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Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water — if Cities Can Afford Them
May 7th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how Phoenix-area communities plan to spend millions to find new water supplies to help the region continue to grow amidst a continuing drought: Sixty miles west of Phoenix along the I-10 freeway to the California border lies what many Valley cities with limited water supplies and investment companies […]
Read more »In Arizona, Fresh Scrutiny of Saudi-Owned Farm’s Water Use
May 2nd, 2023
Via CityNews, a report on Arizona’s recent decision to rescind drilling permits for Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Almarai Co., to pump up to 3,000 gallons of water per minute to irrigate its forage crops: In rural Arizona’s La Paz County, on the state’s rugged border with California, the decision by a Saudi-owned […]
Read more »Arizona Revokes Water Permits For Saudi-Owned Alfalfa Farm
April 27th, 2023
Via KTAR News, a report that Arizona has revoked the water permits for a Saudi Arabia-owned alfalfa farm: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that drill permits for a Saudi Arabia-owned alfalfa farm in La Paz County have been revoked. Two deep-water wells were approved for Fondomonte Arizona LLC eight months ago, which Mayes called […]
Read more »A New Front In Water Wars: Your Internet Use
April 26th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on the growing controversy on how – in the American West – data centers are clashing with local communities that want to preserve water amid drought: When Jenn Duff heard that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, wanted to build yet another data center in Mesa, Ariz., she was […]
Read more »Colorado River Water: Is Fallowing Farmland A Fair Way To Conserve?
April 26th, 2023
Via Christian Science Monitor, a look at the potential of fallowing farmland as a way to conserve Colorado River water: What’s a farmer’s favorite vegetable to eat? “The one that’s making the most money,” Craig Elmore says. Crops bring profit. But this year, as before, Mr. Elmore isn’t farming some fields. These more than 2,000 […]
Read more »Large Amounts of U.S. Food Grown Using Water From A River That’s Drying Up
April 20th, 2023
Via Vox, a report on how a huge amount of US food is grown in the desert using water from a river that’s drying up: An hour east of San Diego, there’s a lonely stretch of dry, barren land. There’s not much here but sand, dirt, and some wiry shrubs. But keep driving east and the […]
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