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America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water
August 23rd, 2026
Via the New York Times, a look at how Arizona, decades ago, won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come. From a secure, windowless room in northern Phoenix, technicians control the Colorado […]
Read more »Nation’s Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in the U.S. Southwest
August 18th, 2026
Via the New York Times, a look at how levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River. Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation’s largest reservoirs, are drying up, sending a Colorado River system that provides water […]
Read more »U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin
August 4th, 2026
Courtesy of New York Times, a report on a federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow. Communities and farms across Arizona, Nevada and California face potentially drastic cuts in the water they can use from the Colorado River […]
Read more »A U.S. Desert Town May Run Out of Water. Others Could Face Same Fate.
July 27th, 2026
Via The Washington Post, a look at an Arizona community nearly dried up and imposed strict limits, and its crisis may be a glimpse of the West’s future. Mayor Curtis Stacy starts every morning checking two websites that tell him how much he needs to worry about water. One site tells him about the reservoir […]
Read more »The Colorado River States are Deadlocked and the River is Crashing. Will a ‘Grand Bargain’ Finally Get its Day?
June 26th, 2026
Via Water Education Foundation, commentary on a ‘wild idea’ to defuse the Colorado River Compact’s legal time bomb that has been kept alive by seasoned observers who believe it could still save the river: For the past 20 years, the Colorado River has been operated under a set of guidelines negotiated between the seven states […]
Read more »The Colorado River, Lifeline for Seven States, Drying Up At Its Source
June 26th, 2026
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report on the challenges facing the Colorado River: In the Rocky Mountains, where the Colorado River starts, the landscape is drier than anyone can remember. The lack of water is hitting Colorado ranchers and farmers hard, and reservoir levels are dropping. Scientists say the entire Southwest needs to permanently […]
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