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Both Sides Running out of Water: US and Mexico’s Deal Amid Historic Drought
March 5th, 2026
Via Texas Public Radio, a report on how the U.S. and Mexico’s recent water deal: Mexico has committed to delivering 431.7 million cubic meters of water a year to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty — a deal announced last week after sustained pressure from Washington on Mexico who has often delivered significantly as required by […]
Read more »How a California Desalination Plant Could Ease Water Shortages on the Colorado River
March 5th, 2026
Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at how a California desalination plant could ease water shortages on the Colorado River: With desert cities like Phoenix and Tucson bracing for their allotments of Colorado River water to be slashed dramatically, San Diego County’s water agency could for the first time sell some of its water […]
Read more »Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack
February 7th, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how – with another federal deadline only weeks away and record-low snowfall further drying out the watershed – states have begun talking about whether they are prepared for litigation: Time and water are running low on the Colorado River. Amid one of the driest winters on record, representatives […]
Read more »Fate of Colorado River Hangs In Balance As Political Battle Brews
February 3rd, 2026
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the fight over the dwindling Colorado River has long been nonpartisan, but now an unprecedented meeting of governors over the issue raises the political stakes: For a life-sustaining natural resource relied on by tens of millions of people and fought over by seven states and two […]
Read more »Three Major U.S. River Basins: “Out of Balance”
December 31st, 2025
Via Sustainable Waters, a sobering reflection on three major river basins in the western U.S.: ‘Sustainability’ is a foundational tenet of modern natural resource management. The concept of sustainable development gained global recognition in 1987 when the United Nations’ Brundtland Commission published its report on Our Common Future, in which sustainable development was defined as “meeting the […]
Read more »The Colorado River Is On Verge of Crisis. No One Has A Solution.
December 23rd, 2025
Via The Washington Post, a report on how current rules for sharing the Colorado River expire next year, risking water supply and power generation: When Carly Jerla left her home in the Rocky Mountains to attend the annual conference of the most bitterly contested river in the American West, the signs around her were grim: […]
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