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The Ogallala Aquifer Is Dying – As The Largest Supply Of Groundwater In The United States Vanishes, Farmers Are Deeply Concerned About What Is Next
June 8th, 2026
Via The Economic Collapse, a sobering look at the accelerating decline of the Ogallala Aquifer: Gigantic underground aquifers are being rapidly depleted all over the world, and once that water is gone it will take a very long time for it to come back. In fact, in some areas of the United States the recharge […]
Read more »Arizona and Nevada Agree to Trade for Desalinated Pacific Ocean Water
June 4th, 2026
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how a decade-old treatment plant in San Diego County, Calif., could leave more water in the Colorado River for states facing severe shortages: San Diego could sell some of its rights to Colorado River water to Arizona and Nevada under a deal struck Wednesday that could […]
Read more »Sudan’s Water Crisis Worsened by War, But There is Hope
June 3rd, 2026
Via Cairo Review, a look at how – as Sudan continues to face numerous obstacles, including a lack of multilateral governance for hydrological stability – water remains a potential entry point for cooperation domestically, regionally, and internationally: Water has always been an integral component of governance in Sudan, given the country’s location along the Nile […]
Read more »California’s Water Empire: Over 100 Years of Engineering, Extraction and Avoidance
May 28th, 2026
Via SoCal Water Wars, a look at how over a century of aqueducts, reservoirs, and political gambits has left California dependent on costly water systems built to serve growth—not the climate emergency now unfolding: California has more than 2,700 state, federal and local dams and reservoirs, including roughly 300 in Southern California. I include Hoover Dam […]
Read more »Could Ocean Desalination Help Solve Las Vegas’ Water Woes?
May 23rd, 2026
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, a report that Las Vegas is exploring a water transfer deal with San Diego: Southern Nevada is now looking to the Pacific Ocean to ease its water woes. In a vote Thursday, the Southern Nevada Water Authority board approved a memorandum of understanding that allows General Manager John Entsminger […]
Read more »International Court Backs Pakistan’s Position on Indus Waters Treaty
May 20th, 2026
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on latest developments around the Indus Waters Treaty where India continues to reject arbitration, leaving New Delhi-Islamabad ties frozen: An international court has upheld Pakistan’s plea against India’s pondage at two hydroelectric projects in the New Delhi-administered Kashmir region, reinforcing Islamabad’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement […]
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