Drought and chronic overuse have put the Colorado River on the brink of a massive water and power crisis. States are struggling to agree on a plan to prevent it. Now, the Biden admin must decide whether to make the politically perilous choices for them. politi.co/3BZC5uj

We live in a time when people living in the desert believe the water will come, while people living next to the ocean believe the water will never come.

In America’s fastest-growing metro, a rising fear water will run out There are lots of eyes on St.George, Utah, as the states and federal government struggle to keep Colorado River levels from falling to disastrous lows. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08…

Tactical cooling vests are the new night vision goggles?

Yields could be down by as much as a third from last year, as climate change impacts set in washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…

Congressional appropriators are looking to add as much as $200 million to the stop-gap government spending bill for the drinking water crisis in Jackson, Miss. -- and keep the money out of the state's hands. politico.com/news/2022/09/2…

This is terrible news. Thomas Meixner was one of my first guides to understanding how water works on an arid landscape and was incredibly generous with his time. Campus Shooting | The University of Arizona arizona.edu/campus-shooting

Western Dems won $4 billion for the drought-stricken Colorado River in their sweeping August spending bill, but figuring out how to spend it stands to be far harder. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2022/1… (🔒)

Amazing!

IID approves possible $250 million Salton Sea deal with feds, state, over livid public outcry desertsun.com/story/news/env… via @mydesert

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If EPA follows through on its promise to set a federal limit on toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water, it could bring the biggest improvement in water quality in a generation -- and not just for PFAS. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2022/1…

Wait, I’m sorry, WHAT? This is by far the best thing about 2023 so far.

I discussed the threat of #ClimateChange in the Colorado River Basin with US Department of the Interior and @USBR. With USIBWC they are collaborating with Conagua and CILA MEXICO to explore bilateral water solutions. I will visit the basin soon to see the reality first hand.

The 7-state brawl along the Colorado River is an early glimpse of the politically and economically wrenching decisions over who should bear the pain of more intense droughts, wildfires, floods and storms wrought by climate change. politico.com/news/2023/02/0…

👀 The Biden admin is maintaining that it will remove all lead from drinking water systems. The bipartisan infrastructure law money can't do it all. To guarantee removal would take aggressive regulation -- which the Biden admin says it will decide on by end of year

Oh my, is the provision of childcare the new Buy American?? nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/…

The Biden administration is proposing aggressive, first-ever drinking water limits for toxic "forever chemicals" that are thought to be contaminating more than 200 millions Americans' taps. politico.com/news/2023/03/1…