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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 […]
Read more »Record Investment Only Scratches the Surface of Fixing Black America’s Water Crisis
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Capital B News, a report on how – while the country’s water woes are widespread – blanket solutions fail to address Black communities’ distinct issues: Gwendolyn Reed-Davis recalls living without running water during the holiday season last year, merely months after a water crisis left Jackson, Mississippi, residents struggling to bathe, cook, and flush their […]
Read more »Hey, Hay! What About Alfalfaphobia in the Colorado River Basin?
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Land Desk, commentary on the water impact of alfalfa farming in the Colorado River Basin: In recent weeks I’ve written a piece or two about alfalfa. My thesis: As the biggest single water user in the Colorado River Basin, the crop must play an equally large role in contributing to the cuts necessary to keep the river […]
Read more »Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico.
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at a $5 billion plan to desalinate seawater in Mexico and pipe it to Phoenix is testing the notion that desert cities can keep growing as the Earth warms: Fifty miles south of the U.S. border, at the edge of a city on the Gulf of California, […]
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