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California Poised To Crack Down On Overpumping of Groundwater In The Agricultural Heartland
April 18th, 2024
Via CalMatters, a report on California’s crackdown on farmers who deplete groundwater: IN SUMMARY Kings County agencies and growers may face probation and millions of dollars in fines — which could be the first step toward the state wresting control of groundwater. For the first time in California history, state officials are poised to crack […]
Read more »Hawaii: “On Verge of a Greater Catastrophe” As Water Crisis Continues
April 17th, 2024
Via CBS News, a report on the growing water scarcity issue on Oahu: In Hawaii, one of the most important sayings is ola i ka wai, “water is life” — a phrase that not only sums up what it means to exist on an island, but what it means to live, period. But now, one of […]
Read more »Sault Tribe Challenges Michigan Fishing Deal, Chides ‘Preposterous’ Rules
April 17th, 2024
Via Circle of Blue, a report on a First Nation’s legal appeal on fishing in the Great Lakes: Four Michigan tribes and the state and federal government renegotiated fishing rights in the Great Lakes last year, without the Sault tribe’s consent Now, the tribe is suing, arguing it can’t be held to an agreement it […]
Read more »‘Water Is More Valuable Than Oil’: The Corporation Cashing In On America’s Drought
April 16th, 2024
Via The Guardian, an article on an unprecedented deal in which a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has ‘opened Pandora’s box’: One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in […]
Read more »New Mexico’s Rivers: Most Threatened Waterways in U.S.
April 16th, 2024
Via The Guardian, a report that New Mexico – following a Supreme court ruling that left more than 90% of state’s surface waters with no pollution protections, since they don’t run continuously – has the most threatened waterways in US: New Mexico’s rivers, which include the Rio Grande, Gila, San Juan and Pecos, are America’s most […]
Read more »Addressing the Colorado River Crisis
April 11th, 2024
Via the Stanford Report, commentary on the future of water in the Southwest: Low water levels reveal the rocky shores of Lake Powell, formed by the damming of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, near Page, Arizona. (Image credit: Getty Images) Sustaining the American Southwest is the Colorado River. But demand, damming, diversion, […]
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