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Is Southern California Prepared to Avoid a ‘Day Zero’ Water Crisis?
September 9th, 2025
Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at whether Southern California is prepared to avoid a ‘Day Zero’ water crisis? Over the last century, Southern California has grown and thrived by accessing water from faraway sources including the Colorado River, the Eastern Sierra’s streams and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Massive aqueducts transport water through […]
Read more »The Rio Grande’s Pecan Problem
September 9th, 2025
Via High Country News, commentary on how Big Ag is threatening New Mexico’s water supply: Green is not the color one expects to see in the cactus-and-yucca-dotted Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico. But for more than a hundred miles along the I-25 corridor, between Truth or Consequences and the Texas border, a rich vein […]
Read more »Mexico Will Not Meet Its Water Treaty Commitments To U.S. By October
September 3rd, 2025
Via TRT Global, a report on why Mexico will not meet its water treaty commitments to the US by October 24: It’s a deadline that is difficult to meet, and only an act of God could help Mexico. By October 24 this year, the North American country is required to share approximately 1 billion cubic […]
Read more »How Does the U.S. Use Water?
August 30th, 2025
Via Construction Physics, a detailed report on how the U.S. uses water: Water infrastructure often gets less attention and focus than other types of infrastructure. Both the Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Energy have annual budgets around $46 billion dollars. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has an annual budget of $60 […]
Read more »As Colorado River Slowly Dries Up, States Angle for Influence over Future Water Rights
August 14th, 2025
Via Renewable Energy World, a look at how – as the Colorado River slowly dries up – states angle for influence over future water rights: The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but […]
Read more »People Are Flocking To Florida. Will There Be Enough Water For Them?
August 6th, 2025
Via Grist, a look at how climate change, a development boom, and overexploitation of groundwater are draining the Sunshine State: While wading through wetlands in the headwaters of the Everglades, where tall, serrated grasses shelter alligators and water moccasins, agroecologist Elizabeth Boughton described one of Florida’s biggest environmental problems: There’s either too much water, or […]
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