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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 […]
Read more »Tax Incentives Find New Purpose for Conserving Water in American West
June 11th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on some of the innovative financial mechanisms – specifically conservation easements – being used to help conserve depleted groundwater in the U.S. west: The San Luis Valley, a high desert farming region in southern Colorado, is a land of daunting natural constraints, especially its scarce water reserves. Pragmatic […]
Read more »Say Goodbye to Lawns in Drying U.S. West
June 11th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how booming metro areas in the U.S. west are testing the limits of water supply and growth: Mark Marlowe, who directs the water supply for fast-growing Castle Rock, a Denver suburb, has a dim view of lawns. Irrigating grass in summer consumes 40 percent of Castle Rock’s […]
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