Tag: irrigation
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California Courts Foil Westlands Water District’s Grinch-Like Water Grab
Westlands’ Efforts to Permanently Privatize California Water Opposed by Unique Coalition & Rejected by Skeptical Judges Credit: Bet Hannon Business While there’s a great deal that’s dysfunctional and downright wrong about water law and policy in California, occasionally there are positive developments to report. So it’s most satisfying to end 2023 with some good news…
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Strawberry Case Study: What if Farmers Had to Pay for Water?
Coral Davenport reported in the Pajaro Valley, meeting farmers, regulators and C.E.O.s and visiting oceanfront strawberry fields. Photographs by Nathan Weyland.[GIFT ARTICLE, FOOD FOR THOUGHT] With aquifers nationwide in dangerous decline, one part of California has tried essentially taxing groundwater. New research shows it’s working. The strawberry, blackberry and raspberry fields of the Pajaro Valley stretch…
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Study seeks to explore future of water sustainability for Yuma farming
Charles Sanchez, a co-principal investigator on the study, overlooks an irrigated field in Yuma, Arizona, on Dec. 12, 2019. Yuma ranks third for vegetable production in the nation and is also known as the Winter Lettuce capital. (Courtesy Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture) It may be hard to be-leaf, but during the winter months,…
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Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community moves forward with first solar canal project in the US
The project aims to reduce evaporative water losses and minimize water use for power generation. Photo: Courtesy of the Gila River Indian Community In an effort to address the ongoing drought affecting the Southwest, the Gila River Indian Community is taking an innovative step forward by launching its Solar Canal Project to construct the country’s…
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Flood-MAR: A water wave for orchards
A dormant almond orchard in California is flooded for groundwater recharge. Christine Gemperle/Almond Board of California Call it super drainage, deep percolation, or simply groundwater recharge. It’s a simple hydrologic process where water at ground level moves downward from surface water to groundwater — the primary method through which water enters an aquifer. “Farmers have…
