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  • Taos' return to the acequias

    38 years of meetings and a price-tag of $120 million formalize old agreements

    by Ernest Atencio, Jul 10, 2008

  • Pipe dreams

    Leaky irrigation ditches in Washington’s Methow Valley have made the desert bloom, at the expense of endangered salmon.

    by Eve Rickert, Aug 06, 2007

  • So-called 'peace treaty' won't save the Rio Grande

    Environmentalists made a mistake when they settled with the city of Albuquerque over water use on the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico

    by Lisa Robert, May 02, 2005

  • Who owns Klamath water — farmers or the public?

    A judge rules that Pacific Coast fishermen can intervene as a third party in a lawsuit between Klamath River Basin farmers and the federal government

    by J.M. McCord, Apr 04, 2005

  • The public pays to keep water in a river

    Three important "takings" lawsuits claim farmers should be compensated when water is withheld from irrigators in order to help endangered species during times of drought

    by Matt Jenkins, Apr 04, 2005

  • Peace breaks out on the Rio Grande

    A groundbreaking settlement between New Mexico environmentalists and the city of Albuquerque may keep water in the Middle Rio Grande and help both farmers and endangered silvery minnows

    by Laura Paskus, Mar 21, 2005

  • A crisis brews on the Colorado

    As the Colorado River Basin enters a sixth year of drought, the Interior Department orders seven states to start coordinating their management of the dwindling water supply.

    by Matt Jenkins, Jan 24, 2005

  • Surprise: The bill for a water grab in California may be coming due

    The writer says San Francisco has been milking a cash cow from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir inside Yosemite National Park

    by John Krist, May 31, 2004

  • Postscript to a water war

    Nearly a decade after Imperial Valley irrigators fought off a water grab by Texans Ed and Lee Bass, the Imperial Valley Irrigation District buys the old Bass property, Western Farms, and the water rights that come with it

    by Matt Jenkins, Mar 01, 2004

  • The next wars may be fought over water

    Tim Holt warns that European companies are moving to privatize our water supplies

    by Tim Holt, Jan 12, 2004
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