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The Colorado River Crisis: Can It Be fixed?
February 5th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, commentary on the Colorado River drought crisis and whether it can be fixed: The Colorado River is in crisis. The problem has been building for decades but has come to a head in recent years because the major manufactured reservoirs on the river have fallen to dangerously low levels, prompting […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Escalates Water Conflict With Pakistan
February 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how India’s notice for the Indus Water Treaty’s modification comes in the wake of a series of hydroelectric projects planned on the Indus valley rivers in India: On January 25, two days before a Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague started its hearing on the dispute over the Indus Water […]
Read more »Confronting California’s Water Crisis
February 3rd, 2023
Via Inside Climate News, commentary on how California state officials should protect water as a public resource and rein in corporate water abusers to deal with its increasingly uncertain water future: Californians are still grappling with the aftermath of powerful storms that triggered dangerous flooding and mudslides across the state, even as the West’s unprecedented […]
Read more »California Submits River Colorado River Water Plan
February 2nd, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report that California has submitted a rival Colorado River water plan: California has submitted a rival plan for use of the Colorado River, after six other states accused it of refusing to cooperate in the battle over usage of a dwindling major US watercourse.Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming […]
Read more »Refilling U.S. Rivers With Desalinated Water
February 2nd, 2023
Via Casey Handmer, provocative commentary on the potential of refiling U.S. rivers with desalinated water: We need more water than rain can provide: refilling rivers with desalination Why? We believe that water should be unconditionally abundant. In the face of extended droughts, aspiring for greater usage efficiency is not, by itself, a sufficiently robust solution. […]
Read more »Lake Powell: What Is It Good For?
February 2nd, 2023
Via The Land Desk, commentary on the value (or not) of Lake Powell in an era of drought and pondering a “Fill Mead First” strategy: Lake Powell: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing? Sometimes it seems that way, doesn’t it? Unlike other dams, Glen Canyon does not provide any meaningful flood control (except for in […]
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