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Proposed surf park in California desert is rejected by La Quinta City Council

A developer's proposal to build a surfing lagoon in the Coachella Valley desert has been rejected by the city of La Quinta after residents raised concerns about noise, lighting and the resort's substantial water footprint in a time of severe drought.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 22, 2022

Drought in Western US heats up as a Senate campaign issue

The consequences of drought and efforts to funnel billions of dollars toward securing water supplies in the West are becoming larger issues in two of the most consequential races for the U.S. Senate

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Dwindling Colorado River Basin key to New Mexico agriculture

A federal system of tunnels and dams known as the San Juan-Chama Project accounts for the bulk of the water New Mexico gets from the Colorado River Basin

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Hualapai tribal land in northwestern Arizona borders 100 miles of the Colorado River, but the tribe can't draw from it

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Nevada looks to conservation as the Colorado River dwindles

Unlike other states of the Colorado River Basin, Nevada has one main river user: Las Vegas

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Hualapai tribal land in northwestern Arizona borders 100 miles of the Colorado River, but the tribe can’t draw from it

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Increasing pressures on Colorado River water in New Mexico

The Colorado River Compact was signed in 1922, just 10 years after New Mexico became a state

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Farming, water and Wall Street on Colorado’s Western Slope

Since 2000, flows on the Colorado River have declined 20% and water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead have dropped to less than 30% of their combined storage

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Colorado River water supply to California farms could be threatened by hotter, drier future years

If the Colorado River were to become unusable, Southern California would lose one-third of its water supply. And vast swaths of farmland in the state’s southeastern desert would go unplanted.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 14, 2022

Stressed Colorado River keeps California desert farms alive

California's Imperial Valley, which provides many of the nation’s winter vegetables and cattle feed, has one of the strongest grips on water from the Colorado River, a critical but over-tapped supply for farms and cities across the West

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022