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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article on what is likely to be a trigger for a new wave of water politics in the United States’ near future – namely, outdated infrastructure making water too expensive for millions of families: Access to clean water is a basic human right.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 […]
Read more »Water & Power: A California Heist
March 15th, 2017
Via FastCo, a report on how the battle for water is not just happening in a far-off desert across the globe, but also right here at home: Water & Power: A California Heist—which airs on the National Geographic Channel tonight—unveils how a handful of wealthy agribusinessmen and speculators seized control of dwindling groundwater reserves as a historic […]
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