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Tribes Gain Clout As Colorado River Shrinks
November 18th, 2023
Via Water Education Foundation, a report on the growing influence of First Nations as the Colorado River shrinks: The climate-driven shrinking of the Colorado River is expanding the influence of Native American tribes over how the river’s flows are divided among cities, farms and reservations across the Southwest. The tribes are seeing the value of […]
Read more »Colorado River in Crisis: A Los Angeles Times Documentary
November 17th, 2023
Via the Los Angeles Times, a new documentary that examines the Colorado River and how the Southwest is grappling with the water crisis: The Colorado River can no longer withstand the thirst of the arid West. Water drawn from the river flows to millions of people in cities from Denver to Los Angeles and irrigates […]
Read more »San Diego Selling Back Some Pricey Colorado River Water for Cheaper Met Water
November 17th, 2023
Via Voice of San Diego, an article on a deal between formerly warring parties that could generate more water supplies in the drying West: A trade deal is brewing between major southern California water agencies to help restock a major reservoir on the drought-stricken Colorado River and meet federal demands to cut back use. San […]
Read more »Georgia Scores New Legal Victory over Alabama in ‘Water Wars’ Challenge
November 17th, 2023
Via The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, an article on a recent federal judicial ruling that the federal plan to manage the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin is lawful: A federal judge handed the state of Georgia and Metro Atlanta another legal victory on Thursday when it ruled against Alabama in one of several long-running disputes over management of the […]
Read more »Survey: Many Americans Think Most Rivers in the West Will Dry Up
November 15th, 2023
Via Wyoming Public Radio, a report on a new survey indicating that many Americans think climate change will cause most rivers in the West to dry up: A new survey shows many Americans think climate change is causing harm to people right now – and they don’t expect things to get any better. Nearly two-thirds (63%) […]
Read more »20 Farming Families Use More Colorado River Water Than Some Western States
November 13th, 2023
Via Pro Publica, a look at how – despite the fact that, tens of millions of people and millions of acres of farmland rely on the Colorado River’s water – a small number of farmers get more water from the river than entire states: As the Colorado River snakes through the deserts of the Southwest […]
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