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Category Archives: Water rights
Editorial: Let’s not run out of water
At the intersection of water supply and government, Texas faces a Catch-22. Our minimalist approach to government gets credit for growing both our economy and our population. Continue reading
Posted in Water rights, Water scarcity
Report warns of oilsands impacts on groundwater
Thousands of people depend on the water below Alberta’s oilsands region, but the effects of industrial development on those water tables is not yet fully understood, a new report says. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas, Tar sands, Water pollutiuon, Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged oilsands
Boom-and-bust salmon catch is booming again
After years of going begging, Northern California is awash in salmon. Charter boats are booked up to two weeks in advance, and anglers claim to be bagging their limits before noon. The smell of gurry and the glimmer of scales are back at San Francisco’s Pier 45, where commercial fishermen unload their catch. Continue reading
Posted in Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged dams, fisheries, hatchery salmon, hydro power, salmon protection
Study: California must improve salmon, steelhead hatcheries
Most of the salmon caught in California come from hatcheries in the Sacramento Valley, yet it turns out not much is known about these fish even though they are bred by hand. Continue reading
Posted in Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged dams, fisheries, hatchery salmon, hydro power, salmon protection
Is this Mojave water project worth the risk?
A private company’s plan to tap a desert aquifer needs more study before going forward. Continue reading
Posted in Water rights, Water scarcity
Proposed Nev. pipeline riles conservation leaders, who warn of new ‘dust bowl’
Environmentalists are warning that a plan to pipe billions of gallons of water a year from rural central Nevada nearly 300 miles to the Las Vegas metropolitan area will dry up wetlands and springs, damaging thousands of acres of wildlife habitat and potentially creating a “dust bowl” scenario. Continue reading
Posted in Water rights, Water scarcity
Eclectic Delta coalition is set to fight proposal for ‘peripheral tunnels’
California loves a good water fight, and when Brown unveiled his plans to build a modern version of the peripheral canal last month, Delta residents and those of us in the media were ready to dust off that familiar narrative. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Water rights, Water scarcity
Part One: Irrigation R&D drying up – a looming weakness for Australia
Welcome to a two-part special on the troubling plight of irrigation R&D, by Professor Andrew Campbell of Charles Darwin University. Research into the smartest, most efficient and sustainable ways to use water in our drought-prone continent is of critical importance, yet successful national programs have concluded without being replaced. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Land use, Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged dams, irrigation
Climate change is another reason to protect farmland
“Food and farming are a big part of California’s identity. After all, the state produces 400 different crops and livestock products; provides more than half of the U.S. supply of fruits, vegetables and nuts; and is the country’s leading dairy supplier.“
If farms are so damned valuable why do Californians sabotage some of the most productive regions by cutting off their water “for environmental protection”? Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environmentalism, Water rights, Water scarcity
Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail — for Collecting Rainwater on His Property
A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. Continue reading
Posted in Property rights, Water rights
9th Circuit panel rejects challenge to delta water contracts
Judicial panel upholds a ruling that environmental groups have no legal authority to challenge the 2005 deals, which the judges found did not threaten the delta smelt. Continue reading
Posted in Eco-imperialism, Environmentalism, Water rights
Africa land deals lead to water giveaway
Africa heads for ‘hydrological suicide’ as land deals hand water resources to foreign firms, threatening environmental disaster Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Water rights, Water scarcity
Gus Lubin: Forget peak oil, the global water crisis will shake humanity to its core
You don’t hear much about the water crisis in the United States. Water is still cheap here and our borders contain a relatively large freshwater supply. But in some places the crisis is in flames. Continue reading
Posted in Population, Water rights, Water scarcity
Southern Great Plains could run out of groundwater in 30 years, study finds
A new study looking at key aquifers beneath the Great Plains and California’s Central Valley suggests that areas of Texas and Kansas are drawing groundwater at an unsustainable rate. Continue reading
Hoopa ask feds to speed Klamath dams removal plan
Frustrated that a deal to remove a string of hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River in Northern California has stalled, the Hoopa Tribe has petitioned federal authorities to restart the bureaucratic process in hopes it will get the dams out of the river more quickly. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Clean energy, Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged fisheries, hydro power
Will the Feds Kill America’s Future Under a Tombstone of Senseless Regulations?
This in the ‘land of the free’? “It is fire season in the West. Reports say the early start is “not a good sign,” and forecasts claim the “combination of heat and dryness will only make western wildfires worse.” The predictions were made in the same week that US District Judge Frank Zapata made a decision to deny an emergency request by the city of Tombstone, AZ, to repair its water system damaged in last year’s Monument Fire.” Continue reading
Posted in Environmentalism, Water rights
Tagged greenie obstructionists, hatred of humans, insane greens, misanthropy
Fees and Anger Rise in California Water War
There are accusations of conspiracies, illegal secret meetings and double-dealing. Embarrassing documents and e-mails have been posted on an official Web site emblazoned with the words “Fact vs. Fiction.” Animosities have grown so deep that the players have resorted to exchanging lengthy, caustic letters, packed with charges of lying and distortion.
And it is all about water. Continue reading
Posted in Water rights, Water scarcity
A Wind Turbine Turns Dry Desert Air Into Precious Drinkable Water
There’s water everywhere on earth, but most is undrinkable or inaccessible. A new kind of wind turbine takes the water in the air and puts it into a form we can imbibe. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged drought, irrigation, potable water
SacBee: Needs of threatened Delta fish to be studied at UC Davis
Federal officials plan to fund a study at UC Davis to learn more about the basic behavior of Delta smelt, the threatened fish at the vortex of water supply and environmental problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Water rights
