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Companies that supply water to fracking drilling in Colorado bid higher for water in auctions than farmers did. “How do we continue to sustain agriculture when there’s just more and more demand on our water resources in this state?” said Bill Midcap, director of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. Bizarrely, fracking is considered a beneficial [...] There’d be plenty of water, if only our fastest-growing cities weren’t in deserts. We’ll need creative fixes, fast. San Antonio shows the way. After years of bickering they achieved consensus and now water conservation is practiced by all. Water consumption dropped from 200 gallons per person per day to 130 and droughts are now much [...] Suisun Marsh Salinity Control Gates near Collinsville. Credit: water.ca.gov The Sacramento Delta is ground zero for California water wars. Water from it is pumped to the Central Valley for agriculture and also to southern California. But the Delta needs that water for farming, fishing, and recreation. This is second in my series of articles [...] Don't waste water / Penna Art WPA, 1941-43. Raymond Willcox, American. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. ) The Big Thirst is excellent, I read it last year (after hearing an interview with the author by Terry Gross) and highly recommend it. Here’s a bit more about the water situation in [...] Excerpt from The Big Thirst via Fast Company. India spends 2 percent of its GDP treating diarrhea, according to TERI, one of the country’s most prestigious scientific research institutes. That means India is spending $30 billion a year treating diarrhea, a totally preventable disease. That’s $400 million a week. Not one of the 35 largest cities [...] The sign says it all. And it’s true. California Central Valley farmers receive only a fraction of their allotted water, even though they pay for all of it. This year their allocation will be a mere 30%. Read more about The San Joaquin Valley water wars in my latest article on IVN [...] The Southern Nevada Water Authority will appeal to the federal government for funding, low-cost loans, anything really, to help with a proposed $800 million third pipeline from Lake Mead. Water levels have dropped so precipitously due to sustained drought that a new pipeline is needed to get water out of Lake Mead. The SNWA [...] The powerful Southern Nevada Water Authority, a direct competitor for Colorado River water against the behemoth Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, has a massive revenue shortfall and may have to raise water rates to meet it. This will certainly infuriate their water customers. Much of their revenue comes from connection charges for hooking [...] Magnetic soap (Credit: Image courtesy of Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)) It may sound silly at first, but the discovery of magnetic soap could lead to a way to reclaim soaps used in industry and in disasters like oil spills. Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a soap, composed of iron rich salts dissolved [...] Amazon In a past of abundance, we had clean water to meet our demands for showers, pools, farms and rivers. Our laws and customs did not need to regulate or ration demand. Over time, our demand has grown, and scarcity has replaced abundance. We don’t have as much clean water as we want. [...] |  | ||||
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