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The West’s Megadrought Has Left One Arizona Neighborhood with No Water At All
March 16th, 2022
Via Grist, a look at how the West’s megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water at all: Late last year, Leigh Harris logged onto a local Facebook group and learned that she and her neighbors were about to lose their water — for good. Harris lives in an area called Rio Verde Foothills, […]
Read more »Arizona’s Desert Civilization Confronts A Reckoning Over Water
March 16th, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, an article on how Arizona’s powerful will to grow is challenged by extreme heat, deep drought, and serious water-related stress: Tales of personal anguish are the typical start of serious articles about Arizona’s conspicuous confrontation with scarce water. The distraught Chino Valley homeowner buying water out of a truck because her well […]
Read more »As Drought Deepens, Californians Saving Less Water
March 16th, 2022
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report that – as drought deepens – Californians are saving less water: California will end winter in a perilous position as record-shattering drynessconverges with lagging water conservation efforts in nearly every part of the state, officials said Tuesday. After months of cutting back, new data from the State Water Resources […]
Read more »Lake Powell Is In Big Trouble
March 9th, 2022
Via Gizmodo, an article on how Lake Powell, a crucial reservoir is set to hit a worrisome new low this month, after an exceptionally dry winter: One of the U.S. West’s most important water reservoirs is about to hit a new low. Lake Powell, on the border of Utah and Arizona, is a crucial reservoir along the Colorado […]
Read more »Wells Run Dry For Thousands of Arizona Families
February 6th, 2022
Via Modeshift, an article on Arizona’s freshwater crisis: Three weeks into a trip to Arizona to report on the state’s magnifying water-scarce condition I’m becoming more expert in a contemporary American story that pits a state’s unyielding capitalist model of growth against Mother Earth’s power to change the rules of the game. In its basic […]
Read more »First Nations Want A Say In How Dwindling Colorado River Is Used
January 25th, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, a look at the role the First Nations are seeking in discussions related to the Colorado River: Lorenzo Pena pulls off the highway and into a drive-through water distribution center on the Southern Ute Indian Tribe reservation in southwest Colorado. He parks his truck and connects the empty tank it’s hauling […]
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