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How Much Water Is Left In The Colorado River?
August 15th, 2023
Via CNN, a look at efforts to determine how much water is left in the Colorado River: Fresh off a phenomenal winter snowpack, water levels on the Colorado River are going up for the first time in years. As a result, federal officials will announce this week that they are easing water restrictions in the Southwest […]
Read more »Is Agriculture Sucking New Mexico Dry?
August 12th, 2023
Via Food & Water Watch, a report on New Mexico’s agriculture-driven water challenges: New Mexico’s present state and future water projections are harrowing. A 2018 report found that all planning regions in New Mexico will have less than 75 percent of the necessary supply to meet 2060 water demands.10 Crop production has already fallen because […]
Read more »Water Conservation at Forefront of Nevada’s Economic Future
August 12th, 2023
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Review Journal, an article on how Nevada is attempting to serve as an example to the Western US by putting water conservation at forefront of the state’s economic future: The driest state in the nation is putting water consumption and conservation at the forefront of its economic development plans. The […]
Read more »Irrigated Agriculture and the Colorado River
August 11th, 2023
Via The Family Farm Alliance, a new report on the use of Colorado River water in agriculture (from an “ag” point of view): In order for irrigated agriculture to exist into the future, we need to enhance management of water supplies and delivery. We must maximize the benefits from our available water to meet multiple […]
Read more »‘Buy and Dry’: Housing’s Growth Machine Churns On In Face of Drought
August 11th, 2023
Via The Land Desk, a look at the relentless growth of new housing in arid parts of the US southwest where developers evade water restrictions with plans to buy out farms for their water allocations: It boggles the mind. Today I happened upon two news stories that show that the West’s money-fueled Growth Machine relentlessly […]
Read more »Big Ag Is Draining The Colorado River Dry
August 11th, 2023
Via Food and Water Watch, a new report on big Ag’s impact on the Colorado River: Key Findings The dangerous Big Ag feedback loop The American West is facing a water crisis, compounded by climate change, a history of bad policy, and government refusal to address Big Ag head-on. Huge agribusinesses remain unfazed by this […]
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