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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 […]
Read more »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 […]
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