Colorado River Agreement
A lot can happen in the next three years the most important perhaps is that if Biden wins reelection negotiations in 2026 can’t harm the career of a lame-duck President.
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Caesars Palace Water Follies
I’ve crunched the numbers, counted bodies, estimated river flow percentages and had a fair number of Prickly pear cactus margaritas preparing highly accurate projections —
Read More Caesars Palace Water FolliesEmergency on the Wasatch
The Salt Lake City Tribune posted a water story (see it here) that straightened my back and got my attention. The story is well researched, we learn there are 10,000 family hay-growing operations in Utah, that the crop market value is $500 million, and one-third of the crop is sent overseas. Profits in Utah’s alfalfa […]
Read More Emergency on the WasatchColorado River Basin Blues
And that’s why I want you to forget about alfalfa and start to imagine swimming pools. Imagine millions of swimming pools full of water getting shipped overseas…
Read More Colorado River Basin BluesCan Kicking Over— Hard Part is Here
Half-truth tellers, braggarts, and exaggerators are stealing water from Americans. Take the executive director of this outfit called the Agribusiness and Water Council of Arizona. With millions of acres farmed in Arizona less than half is dedicated to the food that ends up directly on our dinner plate while a whole lot more of the […]
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