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California Submits River Colorado River Water Plan
February 2nd, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report that California has submitted a rival Colorado River water plan: California has submitted a rival plan for use of the Colorado River, after six other states accused it of refusing to cooperate in the battle over usage of a dwindling major US watercourse.Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming […]
Read more »Refilling U.S. Rivers With Desalinated Water
February 2nd, 2023
Via Casey Handmer, provocative commentary on the potential of refiling U.S. rivers with desalinated water: We need more water than rain can provide: refilling rivers with desalination Why? We believe that water should be unconditionally abundant. In the face of extended droughts, aspiring for greater usage efficiency is not, by itself, a sufficiently robust solution. […]
Read more »Lake Powell: What Is It Good For?
February 2nd, 2023
Via The Land Desk, commentary on the value (or not) of Lake Powell in an era of drought and pondering a “Fill Mead First” strategy: Lake Powell: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing? Sometimes it seems that way, doesn’t it? Unlike other dams, Glen Canyon does not provide any meaningful flood control (except for in […]
Read more »As The Colorado River Dries Up, States Can’t Agree On Saving Water
January 31st, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the river’s biggest water user, California, didn’t join six states in a proposal to cut some 2 million acre feet of usage: For the second time in six months, states that depend on the Colorado River to sustain their farms and cities appear to have failed to reach an agreement […]
Read more »How Native Americans Will Shape the Future of Water in the U.S. West
January 29th, 2023
Courtesy of The New Yorker, a look how U.S. tribal nations – which hold the rights to significant portions of the Colorado River – are showing the way to sustainability in the era of increasing drought: As a child, Stephen Lewis heard stories about a river that, for the most part, no longer flowed. “How I grew […]
Read more »As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain
January 27th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how the seven states that rely on the Colorado River for water are not expected to reach a deal on cuts, thus making it likely that the Biden administration will have to impose reductions: The seven states that rely on water from the shrinking Colorado River are […]
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