Most of California Groundwater Tables at All-time Lows, State Report Says
The biggest declines are in the San Joaquin Valley and in metropolitan Southern California.
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Jolted by Reality, Colorado River Water Managers Plan for Persistent Drought
Unprepared for more years of drought, basin states work to preserve Lake Powell. Image via Shutterstock Water managers in the Upper Colorado River Basin want to keep more water in Lake Powell during droughts to preserve hydropower generation and ensure water supplies downstream. Click image to enlarge. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue The severe […]
Water Expert Panel Discusses Causes and Implications of California Drought
California’s severe drought is forcing the nation’s largest state to reconcile old assumptions about water supply and management with the reality of long-term drying trends, declining groundwater, and polluted drinking water, according to an expert panel of scientists and journalists convened during a Circle of Blue interactive drought briefing conference call on February 13.
California, Texas, and the Southwestern U.S. Face a Critical Year for Water Supplies: 2014 Preview, Part I
After a dry 2013, reservoirs are near record lows for the start of a calendar year, setting the table for widespread water restrictions, reduced agricultural and energy production, and political bickering in 2014.
Groundhog Day & California’s Drought
Like the 1993 classic film starring Bill Murray, the state is stuck in a perpetual time loop of drought, wildfire, and civic dispute, according to managing editor Aubrey Ann Parker.
California Drought Saps Water Reserves Above and Below Ground, Says Satellite Data
Snow is scarce, reservoirs are approaching bottom, and groundwater is being exhausted in the nation’s most populous state. More than a dozen communities face water shortages in the next 60 to 100 days, and there will be zero water deliveries from the state’s largest canal system this year.
NASA’s GRACE Satellites Show Colorado River Basin’s Biggest Water Losses Are Groundwater (2005-2013)
During presentations this week at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, announced that the region’s most visible signs of drought – shrinking reservoirs – are dwarfed by groundwater losses.
Ongoing Texas Drought Threatens Supply from Two Reservoirs on Colorado River
With the amount of reliable water in reservoirs shrinking, water agencies set sights on groundwater transfers and more reservoirs. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue In the morning mist, bare land pokes above the surface of Lake Travis, a reservoir formed by Mansfield Dam on the Colorado River in Texas. Water levels […]
Fallowing Farmland: A New Card in Arizona’s Water Shuffle
A pilot project will test how much water can be saved by not growing crops.
Choke Point: U.S. — Water, Energy, and the Ohio River Valley’s New Course
Few places in the United States better understand the economically essential and ecologically risky accord between energy and water than this southeast Ohio town.
Fortune Telling: Colorado River Teeters Toward First-ever Shortage Declaration
In the short term, water prices would rise and groundwater pumping would increase. In the long term, demand would have to drop.
