EDWARD RING: Large scale desalination could help resolve Colorado River shortage Maven Colorado RiverWater supply augmentation August 11, 2026By Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center The operating agreements that govern Colorado...
EDWARD RING: Debunking the allegedly prohibitive cost of desalination Maven Water supply augmentation August 6, 2026By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Earlier this summer a guest op-ed appeared in...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Mexico and US Tteam-up to build desalination plant Voice of San Diego Colorado River July 24, 2026An international bank says the plant is being built to reduce Tijuana’s reliance on the dwindling Colorado River. by Vicente...
CRONKITE NEWS: Desalinated Pacific Ocean water won’t be cheap but Arizona is scrambling to offset Colorado River cuts Cronkite News Colorado River June 26, 2026by Marcus Reichley, Cronkite News Arizona may soon purchase desalinated Pacific Ocean water to help offset shortages in the Colorado...
GRIST: The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird Grist Colorado River June 23, 2026Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Those are just a few ideas for how the Trump administration should save the desiccated waterway....
NEVADA CURRENT: Nevada signs water sharing agreement with Arizona, California Nevada Current Colorado River June 4, 2026by Jeniffer Solis Lake Mead could soon benefit from the nation’s largest desalination plant thanks to an agreement that would...
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Reclamation advances effort to expand water supply tools for challenged Colorado River Basin Bureau of Reclamation News Colorado River June 4, 2026Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: A new pathway for moving water where it’s needed most in the Colorado...
MET COMMITTEE: Building flexibility beyond 2026: Interstate water transfers in the Lower Basin of the Colorado River Maven Colorado River April 16, 2026Several years ago, both the Southern Nevada Water Authority and entities in Arizona each invested $6 million in Pure Water...
REPORT: Creating opportunities to bring seawater desalination to coastal federal lands in California Edward Ring Water supply augmentation March 11, 2026From the California Policy Center: California’s water supply challenges increasingly pose risks not only to the state’s economy, but to...
EDWARD RING: Large scale desalination belongs in California’s water strategy Edward Ring Water supply augmentation February 12, 2026By Edward Ring In debates over water policy in California, a common argument is that if only we managed the...
UC RIVERSIDE: UV light holds promise for energy-efficient desalination UC Riverside Water supply augmentation November 4, 2025UCR experiments offer pathway for solar solutions By David Danelski, UC Riverside A team of UC Riverside researchers has uncovered...
EDWARD RING: Large scale desalination could transform California Edward Ring Water supply augmentation October 30, 2025By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Why is it axiomatic among California’s...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: While San Diego leaders balk at high rates, city debates less-ambitious sewage recycling plan Voice of San Diego Planning and management October 28, 2025Less recycled sewage into drinking water means more reliance on the increasingly unstable Colorado River and expensive desal By MacKenzie...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Streamlining desalination to save drinking water UC Santa Cruz Water supply augmentation October 27, 2025Sea level rise means fresh groundwater will increasingly become salty. Yat Li explains how his novel 3D-printed desalination tool can...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diegans owe a desal company $35 million for unmade water Voice of San Diego Planning and management September 23, 2025The plant had to shut down operations to make state-mandated upgrades, but the San Diego County Water Authority still must...
