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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 […]
Read more »The Forgotten Sovereigns of the Colorado River
July 16th, 2023
Via Politico, a look at how – as the West’s major river dries up – tribes have asserted rights to its water long ignored by state and federal authorities: If it weren’t for the Colorado River, Albuquerque wouldn’t exist — at least, not as a city of half a million. Which is interesting, because the city […]
Read more »California Democrats Chip Away At Historic Water Rights
July 12th, 2023
Via The Center Square, a report that California Democrats are moving forward a bill to chip away historic water rights: The California Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife today passed a bill out of committee that would empower the State Water Board to chip away at historic water rights and significantly reduce rural water allocations. […]
Read more »Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters
July 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at mining’s threat to U.S. waters: In the mountain streams of southern British Columbia and northern Montana, a rugged part of the world, fish with misshapen skulls and twisted spines have been caught over the years. Many scientists attribute the malformed creatures and declines in certain fish […]
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