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The American West Is Drying Up. Can the Market Help?
March 18th, 2026
Via New Republic, a look at how – as hedge funds buy up land to obtain water rights – a libertarian state representative from Arizona has proposed a seemingly radical solution to the water crisis. Is he right? When members of the Colorado River Water Users Association, or CRWUA, descended on Caesars Palace for their annual […]
Read more »After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe
March 13th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and to fully run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel supplies to Texas airports, trigger a surge in gasoline prices and result in an “economic disaster” without precedent, former officials said. The imminent […]
Read more »The Alfalfa Fallacy
March 10th, 2026
Via The Land Desk, commentary on the lack of “obvious” solutions to the Colorado River crisis: Oh dear. You’d best get your skiing in now, because it looks like the spring melt will hit a lot earlier than usual. A big heat wave is on its way to the West, with the most unseasonably warm […]
Read more »Both Sides Running out of Water: US and Mexico’s Deal Amid Historic Drought
March 5th, 2026
Via Texas Public Radio, a report on how the U.S. and Mexico’s recent water deal: Mexico has committed to delivering 431.7 million cubic meters of water a year to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty — a deal announced last week after sustained pressure from Washington on Mexico who has often delivered significantly as required by […]
Read more »How a California Desalination Plant Could Ease Water Shortages on the Colorado River
March 5th, 2026
Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at how a California desalination plant could ease water shortages on the Colorado River: With desert cities like Phoenix and Tucson bracing for their allotments of Colorado River water to be slashed dramatically, San Diego County’s water agency could for the first time sell some of its water […]
Read more »Corpus Christi Tries to Drill its Way Out of a Water Crisis
February 20th, 2026
Via Texas Tribune, an article on how – after killing planned desalination plant – Corpus Christi is trying to drill its way out of a water crisis: After an industrial building boom on Corpus Christi Bay, the city is drilling wells to meet water demand, and rural Nueces County residents say their own wells are […]
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