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Drought-Stricken US Warned of Looming ‘Dead Pool’
June 6th, 2022
Via BBC, an article on the risk that Lake Mead will fall to such a low level that Hoover Dam may cease to function: A once-in-a-lifetime drought in the western part of the US is turning up dead bodies – but that’s the least of people’s worries. Sitting on the Arizona-Nevada border near Las Vegas, […]
Read more »With Severe Drought, Urgent Need To Rework Colorado River Compact
May 20th, 2022
Via the LA Times, an article on the need to rework the Colorado River compact: One hundred years after a landmark agreement divided the waters of the Colorado River among Western states, the pact is now showing its age as a hotter and drier climate has shrunk the river. The flow of the Colorado has […]
Read more »Grim Drought Outlook for Western U.S. As Climate Change Brings Hotter, Thirstier Atmosphere
May 19th, 2022
Via The Conversation, a report on the grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US as climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere: Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies in reservoirs that millions of […]
Read more »Outlawing Lawns: Las Vegas’ New Approach to Saving Water
May 3rd, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how Las Vegas – with drought and growth taking a toll on the Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of the region’s water – has a new law mandating the removal of turf, patch by patch: It was a perfectly decent patch of lawn, several […]
Read more »How Climate Change Sparked A Multi-State Battle Over The Colorado River
April 21st, 2022
Via New York Magazine, a report on how climate change has sparked a multi-state battle over the Colorado River: The Colorado River’s 1,450-mile run begins amid the snowy pinnacles of the Rocky Mountains and ends in the subtropical waters of the Gulf of California. Over the millions of years the river has been running this course, […]
Read more »Dwindling Water Levels of Lake Powell
April 14th, 2022
Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report on the dwindling water levels of Lake Powell: After decades of drought, water levels in Lake Powell, the second-largest humanmade reservoir in the United States, have shrunk to its lowest level since it was created more than 50 years ago, threatening millions of people who rely on its water […]
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