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Colorado River Deal Forever Changes The Price Of Water In The West
June 15th, 2023
Via CalMatters, commentary on how the recent Colorado River deal forever changes the price of water in the West: For the first time in this drought-stricken century, a new price for water has been set under the new Colorado River pact. This agreement is the start of the end of agriculture as we know it […]
Read more »How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water
June 15th, 2023
Via Pro Publica, a report on how Arizona – as it negotiates water rights with tribes – goes to unique lengths to extract concessions that limit tribes’ opportunities for growth and economic development: The Dilkon Medical Center, a sprawling, $128 million facility on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, was completed a year ago. With an […]
Read more »Cities and Towns Pursue Solutions To Future Colorado River Shortages: ‘Every City For Itself’
June 15th, 2023
Via Boulder Reporting Lab, an article on how some cities and towns are pursuing solutions to future Colorado River shortages, on their own: This winter dropped a lot of snow on the mountains above Boulder. Our reservoirs are in good shape for now as Boulder Creek babbles. But that’s not our only water source. Boulder […]
Read more »Say Goodbye to Lawns in Drying U.S. West
June 11th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how booming metro areas in the U.S. west are testing the limits of water supply and growth: Mark Marlowe, who directs the water supply for fast-growing Castle Rock, a Denver suburb, has a dim view of lawns. Irrigating grass in summer consumes 40 percent of Castle Rock’s […]
Read more »Hey, Hay! What About Alfalfaphobia in the Colorado River Basin?
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Land Desk, commentary on the water impact of alfalfa farming in the Colorado River Basin: In recent weeks I’ve written a piece or two about alfalfa. My thesis: As the biggest single water user in the Colorado River Basin, the crop must play an equally large role in contributing to the cuts necessary to keep the river […]
Read more »Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico.
June 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at a $5 billion plan to desalinate seawater in Mexico and pipe it to Phoenix is testing the notion that desert cities can keep growing as the Earth warms: Fifty miles south of the U.S. border, at the edge of a city on the Gulf of California, […]
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