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Los Angeles Plans to Improve Stormwater Capture, Source 80% of Water Locally by 2045
December 13th, 2023
Via EcoWatch, a report on how Los Angeles plans to improve stormwater capture, and source 80% of water locally by 2045: Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors has voted for a plan to improve stormwater capture, with a goal of capturing more stormwater for local reuse rather than importing water from other regions. The L.A. […]
Read more »Could a 550-Mile Pipeline From the Ocean Save the Great Salt Lake?
December 13th, 2023
Via Smithsonian Magazine, a report on new research suggesting that the electricity costs would exceed $300 million per year and carbon dioxide emissions could approach one million metric tons annually from a proposed 550-mile pipeline to save the Great Salt Lake: A 550-mile pipeline pumping water from the Pacific Ocean to the rapidly depleting Great […]
Read more »The Deal Shaping the Future of the American West
December 13th, 2023
Via Politico, a report on the deal that’s shaping the future of the American West: The future of the American West is quietly being hashed out in the conference rooms of a Las Vegas casino this week. Just across the strip from the Bellagio’s fountains, in the shadow of an enormous Eiffel Tower-knock-off, negotiators from […]
Read more »New Mexico Looks to Address Increasing Aridity With Brackish and Produced Water
December 10th, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, a report that New Mexico plans to spend $500 million on salty water from deep underground and wastewater from oil and gas production as a solution to its shortage: New Mexico will invest $500 million into purchasing water from controversial sources, including treated oilfield wastewater, as a means to bolster the state’s […]
Read more »Colorado River Deal Opens Cash Spigot For Big Farms
December 3rd, 2023
Via Politico, an article on how billions of dollars of Inflation Reduction Act money meant to tackle drought looks likely to make it more expensive to clinch a broader deal critical to economies in several states: A widely hailed deal to conserve water from the shrinking Colorado River is turning into a windfall for some […]
Read more »Tensions Bubbling At Thirsty Arizona Alfalfa Farms Owned By Foreign Firms
November 30th, 2023
Via National Post, an article on the continued tensions bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water: A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock’s family has used groundwater to grow forage crops […]
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