The Price of Water 2011: Prices Rise an Average of 9 Percent in Major U.S. Cities
Because of costlier inputs and infrastructure replacement, rate experts predict prices will only go higher.
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Good Snow Season Triggers Bonus Water for Lake Mead
The reservoir is expected to rise nearly 30 feet, and power output at the Hoover Dam will increase as well.
Federal Water Tap, March 2: Floods, Dust and Pipelines
Healthy Forests, Healthy Waters The National Forest Service was created, in part, to safeguard the wooded areas supplying most of the nation’s drinking water. An ongoing rules review will put greater emphasis on watershed protection and restoration. On February 10, the NFS proposed a new forest planning rule, the agency’s first comprehensive rules revision since […]
Federal Water Tap, February 28: Energy Scrutiny
Desert Energy Development Eagle Crest Energy is developing a 1,300-megawatt pumped storage hydroelectric project in southern California, south of Joshua Tree National Park. Sited at a decommissioned iron mine, the facility’s tiered reservoirs will help integrate nearby wind and solar power into the electrical grid. Water to fill the reservoirs will come from groundwater conveyed […]
Peter Gleick: Peak Water
Peak water is coming. In some places, peak water is here. We’re never going to run out of water — water is a renewable natural resource (mostly). But increasingly, around the world, in the U.S., and locally, we are running up against peak water limits. The concept is so important and relevant that The New York Times chose the term “peak water” as one of its 33
Arizona’s Gamble — Conserve Water Now, Prevent Deeper Cuts Tomorrow
For years, the state took as much water as it could from Lake Mead; now it plans to leave some in the reservoir.
Deadly La Niña Goes Global—Part I: For Western Hemisphere, Record Rains in Latin America
Hundreds have died in Colombian floods, as cooler sea temperatures affect regions around the Pacific; climate change seen as a possible cause.
Analysis: Despite a Drying and Flooding Planet, Cancun Climate Negotiators Anticipate Scant Progress
Without water as part of the equation, there can be no long-term solution to climate change.
US Government Approves World’s Largest Solar Project
The Blythe solar plant is the sixth on public lands to get federal approval this month.
Clinton Global Initiative Highlights Circle of Blue’s Commitment to Report News and Science
Choke Point: U.S. series chronicles collision between nation’s increasing energy demand and diminishing water supply
The Rising Cost of Settling the American Desert
Power plant that moves torrent of water uphill considers closing
