Tag: Arizona
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Colorado River water: How California, Arizona and Nevada plan to use less
California, Arizona and Nevada, three of seven states that depend on the shrinking Colorado River for water and hydropower, plan to temporarily reduce the amount of river water they use by 13% over the next three years, federal officials have announced. Will it be enough to alleviate the river’s decline? It will help, but more…
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Arizona water rights purchase by investment firms, the effects
Sarah Porter, Director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy at ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy, joined Ted Simons, host of Arizona Horizon, to discuss two water topics of interest (video —ed.). First, Wall Street firms are buying up land in Arizona only for the water rights. They turn around and sell water to…
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Los Angeles, Las Vegas and other major cities could face huge water cuts in feds’ proposed plan to save the Colorado River
As of early April, Utah has the most snowpack the state’s seen in more than 70 years, which is very welcome news to a state that’s been battling drought and shrinking reservoir levels. The U.S. Interior Department lays out options for how to slash water usage and solve the crisis should the levels in Lakes…
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Biden admin outlines plan to cut vital water supplies in western states
Photo: Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau speaks alongside Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in Commerce City, Colorado, on Dec. 14, 2022. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Actions could lead to a reduction of 652 billion gallons of water supplies to multiple western states The Biden administration proposed actions Tuesday that would significantly…
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In the midst of Arizona’s historic drought, a company is tapping into its groundwater
Photo: Cracks are seen in Red Lake near an area where geologists have identified what they call polygonal blocks of giant desiccation cracks. GDCs form as underground water and are commonly associated with drought. [Photo: David McNew/Getty Images] It’s just one example of the state’s wildly unregulated water management. Along with its arid neighbors, Arizona…