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Thousands of California Wells At Risk of Drying Up Despite Landmark Water Law
October 2nd, 2023
Via Phys.org, a report on how – even though California enacted sweeping legislation nearly a decade ago to curb excessive agricultural pumping of groundwater – new research predicts that thousands of drinking water wells could run dry in the Central Valley by the time the law’s restrictions take full effect in 2040; Even though California […]
Read more »The U.S. Needs Minerals for Green Tech: Will Western Mines have Enough Water?
September 29th, 2023
Via NPR’s OPB, a look at whether the U.S. has enough water for planned green tech mineral mines in the West: On a 107 degree morning in the mountains east of Phoenix, a miner in a hard hat plunges down the nearly 7,000-foot shaft of what may soon be the biggest underground copper mine in […]
Read more »Is Groundwater Trading The Future of California Water?
September 29th, 2023
Courtesy of Fresnoland, an article looking at how – with risks to small farmers – new groundwater markets could make almond, pistachios investments more secure through drought. What’s at stake: At a summit in Fresno, state water policy leaders imagined new ways to monetize water and the San Joaquin Valley’s climate transition. Farming groundwater credits […]
Read more »Colorado River Growers Say They’re Ready To Save Water
September 29th, 2023
Via NPR’s KUNC, a report that Colorado River growers say they’re ready to save water, but need to build trust with states and feds: The Colorado River is in trouble, and farmers and ranchers are on the front lines of the crisis. A new report surveyed more than 1,020 irrigators across six of the seven states that […]
Read more »‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.
September 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock which are threatening America’s fragile aquifersL Along a parched stretch of La Salle County, Texas, workers last year dug some 700 feet deep into the ground, seeking freshwater. Millions of […]
Read more »Saltwater in the Mississippi Threatens Water Supply in New Orleans
September 24th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how wxtreme heat and low rainfall in the Midwest this summer caused the river level to plummet, making it vulnerable to a saltwater “wedge” from the Gulf of Mexico: Drought-like conditions in the Midwest over the summer have created a growing water problem in the New […]
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