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Will Drought Put U.S. Alfalfa Farmers Out Of Business?
October 1st, 2022
Via The Guardian, an article on how agriculture – mainly alfalfa – consumes 80% of the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, prompting calls for conservation: On an early August morning in California’s Imperial Valley, tractors rumble across verdant fields of alfalfa, mowing down the tall grass and leaving it to dry in shaggy heaps under […]
Read more »How A 100-year-old Miscalculation Drained The Colorado River
October 1st, 2022
Via Vox, an article on how an epic drought in the West is drying up the river, but that’s only part of the story: By now, you may have heard that the Colorado River is drying up. The river’s flow is down by about 20 percent, compared to the 1900s, and the two largest reservoirs it feeds […]
Read more »The Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin: old disputes in a new century
September 28th, 2022
Via the Global Water Forum, an article on the lingering disputes over the Rio Grande and Río Bravo basin: The Rio Grande River, known in Mexico as the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Originating in Colorado in the U.S., the Rio Grande flows over 3,000 […]
Read more »Mississippi Water Crisis: Tip Of Global Disaster To Come
September 28th, 2022
Via The Washington Post, commentary on the Mississippi water crisis and what it may portend for the future: Addressing the U.N. General Assembly last week, Secretary General António Guterres called the climate crisis “our suicidal war against nature.” That war’s devastation can be seen in Jackson, Miss., where four residents have filed a lawsuit against the city […]
Read more »Colorado River: “I Don’t See How This Ends Well”
September 27th, 2022
Via John Fleck, commentary on the Colorado River crisis: I don’t see how this ends well. Most of the major players – the ones that matter, anyway, by which I mean Arizona, California, and the federal government – appear boxed in by constraints they can’t seem to overcome, while the water in the Colorado River’s […]
Read more »California: Thirsty Almonds Cause Wells Of The People That Harvest Them To Run Dry
September 22nd, 2022
Via Forbes, a report on how broiling heat in the middle of the worst drought in 1,200 years has strained California’s underground water supply, pitting the Central Valley’s $20 billion agriculture industry against many of its own workers: Nature has a way of telling people when their wells are running dry. In California’s Central Valley, […]
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