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Science/Environment

Arizona Wants to Suck Water Supplies From Mexico’s Sea of Cortez

by MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón August 21, 2026August 21, 2026

Mexico would keep the water, but Arizona’s investment in building desalination would allow the state to draw more Colorado River water.

Science/Environment

Mexico and US Team-Up to Build Desalination Plant

by Vicente Calderón and MacKenzie Elmer July 24, 2026July 23, 2026

Science/Environment

Colorado River Deal Is a ‘QSA 2.0’

by MacKenzie Elmer June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

Water

Trump Official Shares Vision of Desal Plants Lining California Coast

by MacKenzie Elmer June 3, 2026June 4, 2026

Science/Environment

Riverside Water Sale Is Done; Deal with Feds Doesn’t Actually Exist

by MacKenzie Elmer March 19, 2026March 26, 2026

Water

Mexican Farmers Gave Up Water to Protect the Colorado River. They Claim Payment Is Still Due.

by MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón February 27, 2026March 4, 2026

Acting General Manager Dan Denham during a San Diego Water Authority meeting in Kearny Mesa on July 27, 2023.

Water

No Buyers for San Diego Water … Yet

by MacKenzie Elmer December 21, 2025December 22, 2025

Hoover Dam

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Feds Refuse to Be Bad Guy on Colorado River

by MacKenzie Elmer December 17, 2025December 18, 2025

A worker cleans grates in an irrigation ditch in Imperial Valley on Oct. 10, 2023.. A pump sends Colorado River water to sprinklers on a farm field.

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Dispatch from Sin City: Colorado River Negotiations Are Stuck in the Mud

by MacKenzie Elmer December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

Water trucks called "pipas" are filled with water from a desalination plant in Ensenada to serve residents whose water service has been cut, sometimes for months. / Photo by Carlos A. Moreno for Voice of San Diego

Science/Environment

Mexicali Farmers Threaten to Use Their Colorado River Water, Putting Tijuana’s Supply in Jeopardy

by Vicente Calderón and MacKenzie Elmer December 16, 2025December 16, 2025