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Tribes Seek Greater Involvement In Talks On Colorado River Water Crisis
June 20th, 2023
Courtesy of The Los Angeles Times, a report on tribes seeking greater involvement in talks on the Colorado River water crisis: As the federal government starts negotiations on long-term plans for the overtapped Colorado River, leaders of tribes are pushing for more involvement in the talks, saying they want to be at the table in […]
Read more »As Colorado River Declines, Water Scarcity and the Hunt for New Sources Drive up Rates
June 19th, 2023
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a report on how the price of water is rising across the Southwest as utilities look to cover the cost of the increasingly scarce resource, the infrastructure to treat and distribute it and the search for new supplies: Across the Southwest, water users are preparing for a future with a […]
Read more »Colorado River Deal Forever Changes The Price Of Water In The West
June 15th, 2023
Via CalMatters, commentary on how the recent Colorado River deal forever changes the price of water in the West: For the first time in this drought-stricken century, a new price for water has been set under the new Colorado River pact. This agreement is the start of the end of agriculture as we know it […]
Read more »How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water
June 15th, 2023
Via Pro Publica, a report on how Arizona – as it negotiates water rights with tribes – goes to unique lengths to extract concessions that limit tribes’ opportunities for growth and economic development: The Dilkon Medical Center, a sprawling, $128 million facility on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, was completed a year ago. With an […]
Read more »Cities and Towns Pursue Solutions To Future Colorado River Shortages: ‘Every City For Itself’
June 15th, 2023
Via Boulder Reporting Lab, an article on how some cities and towns are pursuing solutions to future Colorado River shortages, on their own: This winter dropped a lot of snow on the mountains above Boulder. Our reservoirs are in good shape for now as Boulder Creek babbles. But that’s not our only water source. Boulder […]
Read more »Northern Remnant of Aral Sea Struggling to Survive
June 11th, 2023
Via Window on Eurasia, a report on challenges faced by the northern segment of the Aral Sea: Two decades ago, the World Bank provided funding to allow Kazakhstan to construct a dam isolating the northern segment of the Aral Sea in the hopes of saving it from the sad fate of the rest of that […]
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