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Federal Court Ruling on a Reservoir Expansion Could Have Big Implications for the Colorado River
October 26th, 2024
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, an article on how some upstream users are racing to divert more water from the declining river, a choice that a judge wrote in a recent court ruling is “perplexing” and risks forcing cutbacks for users in the future: A federal district court judge ruled last week that the U.S. […]
Read more »Why Don’t We Just Fix The Colorado River Crisis By Piping In Water From The East?
October 10th, 2024
Via KUNM, commentary on the idea of fixing the Colorado River crisis by piping in water from the East: The Colorado River is a lifeline for about 40 million people across the Southwest. It supplies major cities like Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Denver and a multibillion-dollar agriculture industry that puts food on tables across the […]
Read more »Arizona Tribes’ Long Fight for Share of Colorado River Water Nears Resolution in Congress
October 3rd, 2024
Via Prescott News, an article on the Arizona tribes’ long fight for share of Colorado River water: Seven states that rely on the Colorado River each got a cut of its water under a deal struck over a century ago – a deal that excluded the Hopi, the Navajo and other tribal nations. After years […]
Read more »Glen Canyon Dam: Facing Dead Pool
October 2nd, 2024
Via The Land Desk, a look at the crisis facing Glen Canyon Dam: In 1998, when I was in fourth grade, I joined a class field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. But when we got to Cortez, the road was barricaded. Hours earlier, three men had stolen a water-tanker truck and killed […]
Read more »Western Water: Where Values, Math, and the “Law of the River” Collide
September 14th, 2024
Via The Land Desk, an essay on water in the U.S. West – where values, math, and the “Law of the River” collide: This spring, I had the pleasure to sit on a panel on water in the West with Paolo Bacigalupi and Heather Hansman, two writers I’ve long admired. During the question & answer period, […]
Read more »Does the Colorado River Need Bank Reform?
September 13th, 2024
Via Western Water Notes, commentary on the most important bank you’ve maybe never heard of – the Southwest water bank: Holding back the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead serves as a visual marker for water scarcity in the Southwest. During the past 20 years, Lake Mead has fallen so far that visitors […]
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