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Barges Stranded As Mississippi River Water Levels Reach Critical Low
October 15th, 2022
Via The Guardian, a report that barges are stranded as Mississippi River water levels reach critical low: The water in the Mississippi River has dropped so low that barges are getting stuck, leading to expensive dredging and at least one recent traffic jam of more than 2,000 vessels backed up. The Mississippi River Basin produces nearly all […]
Read more »‘The US Dammed Us Up’: Drought’s Threat To Navajo Ties To Ancestral Lands
October 10th, 2022
Via The Guardian, a report on how drought is impacting U.S. tribal lands: Candice Mendez grew up on the Navajo reservation in a home that lacked running water and electricity. There was no phone service and few paved roads. A supermarket was miles away. But to Mendez, now 39, it felt like a time of […]
Read more »2 Months of Water Remaining: A California City Searches for Water
October 10th, 2022
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on one California city’s water crisis as its supply is expected to run out in two months: The residents of this sun-scorched city feel California’s endless drought when the dust lifts off the brown hills and flings grit into their living rooms. They see it when they drive […]
Read more »U.S. Southwest Water Problem About ‘People and Politics’
October 6th, 2022
Via Grand Junction Sentinel, commentary on the relationship between water and politics: The most important long-term issue for Colorado today is the same as it was 120 years ago… water. In 2010, Smithsonian Magazine published an article titled, “The Colorado River Runs Dry.” The article included a quotation from Brad Udall of Colorado State University, […]
Read more »Ogallala Aquifer: The Wells Dried Up This Year
October 5th, 2022
Via KTIC’s Rural Radio, a report on the dire impact the summer’s drought had on the Ogallala Aquifer: A post on social media from Haskell County, Kansas, pointed to a stark example of the impact of extreme drought and high crop irrigation demand in the 2022 year. “(The) well is basically out of water now. Been […]
Read more »Heavily Subsidized Water Is Driving Utah Dry
October 1st, 2022
Courtesy of The Guardian, an article on how heavily subsidized water ‘made the desert bloom’ in Salt Lake City, but the tradition is now driving Utah dry: In June 2021, Marlene and Emron Esplin stopped watering their front lawn. Given that the Esplins live in Utah, where maintaining lush green turf is often associated with the […]
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