Tag Archives: water

High Plains Aquifer Dwindles

The fossil waters underlying the Great Plains, left over from the Pleistocene, are giving out.  We done sucked ‘em dry.  Any hydrologist could have told you it was in the works.  We’ll see the end of fossil ground water pumping … Continue reading

Posted in linkstream | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Water Footprint of Crops

A fairly exhaustive accounting of the water embodied in various crop products in a 2011 paper by Mekonnen and Hoekstra.  For each kg of rice, 14,000 liters of water.  For each kg of beans, 5000 liters of water.  Wow.

Posted in linkstream | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Like Water for Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists gives an overview of how water is used in the generation of electricity.  I came across this Op-Ed at the NYT that claimed more water is used for electricity than agriculture, and just could not believe … Continue reading

Posted in linkstream | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

When the River is Client

Design Explorations of the Lower Colorado River, a landscape architecture course taught by a friend of mine at Cal Poly, in which the Colorado River is taken to be the primary client, and human needs are assumed to be real, … Continue reading

Posted in linkstream | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Colorado to preempt local regulation of oil and gas industries

(Fracking site close to Platteville, Colorado by Senator Mark Udall on Flickr) With the introduction of the Halliburton Loophole in 2005 the Federal government largely abdicated its role in regulating the water quality impacts of oil and gas extraction. Local … Continue reading

Posted in journal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Etech International and Crude

Etech International is a non-profit geotechnical company that works with various NGOs on environmental defense projects, mostly in Latin America.  They’ve been doing analysis for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against ChevronTexaco in Ecuador that was partially chronicled in the … Continue reading

Posted in linkstream | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Links for the week of March 4th, 2010

If you want to follow my shared links in real time instead of as a weekly digest, head over to Delicious. You can search them there easily too.

Posted in linkstream | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment