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Declining Colorado River Supply
December 9th, 2019
Via Sustainable Waters, a report on the growing water crisis in the Colorado River Basin: Image: Lake Powell lost nearly half of its storage capacity during 2000-2018. It’s a bit hard to believe now, but back in 2012 there wasn’t a lot of talk about fresh water in the global dialogues on climate change. Yes, […]
Read more »The American West’s Water Shortage Is Fueled by Human Error
November 12th, 2019
Via Outside Magazine, commentary on how the inability of western states to track water usage is exacerbating the region’s drought crisis: Back in 2013, Zach Frankel, executive director of the Utah Rivers Council, an environmental advocacy group, asked Utah’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) for the data used to create a landmark study of the state’s […]
Read more »Risk of Colorado River Decline
March 4th, 2019
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, an article on the decline of the Colorado River: It supplies water and power to 40 million people from Wyoming to Mexico and irrigates billions of dollars in cropland used to feed millions more. No wonder so many people are worried about the Colorado River. Punishing drought has ravaged […]
Read more »On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal
January 26th, 2019
Via Yale’s e360, an interesting article on the impact that a 19-year drought and climate change in the U.S. southwest is having upon making the region, water managers and users along the Colorado River: In the basement of the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, the fragrant smell of pine hangs in the air as […]
Read more »In a Warming West, the Rio Grande Is Drying Up
May 27th, 2018
Courtesy of the New York Times (subscription required), a look at how – even in a good year – much of the Rio Grandeis diverted for irrigation but, in 2018, it’s only May and the river is already turning to sand: Mario Rosales, who farms 365 acres along the Rio Grande, knows the river is […]
Read more »US, Mexico Reach Deal To Conserve Colorado River Water
September 29th, 2017
Via Associated Press, a report on a new agreement between the United States and Mexico to preserve the overtaxed Colorado River: The United States and Mexico unveiled an agreement Wednesday to preserve the overtaxed Colorado River, including spending millions of dollars on conservation and environmental projects and drawing up plans to deal with any shortages […]
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