Posts

Peter Gleick: ‘And During the Wet Years They Lost All Memory of the Dry Years.’

2 Comments
/
California has just suffered through three years of drought. Certainly not the first such drought and not the last.

X-Rays Mark the Spot to Drill for Water in Chad

1 Comment
/
Magnetic imaging lets scientists peer beneath the surface to see exactly where groundwater sources are located.

Water, Not al-Qaeda, is Yemen’s Main Domestic Concern, Experts Say

1 Comment
/
Yemen made headlines last Christmas as the training ground for the man who attempted to blow up an airplane two months ago, but a more immediate concern for the people living in the country is a rapidly dwindling supply of freshwater.

Peter Gleick: Who Is Stealing California’s Water?

2 Comments
/
Someone is stealing our water. Many someones. But who and how much? No one knows today, mostly because the agency responsible for keeping an eye on water rights and use--the State Water Resources Control Board--is blind, deaf, and dumb. Blind, because they don't look. Deaf, because they don't listen to or act on most requests to investigate water rights allocations and use. Dumb, because they don't talk about these issues. "Asleep at the switch," as a colleague describes it.

Peter Gleick: California’s Looming Groundwater Catastrophe

1 Comment
/
gleickcalipump21 California is one of the only states in the United States with almost completely unregulated groundwater use.

Washington’s Prehistoric Water Could Soon be History

0 Comments
/
KENNEWICK, Washington -- There is nothing more refreshing on…

Gargle this: New Mexico identifies new aquifer, water briny

1 Comment
/
New Mexico's Sandoval County recently stumbled upon what could…

WHYMAP takes water question underground

0 Comments
/
Although unknown to many, it is no secret that much of the…

Multimillion dollar plan to pump water to Jordan’s capital

0 Comments
/
AMMAN, JORDAN -- Jordan on Sunday announced that a multimillion…