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Government Wants To Pay Western Farmers To Save Water By Not Farming
April 7th, 2023
Via Fast Company, an interesting look at a proposed government plan to pay western U.S. farmers to save water by not farming: Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California’s Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to save water and use it more efficiently. That’s why he’s installed water sensors […]
Read more »Colorado River Is Running Dry, But Nobody Wants to Talk About the Mud
April 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on how the Colorado River is running dry, but nobody wants to talk about the mud: It’s difficult to fathom how the Colorado River could possibly carve the mile-deep chasm that is the Grand Canyon. But if one thinks of the river as a flume of liquid sandpaper […]
Read more »Does Colorado Need Water-Use Standards Given Impacts of Aridification?
February 17th, 2023
Via Big Pivots, a look at the tension between the fact that agriculture uses the vast majority of water in Colorado, but its cities depend upon Colorado River diversions: Let me give you a precise example of what we’re talking about. An infill housing development took shape a couple of years ago near the Arvada […]
Read more »Lessons Emerge As Seven Thirsty States War Over Colorado River Water
February 16th, 2023
Via The Harvard Gazette, commentary on the Colorado River crisis where the U.S. will decide on apportionment as demand grows due to rising populations in the West and a shrinking supply due to drought: Seven Western states, which include some of the fastest-growing in the nation, get some of their water from the Colorado River. […]
Read more »Mono Lake Tribe Seeks To Assert Its Water Rights To Halt Water Diversions To Los Angeles
February 15th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a look at efforts by the Kootzaduka’a to save their wtaer – and their cultural and natural heritage: Against the backdrop of a severe drought linked with global warming, conservation advocates and Native Americans in California are calling for a temporary emergency stop to all surface water diversions from Mono Lake, contending that […]
Read more »How To Prevent A ‘Complete Doomsday’ Along The Colorado River
February 15th, 2023
Via The Washington Post, commentary on potential steps to avoid a complete doomsday along the Colorado River: Time is running out for the Colorado River. After more than two decades of drought fueled by climate change, the once-mighty waterway has seen its flow shrink by more than 20 percent. Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the nation’s largest […]
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