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Wyoming Girds For A Fight Over Green, Little Snake River Water
October 26th, 2022
Via WyoFile, a look at a brewing battle as Wyoming girds for a fight over Green, Little Snake River water: A water fight is brewing in the West, and Wyoming water officials want to prepare for it with a study aimed at parsing and defining the state’s consumption from its Colorado River tributaries. Anticipating a drier […]
Read more »Trucking In Water To Preserve Ogallala Aquifer
October 25th, 2022
Via Daily Kos, an article on how – in an effort to preserve the Ogallala Aquifer – one Kansas groundwater district is considering trucking in water: One of the world’s largest aquifers is struggling to maintain its typical levels and officials are scrambling to preserve what little water remains. Southwestern Kansas’ Groundwater Management District 3 […]
Read more »Zoomtowns Are Drying Up, Literally
October 25th, 2022
Via The Hustle, a look at how – as remote workers settle in new areas – they’re driving up housing costs and straining resources: Many remote workers moved from pricey cities to cheaper areas where they could afford a home. This not only drives up housing costs, but transplants are also straining limited water resources, according […]
Read more »World’s Rivers are Running Dry Today
October 24th, 2022
Via China Water Risk, commentary on the challenges facing many of the world’s most important rivers: Indus faced mega flood while Yangtze, Colorado, Rhine & Po suffered droughts, running dry in sections. Power (down 50% in some regions), factories & transportation disrupted Crops were destroyed but rivers also support chunks of GDP: YREB (US$5.3trn), Colorado […]
Read more »What If Farmers Competed With One Another To Cut Colorado River Water Consumption?
October 22nd, 2022
Via The High Country News, commentary on the potential if farmers competed with one another to cut water consumption on the Colorado River: It’s now clear that the Colorado River simply does not deliver as much water as we take from it. Fast, dramatic cuts — totaling up to 30% of all the water currently in use […]
Read more »USG Paying Farmers and First Nations To Conserve Water
October 21st, 2022
Via Arizona Central, an article on U.S. government efforts to pay users to leave water in Lake Mead: The Gila River Indian Community is the first Arizona water rights holder to publicly pursue the federal government’s new offer of compensation to leave Colorado River water in Lake Mead. Tribal Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis announced the […]
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