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Water Woes Are Slowing Growth Around Phoenix. What About Las Vegas?
July 3rd, 2023
Via Las Vegas Review Journal, a look at the impact of drought on growth in Las Vegas: Arizona officials announced this month that the state would not approve new housing construction on the burgeoning edges of the Phoenix metro area because there isn’t enough water to support planned future growth. The announcement brought a national focus […]
Read more »Melting Himalayan Glaciers Could Leave 2B People Facing Water Scarcity
July 1st, 2023
Via The National News, an article on a recent study that found that Himalayan glaciers in the region disappeared 65 per cent faster in the decade from 2011 to 2020: Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and […]
Read more »920 Million People Could Face Conflict Over The World’s Rivers by 2050
June 26th, 2023
Via The Conversation, a report that 920 million people could face conflict over the world’s rivers by 2050: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022. It reinforced tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. The three countries rely most heavily on the Nile’s water. Sudan and Egypt consider the US$4.6 billion […]
Read more »Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake
June 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the Mormon Church is activating to save the Great Salt Lake: The valley here was shades of brown, its vast saline lake shimmering, when Brigham Young first surveyed the landscape in 1847 and recognized a place he had seen in a vision: a spot to make the […]
Read more »America’s Dry Heat
June 25th, 2023
Via Slate, a report on America’s water crisis which is seeing more communities losing their access to water at the worst possible moment: The heat waves wracking the country are bad enough on their own. But they’re colliding with another crisis: The water is running low. Throughout this month, persistent triple-digit temperatures have blanketed the […]
Read more »U.S. Southwest’s Great River Is Dying
June 24th, 2023
Via the World Wildlife Fund, a sobering look at America’s Rio Grande River: The iconic Rio Grande, or “Great River,” is at risk of losing its greatness. Water overuse and climate change have heavily depleted the once-mighty flow of the river, creating desperate conditions for the farming communities and natural ecosystems that depend on it. […]
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