May 21, 2012--Selling water to the highest bidder (High Country News)
At some point, the way Colorado River water gets divvied up is going to have to change. As we've noted in past writings, the lower basin states of Arizona and Nevada use more water than they're allowed...
View ArticleOctober 18, 2013--We need water markets if we're to solve the global water...
Four years ago, Kenyan farmer Chege Mwangi was a desperate man. Climate change had thrown off the timing of his harvests, and torrential rains were washing his topsoil into Lake Naivasha -- where...
View ArticleOctober 8, 2014--SA's Texas water exchange is first of its kind in Western...
"There's money to be made off water,” said Anastasia Valdes, CEO of the Texas Water Exchange. In some cases, there is a lot of money to be made off of the resource. As a result, Texans are starting to...
View ArticleOctober 15, 2014--The West is bone dry. Here’s how to help (Washington Post)
Drought is rampant these days in many parts of the American West, so consider this a pretty sweet gift: You’ve just been given the rights to some water. An acre-foot of it, to be exact, which is...
View ArticleOctober 15, 2014--Time for a serious policy on water pricing (Bloomberg...
Do you know the price of your monthly cell phone bill? I bet you do. How about your water bill? What’s the cost difference between taking a shower for 5 minutes or 30 minutes? Most Americans consume...
View ArticleOctober 26, 2014--The West needs a water market to fight drought (Wall Street...
The drought in the Western U.S. from California to Texas has generated gloomy editorials and op-eds predicting dire consequences and even water wars. But the West is not running out of water, nor are...
View ArticleOctober 30, 2014--Selling and buying water rights (National Science Foundation)
Trying to sell or buy water rights can be a complicated exercise. First, it takes time and effort for buyers and sellers to find each other, a process that often relies on word-of-mouth, local bulletin...
View ArticleNovember 29, 2014--New program connects ranchers saving water with interested...
The idea is both simple and innovative: connect a rancher willing to conserve water with someone willing to pay for the conservation. It’s not a government grant. It’s not another federal program.read...
View ArticleDecember 5, 2014--Report offers insight into U.S. private water market (Water...
According to a new report from Bluefield, U.S. private water markets are poised for significant growth. With an infrastructure gap of more than $500 billion for drinking water and wastewater treatment...
View ArticleMay 14, 2015--US water experts calls for Australian-style water reforms to...
As the Colorado River Basin edges closer to its first ever officially declared shortage, one expert is calling on policy makers to adopt Australian-style water reform to cope with looming shortages....
View ArticleAugust 25, 2016--New documentary offers a sharp look at the West’s water...
In 1922, seven Western states agreed to divvy up the water in the Colorado River, paving the way for giant dams, reservoirs and aqueducts to move and store it.read more
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