Between Two Watersheds
The Colorado River may be running dry, but the Pacific Ocean is not — and on Thursday, San Diego took a first formal step to turn that into a business opportunity. The San Diego County Water Authority voted to sign a memorandum of understanding with federal, Arizona and Nevada water managers to explore selling desalinated Pacific Ocean water across state lines. The pilot, if formalized, would turn ultra-expensive water and underused capacity at the Western Hemisphere’s largest desalination plant, in Carlsbad, into a resource for fast-growing neighboring states as they absorb potentially-economy-shattering cuts on the Colorado River.
Other Colorado River news:
- Grist: The Colorado River is nearing collapse. It’s Trump’s problem now.
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah): Utah’s Colorado River commissioner says Lower Basin states are being ‘untruthful’
- KTAR (Phoenix): Colorado River crisis: Why Arizona can’t bear the burden alone
- Fountain Hills Times (Ariz.): Opinion: What the drying Colorado River reveals about us
- Circle of Blue: Blog: Big decisions loom for a rapidly shrinking Lake Powell
- Urban Land Magazine: Colorado River Basin negotiations put Western land use and real estate at a crossroads
