Texas Delegation Urges Congress to Withhold Aid to Mexico Over Water Treaty Dispute
Texans in Congress are threatening federal funds for Mexico, escalating a dispute over Mexico’s obligations to deliver water to the United States.
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U.S. Bottled Water Market to See Booming Growth in Future Scope 2024-2031 with Industry Value, Product Size Data, Share, | 3 Spring Water Company, Llc., Adobe Springs Water Co
The U.S. bottled water market is estimated to be valued at USD 28,262.2 Mn in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 49,770.4 Mn by 2031, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.4% from 2024 to 2031.
Lake Tahoe Expected to Fill for First Time in Years
Lake Tahoe is expected to fill up for the first time in five years, courtesy of recent and unusually wet winters. The lake last filled up in June 2019, but snowmelt should be sufficient to fill it this spring, according to a United States Department of Agriculture report released this month.
Like Water Sloshing in a Giant Bathtub, El Niño Begins an Inevitable Retreat
A few weeks ago, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology declared that the Pacific Ocean is no longer in an El Niño state and has returned to “neutral.” American scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been more hesitant, but they estimate that there is an 85% chance that the Pacific will enter a neutral state in the next two months and a 60% chance that a La Niña event will begin by August.
US Dedicates $60 Million to Saving Water Along the Rio Grande as Flows Shrink and Demands Grow
The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate change and growing demands.
Tracking California’s Water Supplies
The American Southwest recently experienced its driest period in 1,200 years. Storms in the winter of 2023 eased some of California’s extreme drought conditions, but officials stress that conservation should remain a way of life.
This page tracks hydrological conditions, precipitation, the Sierra snowpack and the largest reservoirs serving the state.
Giant New Calif. Reservoir Plan Would Bring Water to 24 Million People
California’s reservoirs are not only vital to the state’s complex water systems, providing millions of people and the state’s agricultural economy with needed access to water; they’re also important gauges for how healthy the state is overall. This year’s at-capacity reservoirs have been a boon for a region besieged by drought over much of the past decade, but more work is needed to help ensure a plentiful and water-wise future for the most populous state in America.
North America’s Biggest City is Running Out of Water
Mexico City is parched.
After abysmally low amounts of rainfall over the last few years, the reservoirs of the Cutzamala water system that supplies over 20 percent of the Mexican capital’s 22 million residents’ usable water are running out.
Opinion: Ringside: Water Czars Ignore Solutions to Scarcity
The Delta Tunnel proposal exemplifies California’s political dysfunction. It will probably never get built, but it promises to dominate all discussions of major state and federal spending on water infrastructure for the next decade, preventing any other big ideas from getting the attention they merit.
Incredible Before-and-After Images of Reservoirs Are Proof of California’s Winter Deluges
After another wet winter, record rainfall has turned California green and replenished the state’s reservoirs, which had been perilously low during the worst days of the drought.
Lake Oroville, the state’s second-biggest reservoir, often serves as a rainfall barometer. As of Tuesday, Oroville was at 100% capacity, according to data from the state Department of Water Resources.
