drought

Investors Snap Up Colorado River Water Rights…

...Bet On An Increasingly Scarce Resource With the federal government poised to force Western states to change how they manage…

3 years ago

U.S. Senate Bill aimed at aiding drought in the Klamath Basin

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have introduced legislation to support farmers and ranchers,…

3 years ago

California Water Agencies Hoped A Deluge Would Recharge Their Aquifers. But When It Came, Some Couldn’t Use It

WESTERN WATER IN-DEPTH: January storms jump-started recharge projects in badly overdrafted San Joaquin Valley, but hurdles with state permits and…

3 years ago

LADWP Confirms Elevation of Mono Lake Is Rising, No Emergency Conditions Present

[H2O IQ editor's note: also see the immediately preceding post concerning the Mono Lake Tribe of California and its concerns…

3 years ago

What does (slow) water want? Most humans seem to have forgotten.

Erica Gies is an independent journalist who covers science and the environment from Victoria, British Columbia, and San Francisco, California.…

3 years ago