The UN Water Conference under-emphasized the centrality of water to the resilience of other systems, including food production. Originally published at FoodPrint. In late March 2023, delegates from more than 170 countries gathered for the first major United Nations-convened water conference in 46 years. As monumental as this conference was to people focused on water […]
Avocado water consumption is large and increasing in Mexico, as growth of avocado fields is unregulated. A Mexican citizen recently filed an anonymous complaint with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation about the “ecocide” being caused by that growth. Most production occurs in the state of Michoacán where (as of 2017) approximately 50 percent of the […]
Western snowpack at its peak might not always be the best indicator of the coming summer’s water supplies. Western snowpack measurements, typically taken on April 1st each year, are used as a predictor of the year’s water resources. A new study from the Desert Research Institute concludes that the predictions might not hold up anymore, […]
Aquifer recharge – storing surface water in aquifers for later use – may become a key strategy for managing increasingly scarce water resources during dry years. Communities in California and Arizona have been doing it for decades. Aquifer recharge – storing water in aquifers for later use during dry years – has been used for […]
Google data center water use – once a closely held secret – was revealed last fall. In 2021 they used 3.3 billion gallons of water in the US alone, and another almost 1 billion globally. Google data centers use water, and a lot of it, because they use a lot of electricity to make all […]
Great Salt Lake in Utah could effectively disappear beyond recovery in five years due to overallocation and overconsumption. Great Salt Lake in Utah could disappear completely in five years if consumption patterns continue, according to a new report. Utah’s Great Salt Lake is going the way of so many once bountiful water bodies. It is […]
The Clean Water Act new rules about wetlands and waterways were published ahead of a SCOTUS case that may change them. Again. The Clean Water Act has been a point of contention for businesses since its inception. The nature of exactly which waterways are governed by the rules of the legislation has been brought to […]
Food supply in Texas is threatened by climate change-enhanced droughts that devastate crops, according to the Texas Department of Agriculture. Producing a steady food supply in Texas relies on Mother Nature producing a steady supply of precipitation. Crops takes a lot of water to grow successfully and Texas has been a little (and by a […]
Groundwater recharge rates might be underestimated in models compared to observed data, according to a new study. Groundwater recharge rates might be underestimated in models compared to observed data, according to a new study. Put simply, given how much we rely on groundwater for our municipal, agricultural and industrial water needs (HINT: it’s a lot!), […]
