Category Water

Lake Mead supplies water to 25 million people in three states and large areas of farmland, especially in southern California. It is now 40% full. The current 14-year drought is the worst to hit the Colorado River in 1,200 years.…

Oh ye who mock and scoff at the drought, prepare to be chastised. Major beer breweries are cutting back on water usage and that can only mean less beer. This could be a #firstworldpain. Breweries say they must “brew more…

This just when we are about to move to Las Vegas. Lake Mead supplies 90% of the water for Vegas. Due to the continuing drought, water levels in the lake are now at historic lows. The water district is feverishly…

Families Protecting the Valley makes excellent points about how recharging aquifers is not easy and dams aid in the percolation rate. They are partisan advocates for California Central Valley agriculture in the relentless battle for water in California. The drought…

Water law exists on its own planet. In California, senior water rights are those granted on or before 1914. They trump junior rights, which were granted after 1914.  The continuing California drought has forced the state to rule junior rights…