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In a Drought, California Is Watching Water Wash Out to Sea
January 13th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how – despite the heavy storms that have flooded parts of California – the state has been unable to capture billions of gallons of water that are flowing unchecked into the ocean: A century ago, Los Angeles built what is still widely considered one of the […]
Read more »A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River
January 7th, 2023
Via ProPublica, commentary on the tensions arising from a dwindling Colorado River: On a crisp day this fall I drove southeast from Grand Junction, Colorado, into the Uncompahgre Valley, a rich basin of row crops and hayfields. A snow line hung like a bowl cut around the upper cliffs of the Grand Mesa, while in […]
Read more »Great Salt Lake Will Disappear In 5 Years Without Massive ‘Emergency Rescue’
January 7th, 2023
Via CNN, a report on Great Salt Lake’s dire future: The Great Salt Lake in Utah is facing “unprecedented danger,” experts say, as it has fallen to an alarmingly low level amid a climate change-fueled megadrought that’s tightening its grip in the West. Less than two weeks away from Utah’s 2023 legislative session, nearly three dozen scientists […]
Read more »‘Full-On Crisis’: California’s Central Valley Groundwater Disappearing at Alarming Rate
December 30th, 2022
Via The Los Angeles Times, a report on California’s Central Valley groundwater crisis: Scientists have discovered that the pace of groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley has accelerated dramatically during the drought as heavy agricultural pumping has drawn down aquifer levels to new lows and now threatens to devastate the underground water reserves. The research […]
Read more »In Arizona, Colorado River Crisis Stokes Worry Over Growth and Groundwater Depletion
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an article on Colorado River crisis: Kathleen Ferris stared across a desert valley dotted with creosote bushes, wondering where the water will come from to supply tens of thousands of new homes. In the distance, a construction truck rumbled along a dirt road, spewing dust. This tract of open […]
Read more »US Southwest: Thousands Will Live Here One Day (As Long As They Can Find Water)
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – in the increasingly dry Southwest – drought and climate change pose a challenge for developers, who need to find creative ways to provide water supply to new communities: Surrounded by miles of creosote and ocotillo in the Sonoran Desert, state officials and business leaders gathered […]
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