Avoiding Water Bankruptcy
Originally published on the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas website here. To keep a healthy bank balance, it’s important not only to have... Read More
News Articles
Below are articles pertaining to our work, written by external organizations. Please find links to original sources within each article.
Could Climate Change Put an End to Arizona’s Alfalfa Heyday?
By Greta Moran Originally published by Civil Eats It’s always alfalfa season in Arizona. In most other parts of the country, the perennial crop grows... Read More
The Water Tap: How has water use changed in the west since 2000?
By Joan Meiners This story was originally published by St. George Spectrum & Daily News, view source here. This article is part of a series... Read More
Study: Water Use Dropping In Western Cities Even While Population Grows
This story was originally published by Arizona Public Radio, view original source here. Many western cities have been able to shrink their total water use... Read More
The Water Tap: New study finds climate change will dry Colorado River even more than previously thought
This story was originally published by The Spectrum, view source here. As part of this new water series, each Friday (Saturday in print) we will... Read More
More than half the water diverted from Central Valley rivers is used to irrigate cattle-feed crops, implicating beef and dairy as top drivers of recent fish declines.
This article was originally published by SF Estuary, view source here. Recent findings, published in Nature Sustainability in March, strengthen the environmental arguments for going... Read More
The Water Tap: Our thirst for beef may be harming fish, new research finds
This story was originally published by St. George Spectrum & Daily News, view source here. As part of this new water series, each Friday (Saturday... Read More
Study reveals beef, dairy production depleting water supply
This article was originally published by The Cattle Site, view source here. US – A study by Northern Arizona University has set out to assess... Read More
Make It Rare: How Beef Production Saps Scarce Western Water
This article was originally published by Wyoming Public Media, view source here. As water becomes more scarce in the Mountain West, a new analysis finds... Read More
Beef consumption hurting river quality
New study shows water scarcity and fish imperilment are driven by beef production in the Western United States UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Across the globe, humans... Read More
Fallowing cattle-feed farmland simplest way to alleviate western U.S. water shortage
This article was originally published by Science Daily, view source here. All over the world, the rate at which humans consume fresh water is now... Read More
Fallowing Cattle-Feed Farmland Simplest Way to Alleviate Western Water Shortage, FEWSION-Based Study Finds
This article was originally published by Environmental News Network, view source here. All over the world, the rate at which humans consume fresh water is... Read More
How beef eaters in cities are draining rivers in the American West
This article was originally published by National Geographic, view source here. IT’S NOT EXACTLY news that the rivers of the western U.S. are in trouble.... Read More
Time to move faster on cutting Colorado River use, conservationist warns
This article was originally published by tucson.com, view source here. Arizona and the other Lower Colorado River Basin states need to cut their water use... Read More