Tag: Arizona
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‘Everything is drying up’: As springs on Hopi land decline, a sacred connection is threatened
Max Taylor, a Hopi Tribe water resources technician, stands near Lemeva Spring on the Hopi Reservation on July 30, 2020. The Hopi say they have used this spring for over a thousand years. DAVID WALLACE/THE REPUBLIC The Hopi see influence of climate change — and suspect a link to coal industry’s groundwater pumping. MISHONGNOVI —…
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Arizona’s New Digital and Interactive Water Encyclopedia
We all understand the importance of water in Arizona, but the hydrology, legalities, and water management can be overwhelmingly complicated. So how do we get educated on all the issues and challenges while finding facts to offer us a real glimpse into Arizona’s water story? Well, ASU’s Kyl Center for Water Policy has created a…
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Could Phoenix survive a water crisis?
There is a limited and shrinking supply, growing demand, and a long-run picture that looks, from many angles, hopelessly apocalyptic. Inside the elaborate, diverse, and ever-evolving effort to manage water in what some have called “America’s least sustainable city.” An hour north of Phoenix, Arizona, Chip Norton drives his truck toward the Verde River. Norton…
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Fresh Thinking: Freshwater Science Is Being Pioneered in Arizona
About 71 percent of the Earth is covered by water, and most of that is ocean. Only 2.5 percent is fresh water, and only a fraction of that—1 percent—is easily accessible. The world’s population of 7.6 billion is expected to grow to 9.8 billion by the year 2050, which means by that year, more than…
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Alfalfa Project Targets Saving Over 300 Billion Gallons of Water Annually
A history of drought refugees in America. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) – It was 83 years ago this week, when 23 car and truck-loads of migrant families were reported to have crossed the California-Arizona border in a single day. They were among tens of thousands of poverty-stricken families who found themselves without water in 1936,…