Groundhog Day & California’s Drought
Like the 1993 classic film starring Bill Murray, the state is stuck in a perpetual time loop of drought, wildfire, and civic dispute, according to managing editor Aubrey Ann Parker.
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California Drought Saps Water Reserves Above and Below Ground, Says Satellite Data
Snow is scarce, reservoirs are approaching bottom, and groundwater is being exhausted in the nation’s most populous state. More than a dozen communities face water shortages in the next 60 to 100 days, and there will be zero water deliveries from the state’s largest canal system this year.
NASA’s GRACE Satellites Show Colorado River Basin’s Biggest Water Losses Are Groundwater (2005-2013)
During presentations this week at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, announced that the region’s most visible signs of drought – shrinking reservoirs – are dwarfed by groundwater losses.
Ongoing Texas Drought Threatens Supply from Two Reservoirs on Colorado River
With the amount of reliable water in reservoirs shrinking, water agencies set sights on groundwater transfers and more reservoirs. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue In the morning mist, bare land pokes above the surface of Lake Travis, a reservoir formed by Mansfield Dam on the Colorado River in Texas. Water levels […]
Fallowing Farmland: A New Card in Arizona’s Water Shuffle
A pilot project will test how much water can be saved by not growing crops.
Choke Point: U.S. — Water, Energy, and the Ohio River Valley’s New Course
Few places in the United States better understand the economically essential and ecologically risky accord between energy and water than this southeast Ohio town.
Fortune Telling: Colorado River Teeters Toward First-ever Shortage Declaration
In the short term, water prices would rise and groundwater pumping would increase. In the long term, demand would have to drop.
Federal Water Tap, July 15: Colorado River Basin Sniffs a Shortage
Because the outlook for Colorado River reservoirs gets gloomier every month, I might soon have to drop the question mark from this subheading. Why? The July 24-month study from the Bureau of Reclamation forecasts that a first-ever water shortage on the iconic river could be declared as soon as April 2015. A shortage is triggered […]
30 Events In the Last Decade Show the U.S. Energy Sector’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
Rising temperatures, decreasing water supplies, and wacky weather are all threats, says the Energy Department. Image © U.S. Department of Energy A Department of Energy report claims that the American energy sector will have to quicken the pace of adaptation to meet the challenges posed by a warming world. This map shows 30 events in […]
Federal Water Tap, June 24: EPA Fracking Studies Delayed and Terminated; President Obama to Speak on Climate Change
Fracking Studies The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s comprehensive study of the effects of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water supplies will be delayed for two years, until 2016. An EPA official made the statement at a shale gas conference in Ohio last week, according to the Associated Press. The EPA also announced that it would abandon […]
Runoff Forecast for Colorado River Shrinks in March
Heading into the last weeks of winter, the Colorado River Basin is dry yet again. Even worse, the river flow forecast gets drier every month. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Interstate 40 crosses the Colorado River, near Needles, California. Click image to enlarge. The March forecast for the Colorado River Basin […]
