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United States: Getting Serious About A Texas-Size Drought
April 20th, 2013
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting OpEd on the drought affecting the United States: AUSTIN, Tex. SOMETHING odd happened here last week. It rained. But the relief, an answer to desperate prayers, is likely to be short-lived. The drought that has gripped much of Texas since the fall of 2010 shows few signs […]
Read more »United States: Water Wars Loom?
April 4th, 2013
Via US Water News, a graphical look at areas of the U.S. that could experience water supply crises in the years ahead:
Read more »Phoenix And LA Spar Over Colorado River Water
March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of National Geographic, an interesting article on the increasing tensions between Phoenix and Los Angeles over dwindling supplies of Colorado River water: In a recent volley between Phoenix and Los Angeles, newspapers in those two arid cities pointed fingers at each other over who has the least sustainable water supply. In the L.A. Times, […]
Read more »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 […]
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