On Sunday, September 28, 2014, the Reno Gazette-Journal published a headline story by Jeff DeLong: “Cusp of a Crisis” laying out the uncertain future for Reno-Sparks water supply. Therein the Truckee Meadows Water Authority says it is relying on the “history” of the Truckee River to “pop us out of this drought cycle.” But as we’ve written before, can Continue Reading »
When you think of an industrial facility such as the Tesla Lithium Battery Gigafactory, it is easy to overlook the need for water to run it. But most places that make things need to use water at some point in the process. The Tracy power plant east of Reno is an example. It is located on Continue Reading »
In his public interest documentary video, Reno’s Carl Adams asks the $64 thousand dollar question about water. Where is it? Perhaps more of us should be asking this very question. Watch this short YouTube video and you just might be. I would add to Mr. Adams video another question or two. How does continuous growth in Continue Reading »
Drought relief for Nevada and California is not in the cards according to the Climate Prediction Center at least through December. “…the Pacific Northwest, and northern and central sections of California and Nevada, and much of western Utah are predicted to have elevated odds of below-median precipitation during the OND (October-November-December 2014) period…” The description above Continue Reading »