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Before Western States Suck the Colorado River Dry, We Have One Last Chance to Act
April 16th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary from Bruce Babbitt, the secretary of the Interior Department in the Clinton administration and former governor of Arizona: The Interior Department last summer dropped a bomb on the seven states that depend upon the Colorado River for water. It declared an emergency over the two-decade drought that was […]
Read more »Water Cuts Could Save The Colorado River. Farmers Are In The Crosshairs.
April 16th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on how California’s Imperial Valley uses more water than several other states combined, but its farmers want to avoid big cuts: Alex Jack has spared little expense in the quest to grow vegetables in the desert with less water. It has cost him $2.5 million over the years […]
Read more »Texas Eyes Marine Desalination, Oilfield Water Reuse to Sustain Rapid Growth
April 16th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a report on concerns about 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 […]
Read more »Why Your Swimming Pool May Be Worse for Urban Water Scarcity Than Climate Change
April 15th, 2023
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a report on a new study that found that wealthy lifestyle habits, including watering gardens and filling pools, can contribute to water shortages in cities as much or more than climate-driven drought: An aerial view of homes in one of the many cities in Southern California where residents will be […]
Read more »California’s Groundwater Gold Rush
April 13th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how banks, pension funds and insurers have been turning California’s scarce water into enormous profits, leaving people with less to drink: As storms battered California in March, the state’s inland breadbasket erupted with almond blossoms. It happens every year. The Central Valley—the source of 40% of America’s fruit and […]
Read more »Biden Administration Proposes Evenly Cutting Water Allotments From Colorado River
April 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how – as the Colorado river shrinks – the Biden administration is getting ready to impose, for the first time, reductions in water supplies to states: After months of fruitless negotiations between the states that depend on the shrinking Colorado River, the Biden administration on Tuesday […]
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