Texas Water District Finds Few Friends in Quest for Water in Oklahoma
A water rights case to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week has national implications.
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Federal Water Tap, April 22: EPA Proposes Rules to Clean Up Power Plant Wastewater
Steam-generating electric power plants, the biggest source of industrial water pollution in the United States, will have several options to reduce the amount of toxic substances in their wastewater, under a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule released on Friday. EPA estimates that the rules would lead to a 15 percent reduction in pollutants discharged to […]
The Stream, April 15: Comprehensive Water Reform Emerging in Texas
In Texas, no water means no business, reporter Kate Galbraith writes in The New York Times. She charts Texas’ multi-pronged water-reform efforts as a severe drought that began in 2010 rolls on. The state Senate, House of Representatives, regulatory agencies, and even court systems are joining the effort. Scarcity by Mismanagement In many places around […]
In Hawaii, ‘The Rain Follows The Forest’
With her recent move from Alabama to Hawaii, Circle of Blue reporter Codi Yeager-Kozacek finds that, in the middle of an ocean, freshwater challenges abound.
Looking To Buy: Dry Year Means Higher Prices on California’s Water Market
Scarce surface water supplies will lead to an active market, research firm says.
The Stream, April 12: Water Troubles Holding Back Ghana’s Economy
Water Infrastructure Ghana’s water infrastructure is in such a state of disrepair that it threatens the country’s economic growth, which is predicted to reach 8 percent in 2013, Bloomberg Businessweek reported. Some companies have turned to private water tankers to secure supplies for their factories because of intermittent service. U.S. Natural Disasters A new report […]
Don’t Believe the Hyperbole: Kansas’ Reputation as a Backward-thinking State is (Partially) Wrong
When it comes to water management, Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton thinks Kansas is a beacon on the plains.
With Locals at the Helm, Kansas Charts New Course for Groundwater Management
As they have been doing for decades, political leaders and water managers in Kansas are upending Western water law traditions that originated before the state was even part of the Union.
The Stream, April 8: Colorado Farmers and Cities Compete for Water
Farmers in Colorado are struggling to afford the distribution costs of irrigation water in the state during this drought season. Cities bought agricultural water rights for decades and sold the excess back to farmers, NPR reported, but farmers are left dry in drought years. Toxicity An underground storage pool at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant […]
The Stream, April 5: Irrigating Peru’s Desert
Peru Plans for a $500 million water project in Peru could divert rainwater across the Andes from the Amazon Basin to the country’s dry coast, turning the desert there into farmland, Reuters reported. The Olmos Irrigation Project is slated to start in 2014, and is one of seven large projects Peru has planned to increase […]
Texas High Plains Prepare for Agriculture Without Irrigation
Southern farmers are making changes now to wean themselves from the Ogallala Aquifer, a water source that gave rise to industrial agriculture and modern life on its plains.
The Stream, April 1: Harvard Researcher: China’s Water Woes Will Continue Despite Water Transfer Project
The first phase of China’s South-North Water Transfer Project will be completed this month. Harvard University research fellow Scott Moore argues in The New York Times that despite the project’s unparalleled engineering achievement, it cannot increase supply enough to alleviate China’s overall supply woes. Read Circle of Blue’s coverage of the North-South Transfer Project here. […]
