With a half an inch of snow in the back yard this morning, I’m reminded of one of my favorite bits of data-gathering described in my book. In addition to the stories of scientists who study western climate, we included activities for young people to do for themselves. Weather and climate are the most accessible …
Bob Berwyn has a nice rundown on the process now underway at the Colorado Water Conservation Board to determine how much water is left in the Colorado River for the state of Colorado to develop. Here’s the nut of the issue: After conducting what they say is one of the most rigorous studies ever of …
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My obsession with Albuquerque’s plumbing continues with today’s column (sub/ad req), a look at what’s in the stormwater running off of Albuquerque and what the various agencies, primarily federal and local, are doing about it: After a good rain, the concrete channel that collects rainwater from much of Albuquerque has the dirty-brown look of a …
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E.C. LaRue’s 1916 Colorado River and Its Utilization was a pioneering effort to quantify how much water was in the Colorado River and what we might do with it. I was happy to find that the USGS had digitized it, albeit in a somewhat funky format that required some minor hackery to extract and read.* …
Eric P asked a question on my moving water post that sent me back into the history books: I also wonder, out loud, whether the Mormons did some observing of their Hispanic neighbors to figure out the irrigation system in Utah, which was like the acequia system. Hmm… To refresh memory, the first waves of …