Water Resilience with Sandra Postel
Post Carbon Fellow Sandra Postel gave this interview at the BSR 2015 conference where she was a keynote speaker.
Postel TV appearance reported in LA Daily News
Post Carbon Fellow Sandra Postel’s appearance on National Geographic’s new 6 part series ‘Breakthrough’ was reported in this article. From the article: Two of those featured on “Water Apocalypse” are Sandra Postel and Aaron Mandell. Postel is co-founder of...
Groundbreaking State Law Tested in Colorado Headwaters Stream
During low-flow conditions, a pilot project will leave more water in this reach of Willow Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River near Granby, Colorado, to benefit habitat and fish populations. Photo: Geoff Elliott/Grand Environmental Services. By Sandra Postel...
Postel talk reported in the Utah Statesman
Post Carbon Fellow Sandra Postel’s opening presentation at CAAS week was picked up in the Utah Statesmen. From the article: The College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences is kicking off CAAS week with one of the most well-known water...
As the Gold King Spill Reminds Us, We All Live Downstream
Around this time last year, I was walking the banks of the Animas River in Durango, the southwestern Colorado town blindsided last week when the river turned a sickly yellow-orange from a colossal spill of toxic mine drainage upstream...
With One-Third of Largest Aquifers Highly Stressed, It’s Time to Explore and Assess the Planet’s Groundwater
NASA’s twin-satellite mission known as GRACE has helped scientists estimate how much water is being depleted from the world’s major aquifers, but there is great uncertainty about how much water these aquifers hold. Image courtesy of NASA. Imagine if...
The “Sixth Extinction” Adds Urgency to Habitat and Climate Protection
The Northern Mexican gartnersnake (Thamnophis eques) lives in wetland areas alongside rivers. Over 90 percent of its riverside habitat has disappeared in the last century due to overgrazing, water diversions, wildfires and drought. A proposed diversion of the Gila...
Solar Electricity Buybacks May Reduce Groundwater Depletion in India
Ramanbhai Parmar, a wheat and banana farmer in India’s dry state of Gujarat, was the first to sell electricity back to the power grid from the solar panels that drive his water pump. Photo credit: CCAFS/Prashanth Vishwanathan It’s hard...
New U.S. Water Rule is Crucial for Clean Drinking Water and Resilience to Droughts and Floods
An aerial view of the Prairie Pothole Region, near Wing, North Dakota. A new U.S. clean water rule protects prairie potholes and other freshwater ecosystems. Credit: Jim Ringelman, Ducks Unlimited/courtesy US Department of Agriculture. It took nearly a decade,...
One Colorado Town’s Answer to a Catch-22 of Water Conservation
Inefficient lawn irrigation is a common occurrence, and a big water waster, in western U.S. cities. Photo: Sandra Postel A few years ago, the town of Westminster, Colorado, just north of Denver, came eye-to-eye with an issue many water-conserving...