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The Drying Of The West
January 29th, 2011
Courtesy of The Economist, an interesting report on the dwindling Colorado River and the water scarcity’s effect on the southwestern U.S. STANDING on the Hoover Dam and looking upstream at Lake Mead, America’s largest reservoir, the visitor notices a wide, white band ringing the cliffs. Nicknamed “the bathtub ringâ€, this discolouration comes from minerals that […]
Read more »A Perfect Drought…
October 10th, 2010
Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report on the likelihood of unprecedented drought in the U.S. Southwest and the concerns that the severe decline in Lake Mead and resulting reductions in Colorado River allocations could pit states against one another. As the article notes: “…The convergence in the coming year of three cyclical conditions affecting ocean […]
Read more »California: Did Water Politics Avert Water Wars?
November 9th, 2009
Courtesy of Mother Jones, a summary look at the California’s recent state legislation related to water. As the article notes: “…Last week, California lawmakers approved several bills that could overhaul the state’s troubled water system for the first time in 60 years. Farm interests and some environmental groups hailed the measures, fueling hopes that a […]
Read more »California: Water Politics
October 27th, 2009
Courtesy of The Economist, a detailed look at California’s water politics as it struggles with drought and increasing demand for freshwater by a variety of end users, including fish. As the article notes: “…Water has divided Californians since Mark Twain remarked that “whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting over.†But this latest conflict comes as […]
Read more »Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Environmental Security
September 29th, 2009
Via Aquadoc, news that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is publishing a series on the hydropolitical vulnerability and resilence of international water resources on all the inhabited continents. As the article notes: “… a nation is hydropolitically vulnerable if there is the potential for conflict to arise with another nation(s) over a particular international […]
Read more »No More Southern Hospitality: A Tri-State Battle For Water
August 16th, 2009
Via The New York Times, an in-depth review of the ongoing conflict between Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over water. As the article notes: “…A recent court defeat has left Atlanta howling that its enemies, including Alabama and Florida, are trying to choke off the city’s prosperity, if not out of sheer spite then at least […]
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