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Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off
January 16th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how hundreds of homes outside the boundaries of Scottsdale can no longer get water from the city, and their owners are now living a worst-case scenario of drought in the West: Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the […]
Read more »A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River
January 7th, 2023
Via ProPublica, commentary on the tensions arising from a dwindling Colorado River: On a crisp day this fall I drove southeast from Grand Junction, Colorado, into the Uncompahgre Valley, a rich basin of row crops and hayfields. A snow line hung like a bowl cut around the upper cliffs of the Grand Mesa, while in […]
Read more »In Arizona, Colorado River Crisis Stokes Worry Over Growth and Groundwater Depletion
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an article on Colorado River crisis: Kathleen Ferris stared across a desert valley dotted with creosote bushes, wondering where the water will come from to supply tens of thousands of new homes. In the distance, a construction truck rumbled along a dirt road, spewing dust. This tract of open […]
Read more »US Southwest: Thousands Will Live Here One Day (As Long As They Can Find Water)
December 28th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – in the increasingly dry Southwest – drought and climate change pose a challenge for developers, who need to find creative ways to provide water supply to new communities: Surrounded by miles of creosote and ocotillo in the Sonoran Desert, state officials and business leaders gathered […]
Read more »Arizona Is in a Race to the Bottom of Its Water Wells, With Saudi Arabia’s Help
December 27th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, commentary on the role played by private companies in Arizona’s worrying water crisis: Arizona’s water is running worryingly low. Amid the worst drought in more than a millennium, which has left communities across the state with barren wells, the state is depleting what remains of its precious groundwater. Much of […]
Read more »Amid Drought, Arizona Contemplates Piping In Water From Mexico
December 23rd, 2022
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how Arizona – amidst drought – is considering piping in water from Mexico: Arizona’s newly expanded water finance board had met only three times. The state authority had no director. Nor had it made a public call for water projects to boost Arizona’s dwindling water supplies from the Colorado River. But […]
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