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Arizona Explores Importing Billions of Gallons of Water
December 19th, 2024
Via Arizona Family, a report on the state’s plans to potentially import billions of gallons of water to grow supply: As the Phoenix area grows, so does the need for more secure water sources and that’s why Arizona is exploring options to import billions of gallons of water from out of state. The Colorado River is […]
Read more »River Reclaimed: The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation
December 18th, 2024
For folks interested in Tribal water rights, check out this recently released podcast series, which recounts the history and ongoing efforts of the Navajo Nation to secure water rights and to ensure access to clean water for all the Nation’s citizens (many of whom still lack access to clean, running water today). Hosted by Dine […]
Read more »Historic Water Rights Settlements Yet To Deliver Lifeline To Navajo Nation
December 16th, 2024
Via Navajo Times, commentary on how the U.S. historic water rights settlements has yet to deliver a lifeline to the Navajo Nation: At the Colorado River Water Users Association conference last week in Las Vegas, Nevada, representatives from the 25th Navajo Nation Council, the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, the Office of the President and […]
Read more »Cambodia’s Giant Lake Shrinks As Climate Change, Mekong Dams Cut Fish Supply
December 14th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how Cambodia’s Tonle Sap communities count cost of hydropower drive clashing with food security needs: The pier of Kampong Chhnang, a fishing community north of Phnom Penh, was alive at 7 a.m. with the rhythm of knives hitting chopping boards. Dozens of women sat on the ground, slicing flesh […]
Read more »Pipe Dreams: Colorado’s Plans To Use More Water From The Colorado River
December 13th, 2024
Via Aspen Journalism, a report on Colorado’s big dreams to use more water from the Colorado River. But will planned reservoirs ever be built? Nearly two hours east of Grand Junction on a remote dirt road on the Grand Mesa is a nondescript, shallow, sage-brush-covered valley where two creeks meet. The site, at 8,200 feet in […]
Read more »‘Zero progress’: Western States at Impasse in Talks on Colorado River Water Shortages
December 10th, 2024
What happens at the Colorado River conference in Las Vegas stays at the Colorado River conference in Las Vegas — because nothing really happened. A multistate effort to lock in long-term plans for conserving vital shared water from the struggling Colorado River remains stalled as a report by the reported by the Los Angeles Times notes: […]
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