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War On Nation’s Food Supply?: Idaho Restricts Water To 500,000 Acres Of Farmland
War On Nation’s Food Supply?: Idaho Restricts Water To 500,000 Acres Of Farmland In late May, Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a curtailment order requiring 6,400 junior groundwater rights holders who pump off the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer to shut off their spigots. Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued a statement following the […]
UK Water Restrictions Go Into Effect As Heatwave Persists
UK Water Restrictions Go Into Effect As Heatwave Persists Britain has recorded one of its hottest and driest summers on record. Rivers and reservoirs are drying up as towns in the southern part of the country imposed the first hosepipe ban on Friday. The country’s record heat in July — above 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) — melted […]
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water”
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water” Following the U.S. Department of the Interior’s call to limit water deliveries from Lake Powell, Arizona’s top water official warned of an impending water crisis that could affect the drinking water for millions of people. “This is really getting to (be) a health and […]
Saudi Arabia Using 140-Year-Old Loophole To Soak Up California’s Scarce Water Supply
Saudi Arabia Using 140-Year-Old Loophole To Soak Up California’s Scarce Water Supply Saudi Arabia is exploiting a farming loophole in California which allows a tiny, poverty-stricken desert town to use as much water as it needs for agriculture, for free – circumventing harsh water restrictions imposed in the Saudi Kingdom, reports The Guardian. In particular, the Saudis are […]
Fact-Checking the “Fact-Checkers”: Snopes & Politifact Said I’m a Big Fat Liar, But Let’s Look at THEIR “Facts”
Fact-Checking the “Fact-Checkers”: Snopes & Politifact Said I’m a Big Fat Liar, But Let’s Look at THEIR “Facts” Last weekend when I wrote about the new bills that were turned into law in California by a mercifully-departing Governor Jerry Brown, I never expected a hub-bub. I did my research, came to some conclusions, and titled […]
If You Think the Water Restrictions in California Are Tough, Check Out Cape Town
If You Think the Water Restrictions in California Are Tough, Check Out Cape Town Remember earlier in the year when the news was abuzz about Day Zero in Cape Town, South Africa? According to the press at the time, the day was looming when the city of 3.74 million people would run completely out of […]
Hell On Earth: Major City Will RUN OUT Of Water In Less Than 95 Days
Hell On Earth: Major City Will RUN OUT Of Water In Less Than 95 Days If you’ve ever needed a reason to store extra food and water, this just might be it. Cape Town, South Africa is on schedule to run out of water in less than 95 days, and when they do, the government […]
California Nightmare: Not Progressive Anymore
California Nightmare: Not Progressive Anymore Water management is hardly progressive in California these days. Photo: roam and shoot/Flickr CC. If one more Californian tells me how “progressive” California is, I am going to scream. “Progressivism” is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems that were introduced to America by industrialization. […]
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead At Record Lows, “We Have To Change”
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead At Record Lows, “We Have To Change” This is it, warns one water advocate, “it really does (make critical) the fact that we have to start changing.” Lake Mead water levels have sunk to their lowest levels on record (below the levels when the dam was built) at 1075 feet. This […]
Beyond the Perfect Drought: California’s Real Water Crisis
Beyond the Perfect Drought: California’s Real Water Crisis The record-breaking drought in California is not chiefly the result of low precipitation. Three factors – rising temperatures, groundwater depletion, and a shrinking Colorado River – mean the most populous U.S. state will face decades of water shortages and must adapt. The current drought afflicting California is indeed […]
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design
The California Water Shortage: A Case for Aesthetic Ecosystem and Ecological Design A reservoir showing the effect of drought conditions in California In recent news, there has been significant coverage of California’s struggle with its below average precipitation in the past several years. Yes, they call it a drought. Governor Jerry Brown and California State […]
California Adopts “Unprecedented” Restrictions On Water Use As Drought Worsens
California Adopts “Unprecedented” Restrictions On Water Use As Drought Worsens Early last month we warned that California’s drought was approaching historic proportions and that if climatologists were to be believed, the country may see a repeat of The Dirty Thirties as experts cite “Dust Bowl” conditions. Governor Jerry Brown has called for statewide water restrictions aimed at […]
How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use?
How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use? When California Governor Jerry Brown issued mandatory water restrictions for the first time in state history, he notably excluded the agriculture and oil industries from the conservation efforts, a decision that was heavily criticized. The oil industry, for its part, insists it is a responsible user of water. The […]
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors
California drought to squeeze produce prices, but so will other factors Price of lettuce has gone up 40 cents, but some of that is due to low Canadian dollar Drought may have gripped California’s agricultural heartland for a fourth consecutive year, but it’s not the only factor putting pressure on imported produce prices at the […]
The Silver Lining in the California Drought
The Silver Lining in the California Drought Denial, it’s been said, is not just a river in Egypt. It runs, of course, through each of us. But Californians have displayed quite a dose of it as a record-breaking drought rolls through its fourth year. It was just last week, propelled by the lowest snowpack in the Sierra […]
