ICYMI - WHEN IN DROUGHT: Aurora prepares for a year of severe water restrictions
'This is a more dire situation than any of the previous watering restrictions I’ve been here for. It’s bad'
ICYMI - WHEN IN DROUGHT: Aurora prepares for a year of severe water restrictions
'This is a more dire situation than any of the previous watering restrictions I’ve been here for. It’s bad'
ICYMI - WHEN IN DROUGHT: Aurora prepares for a year of severe water restrictions
'This is a more dire situation than any of the previous watering restrictions I’ve been here for. It’s bad'
Amid ‘dire situation’ for Colorado River Basin, headwater states say they can’t cut #water they don’t have
No mention of cows & water guzzling cow food crops in the article. Yet this KILLING THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM. just more #WaterWars -- for their sacred #cows
#CattleRanching #WaterWars #ecocide #ColoradoRiverBasin #Drought #ClimateCrisis https://wyofile.com/amid-dire-situation-for-colorado-river-basin-headwater-states-say-they-cant-cut-water-they-dont-have/
#FLPol #WaterManagement #Drought
From The Watchers.news: Severe drought triggers water restrictions in Southwest Florida
https://watchers.news/2026/03/27/severe-drought-triggers-water-restrictions-in-southwest-florida/
#Colorado residents face earliest #WaterRestrictions ever — a harbinger of worse to come
Nearly every snow basin in the Mountain West had one of its warmest winters on record and is well behind normal for water supplies.
March 27, 2026, 9:11 AM EDT
By Evan Bush
"As a result of a #SnowDrought and a #HeatWave that have both set records, some Colorado residents face the earliest restrictions on their water use ever imposed.
"#DenverWater announced Wednesday that it is seeking a 20% cut in water use, asking people to turn off automatic watering systems until mid-May and restricting the watering of trees and shrubs to twice a week.
" 'The situation is quite serious,' said Todd Hartman, a spokesperson for the utility. 'We’re in such a dire situation that we could be coming back to the public in two or three months and saying you’re limited to one day a week.'
"It is the earliest in the year that Denver Water has ever issued a restriction, Hartman said.
"Colorado’s #snowpack peaked at extremely low levels on March 12 — nearly a month earlier than usual — then cratered during the recent heat wave that cooked nearly every state in the West.
" 'We already had the lowest snowpack we’ve seen since at least 1981, and now, with the heat wave conditions, we’ve already lost about 40% of the statewide snowpack' since the March 12 peak, said Peter Goble, Colorado’s assistant state climatologist. 'Conditions are looking more like late April or early May.' "
#USWx #WesternUS #Drought #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #ClimateChange
Floridan aquifer levels hit lowest since 2011 with little March rain
With no rain in the forecast, Alachua County and North Central Florida continue to draw more from the Floridan aquifer than it gets recharged, and the overall upper aquifer level dipped below the 20th percentile for the first time since 2011.
#drought #FloridanAquifer #Florida #water #aquifer
https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/news/floridan-aquifer-levels-lowest-since-2011
Horses cross the almost dry bed of the Aconcagua river in Ocoa, Chile. Over the past 15 years, the country has been suffering from a mega-drought that has devastated landscapes and ecosystems.
Photograph: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters