Water
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Current
Another water-short year in the Southwest is taking its toll
Generous spring snow storms were a momentary, if welcome, distraction from the region's real weather story: drought.
by Cally Carswell, May 13, 2013 -
Current
The Latest: Pumping Arizona's rivers dry?
The state water board gives the go-ahead to a groundwater pumping project that could harm the San Pedro River
by Emily Guerin, May 13, 2013 -
Book Reviews
Parched lives in a parched land: A review of the Ordinary Truth
Jana Richman's novel of a Nevada family divided by conflict over water
by Michael Engelhard, Apr 29, 2013 -
Letters
Downstream depletions
by Cisco Guevara, Apr 15, 2013 -
Sidebar
Fish-consumption assumptions
Idaho is updating its standards for water pollutants based on how much fish residents eat.
by Sarah Jane Keller, Apr 15, 2013 -
Current
How the amount of fish you eat impacts water quality
Idaho is updating its standards for water pollutants based on how much fish residents eat.
by Sarah Jane Keller, Apr 15, 2013 -
Letters
Trouble for more than one Arizona river
by Gary Beverly, Mar 18, 2013 -
Letters
It's time to get real
by Bart Vanden Plas, Mar 18, 2013 -
Sidebar
Agriculture and water use in the San Luis Valley
A map showing subdistrict one and water use in the area over time.
by Cally Carswell, Feb 25, 2013 -
Feature
Farmers agree to tax those who deplete groundwater
Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater.
by Cally Carswell, Feb 25, 2013 -
Current
The BLM fights for the Southwest’s last free-flowing river
A federal agency asserts its water rights to the San Pedro river in a case that might eventually lead to limits on growth in Arizona.
by Tony Davis, Feb 20, 2013 -
Editor's Note
Drought forces a new era of agricultural water conservation
Whether converting open ditches into pipelines or fallowing fields, farmers and ranchers in the West are being forced to change the ways they use water as climate-induced drought tightens its grip.
by Paul Larmer, Feb 18, 2013 -
Current
In the Northwest, innovative projects use trees to cool streams
A program pays for ecosystem services to keep rivers at the right temperature for wildlife.
by Leslie Rutberg, Feb 13, 2013 -
Book Reviews
Water is (still) for fightin': A review of Durango
Gary Hart's seventh novel takes us to another front in the water wars, the decades-long dispute over damming southern Colorado’s Animas- La Plata rivers to provide more water for the growing town of Durango.
by Annie Dawid, Feb 04, 2013 -
Current
Miguel Luna gives young Los Angelenos a beaker and a job
Agua University trains young people in Los Angeles County to work as water samplers, employing them and also teaching about the importance of clean water.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Jan 30, 2013






