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As Colorado River Declines, Water Scarcity and the Hunt for New Sources Drive up Rates
June 19th, 2023
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a report on how the price of water is rising across the Southwest as utilities look to cover the cost of the increasingly scarce resource, the infrastructure to treat and distribute it and the search for new supplies: Across the Southwest, water users are preparing for a future with a […]
Read more »Colorado River Deal Forever Changes The Price Of Water In The West
June 15th, 2023
Via CalMatters, commentary on how the recent Colorado River deal forever changes the price of water in the West: For the first time in this drought-stricken century, a new price for water has been set under the new Colorado River pact. This agreement is the start of the end of agriculture as we know it […]
Read more »How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water
June 15th, 2023
Via Pro Publica, a report on how Arizona – as it negotiates water rights with tribes – goes to unique lengths to extract concessions that limit tribes’ opportunities for growth and economic development: The Dilkon Medical Center, a sprawling, $128 million facility on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, was completed a year ago. With an […]
Read more »Cities and Towns Pursue Solutions To Future Colorado River Shortages: ‘Every City For Itself’
June 15th, 2023
Via Boulder Reporting Lab, an article on how some cities and towns are pursuing solutions to future Colorado River shortages, on their own: This winter dropped a lot of snow on the mountains above Boulder. Our reservoirs are in good shape for now as Boulder Creek babbles. But that’s not our only water source. Boulder […]
Read more »Water Agreements The U.S. Government Is Making With Native American Tribes
June 15th, 2023
Via NPR, an interesting 3-minute segment examining the water agreements the government is making with Native American tribes: The U.S. federal government has now spent more than $8.5 billion on water rights settlements with Native American tribes. Tribes have to give up a lot in return, and hundreds more have yet to settle.
Read more »Texas Eyes Marine Desalination, Oilfield Water Reuse to Sustain Rapid Growth
June 12th, 2023
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a look at a bill moving through the Texas Legislature that would create a new fund for desalination, beneficial reuse of produced water and inter-state water purchases: Texas legislators are poised to recommend designating billions of dollars in public funds for controversial water purification technologies, including marine desalination and oilfield wastewater […]
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