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U.S. Water Wars: Supreme Court To Decide On Texans’ Bid For Oklahoma’s Water
January 9th, 2013
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at Texas’ bid for more water from neighboring Oklahoma: A reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma in the Kiamichi River basin. Oklahoma officials have blocked the Tarrant County Water Authority in northern Texas from exporting water from the Kiamichi basin; the Texas claims on that water will now be […]
Read more »Drought Revives Old Water Wars Among U.S. States
December 8th, 2012
Two articles on the issue of America’s drought. The first, via The Washington Post, looks at how drought stricken states in the US are arguing over the increasingly scarce water of the Missouri River: The water wars are raging again in America’s heartland, where drought-stricken states are pleading for the increasingly scarce water of the […]
Read more »Landmark U.S. Water Pact With Mexico Could Boost Lake Mead
November 11th, 2012
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, a report on a recent agreement over Colorado River flows: After years of negotiations, the United States and Mexico have struck a deal that could keep more water in Lake Mead and help improve water efficiency and the environment south of the border. The landmark five-year agreement would allow […]
Read more »California Delta: Accustomed To Water Wars, Prepares For Battle
October 5th, 2012
Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at some California landowners planning their fight against two 35-mile underground tunnels that would carry water from the Sacramento River to the giant pumps that fill southbound aqueducts: As a child, Brett Baker learned farming fundamentals from his grandfather, who taught him to drive a tractor and gave […]
Read more »Time for a 21st Century U.S. Water Policy
September 28th, 2012
Courtesy of The Huffington Post, an article on the need for a 21st century water policy in the U.S.: At first glance, threats to the nation’s freshwater might seem less urgent and less important than many of the other economic and foreign policy challenges facing our politicians and policymakers. After all, clean and inexpensive water […]
Read more »U.S. Water Diversion Plan Draws Comparisons With China’s South-North Project
September 28th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, an interesting comparison of a California plan to China’a massive south-north diversion project: Plans for a major water diversion plan in California have been criticised as a political gamble that benefits agribusiness and farmers at the expense of the environment.  California’s governor Jerry Brown is facing mounting obstacles to his 50-year […]
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