipeline project. Not an oil pipeline, but a freshwater pipeline that would move water from British Columbia to Southern California. […]
Read more »Reckoning Ahead for Arizona as Water Imbalance Grows on Colorado River
May 18th, 2017
Via Water Deeply, a report on the impact of reduced Colorado River water in the U.S. Southwest where Arizona could suffer the most pain if Lake Mead’s shrinkage triggers a shortage declaration: The Central Arizona Project aqueduct system is shown west out of the Phoenix metro area. The aqueduct meanders more than 300 miles to […]
Read more »Rising Tide: America Has A Water Crisis No One Is Talking About
May 11th, 2017
Via Vox, a very good article on what is likely to be a trigger for a new wave of water politics in the United States’ near future – namely, outdated infrastructure making water too expensive for millions of families: Access to clean water is a basic human right. Yet for 14 million US households, or 12 percent […]
Read more »The US Global Water Strategy 2017 Under President Trump
April 5th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, some speculation on the US global water strategy 2017 under President Trump: President Donald Trump’s administration – along with the US Agency for Aid and Development and the State Department – must produce a Global Water Strategy (GWS) and submit it to Congress by 1 October 2017. This document will outline […]
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