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Private Firms Scour Booming Nevada Desert For Water Profits
July 19th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on private firms scour booming Nevada desert for water profits: Beneath a bone-dry Nevada lakebed, close to the dusty desert where the Burning Man festival is held each year, an ambitious water project is reshaping this pocket of the US West.A giant, natural underground aquifer containing enough water to supply […]
Read more »Want to Win a Chip War? You’re Gonna Need a Lot of Water
July 19th, 2023
Via Wired, a report on how the US is spending billions to boost semiconductor manufacturing but – for the new plants to crank out silicon chips – they need to source millions of gallons of ultra-pure water: BUILDING A SEMICONDUCTOR factory requires enormous quantities of land and energy, then some of the most precise machinery on Earth to […]
Read more »The Cash Is Always Greener: Hamptonites Are Shelling Out 6 Figures to Keep Lawns Lush
July 18th, 2023
Courtesy of Vanity Fair, an interesting look at the passion – and cost (in terms of water and money) – that some Americans have over lawns where, in the Hamptons, some residents spend nearly half a million dollars and truck in water to keep their estates looking impeccable: To achieve that perfect green lawn, well-heeled […]
Read more »State Report Shows Florida May Run Out of Fresh Drinking Water
July 18th, 2023
Via CBS12 News, an article on a state report shows Florida may run out of fresh drinking water: According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida might be running out of fresh drinking water. The state’s current fresh water supply is projected to not be able to keep up with how many people are […]
Read more »Understanding the Real Fight Over Water in Arizona
July 17th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an interview discussing at Arizona’s water: Arizona recently announced new constraints on housing development in the areas around Phoenix. At issue is water rights and scarcity, which have been a challenge for the US Southwest for as long as people have been living there. That being said, the region is currently in the […]
Read more »How a Saudi firm Tapped a Gusher of Water in Drought-Stricken Arizona
July 17th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how lax rules allowed a foreign-owned company to pump water from state land to grow alfalfa for the kingdom’s cattle: A megadrought has seared Arizona, stressing its rivers and reservoirs and reducing water to a trickle in the homes of farmworkers near this desert valley. But green […]
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