Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
Arizonans take their search for water seriously.
Archive of posts filed under the water category.
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Boring Edition
Tedious but necessary explanation of Navajo-Gallup water project funding mechanism.
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: More Brackish Wonkisms
Transaction costs of brackish water regulation
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Water in the Desert Edition
Drier Climate on the Way for Southwest (ad gated): Climate change is increasing the chances of severe and persistent drought in the Southwest, according to a new report from a panel of federal scientists. “It’s going to get drier,” said Richard Seager, a climate researcher at Columbia University in New York. That means diminished water …
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Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Desal and NM Population
Fishin’ for help in thinking about NM’s water-population future.
The Energy Costs of Desalination
From my colleague Sean Olson, in today’s Albuquerque Journal (ad gated): While desalinating water could become a valuable tool to support a growing New Mexico, residents will have to be ready to bite the bullet when it comes to the huge energy cost associated with the technique. Experts say that cost comes in two forms: …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Water in the Desert Edition
On the lessons from Chaco (ad gated): New Mexico has always been a dry place, at least on the time scales that matter for the ancient civilizations Henderson and Robbins were trying to understand. Our history could be written as a story of people forever searching for a stable water supply to support the cities …
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Water in the Desert: CocoBait Edition
C.J. Brooks, a Tucson water geek and author of the “Watering the Desert Blog”, talks about the linkage between land use planning and water in Nevada. Washoe County has done the sort of thing advocates around here have been talking about ever since I started thinking seriously about water issues (and likely for a lot …
Less Water in the Rio
Today, the other shoe drops in the Journal’s coverage of Albuquerque’s new drinking water system: You will begin drinking, showering and watering your lawn with water from the Rio Grande soon, and there will be less water in the river as a result. What effect that will have on the Rio Grande, the ecosystem surrounding …
Historic Day for New Mexico Water
From Sean Olson: The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority flips the switch on its $385 million San Juan-Chama Drinking Water project, bringing treated river water directly into the homes of most Albuquerque-area residents.