Latest Crooks Podcast Episodes
Episode 84 OVERPUMPING GROUNDWATER CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS THAN WATER DRAWDOWNS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - October 02, 2023 04:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsRisks beyond diminishing the supply of water · Remaining water unsafe or undrinkable · Saltwater intrusion Subsidence · Cracks in the earth · Moving an entire city because it is sinking Support the Show.
Episode 83 LOOKING UNDER OUR FEET
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - September 17, 2023 01:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsGreat report from the New York Times · Reflecting from 1800 to 1950 · Endless bounty of all resources Rain and snow · Rain refills aquifers in east · Snowmelt feeds western rivers Thirsty farms and growing urban areas tap aquifers · Overused and under regulated · ...
Episode 82 UPDATE ON COLORADO RIVER NEGOTIATIONS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - September 01, 2023 21:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPoints of Agreement · Current operations not working · Next set of rules should be interim Where they disagree · Upper Basin says Lower Basin exceeding allocations · Lower Basin wants to include all upstream reservoirs Support the Show.
Episode 81 MONEY TALKS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - August 24, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsStrange things happen · Metropolitan Water District of Southern California · Imperial Irrigation District Role reversals · Jeffrey Kightlinger now advising Imperial · Imperial suddenly in mood to collaborate rather than demand Support the Show.
Episode 80 SOMETHING IS SO ROTTEN IT STINKS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - July 30, 2023 17:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsKickbacks or other forms of favors · Not at State employee level · Maybe elected officials Such a sweet deal given to Fondomonte · Low price on land rental · All the water you can possibly use for free Public employees encourage monitoring water use · Nixed or ignor...
Episode 79 WILL DROUGHT PUT ALFALFA FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS OR AT LEAST ON THE HOT SEAT
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - July 18, 2023 03:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsA British newspaper reports on our drought · Alfalfa is king · Powell and Mead have risen to 36% of capacity from 28% Our country is disconnected from food supply · Forage crops can be converted to save water · Farmers love alfalfa: it’s reliable with a steady demand Need...
Episode 78 AN EXPERT’S OPINION ON FIVE IDEAS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - July 03, 2023 21:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJennifer Gimbel · Extensive and impressive experience · Shares thoughts and ideas Discussion of Five Ideas · Easier processes for farmers to sell saved water · 1041 Regulations impacts and benefits to local citizens · Strong agreement on Two Forks Reservoir · ...
Episode 77 ARIZONA GETS DESPERATE; GRASPING AT STRAWS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - June 17, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOcean desalination plant being discussed · Where’s the ocean? · Straw into the northern tip of the Gulf of Mexico Environmental and economic constraints · $5 billion is a low-ball estimate · Pipelines to cross national park and environmentally sensitive areas Would you be...
Episode 76 ARIZONA FINALLY ADDRESSING REGULATIONS – IS IT TOO LATE?
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - June 12, 2023 23:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsArizona Big Media · Blatantly touting a vast resource of water in Arizona · Hub of data center and semiconductor plants Arizona officials waking up · No more housing developments in Phoenix proper · Some rural areas passing much needed groundwater laws Support the Show.
Episode 75 WHO OWNS THE WATER IN COW MILK? A REAL LITIGATED QUESTION!
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - May 31, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLeprino cheese factory in Greeley, Colorado · About 1000 AF a year of milk · Mile is 87% water Is that water state water or private water? · Is this similar to diverted water that is not consumed? · What if milk sent out of state? Support the Show.
Episode 74 I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - May 18, 2023 20:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe kick the can legislature · Only 16 water bills this session · Like we need another study State should step up to complex and sensitive water issues · Dan Beard – saying it like it is · Our problems are immediate, but others are dire Support the Show.
Episode 73 I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE AND IT IS HERE
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - April 23, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsFarm Box Farms – containerized farming Eric Gostenki, VP of Sales · Produce 250 containerized farms per year and growing · Experimenting both with crops and concepts Joaquin Gonzales, Director of Fodder · 1 container produces as much cattle fodder as 30 acres of irrigated groun...
Episode 72 UNIVERSITY OF COLORAD EXPERIENCE LEADS TO OTHER ISSUES
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - April 12, 2023 15:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHappy until lawsuits filed · Abandonment of water rights · Potential expansion of use Prior appropriation provides path forward for dispute resolution · Times change farming practices and technology/manpower requirements · Society operates under reactive system · On...
Episode 71 DISCUSSION OF FARM ISSUES FROM THE HOWLING COW
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - April 02, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMeeting with Rob Graves at the Howling Cow Restaurant · Saving water – what is it and who can benefit? · Monitoring use of water is a problem Other questions about moving water · Water quality issues · Thornton and 1041 issues Elephant in the room · Buy and dry clos...
Episode 70 BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - March 15, 2023 22:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBad omen for the Colorado water world Five things to consider · Stop discouraging buy and dry · Do away with HB 1041 · Pass bill to allow farmers to sell saved water · Resurrect Two Forks · Create a special zone for buy and dry Support the Show.
Episode 69 BETTER IDEAS THROUGH MONITORING
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - March 08, 2023 17:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTragedy of the commons · Referring to a public resource · Transaction costs are almost prohibitive Disincentive to saving water · Demand management in real time · Can’t fix what you don’t know Cities’ rights administered in a more lax manner Support the Show.
Episode 68 HOW RIVER COMMISSIONERS RUN OUR RIVERS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - March 04, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMartin Sarley, past river commissioner, Ian Ferrell, attorney · Importance of quantifying river conditions · Administer water per laws and court rulings As much an art form as a science · Different administrations depending on history and district · Goal to be same with r...
Episode 67 FARMERS TRYING TO SAVE WATER
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - February 22, 2023 19:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsMore discussions with Evan Jeffries · Piping saves water simply by requiring less to transport · Leaving stubble from harvest keeps soil moisture higher History shows why most water is owned by farmers · Other issues affecting farmers · Farmers in CA & AZ benefited unfair...
Episode 66 FIREFIGHTER, RANCHER AND WATER THINKER
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - February 18, 2023 19:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsExperiences of Evan Jeffries in Evergreen and Otis · Running cows in a regenerative process · Manages and advises ranchers on water Some illegal water ponds protected for use for firefighting · 60 identified in Jefferson County · $300k to $500k per AF on Bear Creek Suppo...
Episode 65 A TRAIN WRECK IN PROGRESS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - February 07, 2023 20:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsColorado River Basin talks with limited results · Six states agree · California holds out Lawsuits are inevitable · Time consuming · Indian tribes left out again Support the Show.
Episode 64 AUGMENTATION, DEPLETIOINS AND ACCRETIONS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - January 29, 2023 22:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBill Berg, Hydrogeologist with Marin and Wood Water Consultants · South Platte River augmentations more complicated than in San Luis Valley · Most augmentation plans used for out of priority wells Replacement source · Must match time, place and amount of depletion · Water...
Episode 64 AUGMENTATION, DEPLETIONS AND ACCRETIONS
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - January 29, 2023 22:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBill Berg, Hydrogeologist with Marin and Wood Water Consultants · South Platte River augmentations more complicated than in San Luis Valley · Most augmentation plans used for out of priority wells Replacement source · Must match time, place and amount of depletion · Water...
Episode 63 VERIFICATION OF FARM WATER USAGE
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - January 18, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsRelationship of water to economic output · Farming uses lots, contributes not so much · Cities use little, contribute a lot more Legislature waking up to water problem · Centerpiece of new legislation · Presentation of my solutions Support the Show.
Episode 62 A FILM ON CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE WESTERN U.S.
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - December 31, 2022 21:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSupport the Show.
Episode 61 COMMENTS FROM A LONG TIME FARMER
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - December 17, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSupport the Show.
Episode 60 OTHERS ARE QUESTIONING HAY GROWTH IN THE WEST
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - December 09, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsComparing other uses to reduction of hay fields · Curbing Kim Kardashian’s use of water · Eliminating coal-fired power plants · Not even close to providing water to restoring Colorado River King Alfalfa is the real culprit · Consumes more than all cities in the Basin · ...
Episode 59 HYDROPONICS – A POSSIBLE GAME CHANGER
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - November 26, 2022 22:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsShipping container gro pods · Suppliers producing more sealed grow units · Use <1% of water of regular farming Suggestions to solve crisis · Greater use of hydroponics · Buy and dry · Revive Two Forks reservoir · Aquifer Storage and Retrieval Support the Show.
Episode 58 WYOMING WIDE OPEN SPACES
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - November 19, 2022 18:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsCheyenne, Casper, Gillette, Laramie – the big cities · East side of State · Not using Colorado River water Flaming Gorge reservoir draw downs Farming, fishing and few water consumers · Potential U.S. Congressional action Support the Show.
Episode 57 A SHOCKING REPORT ON SILENT EXPORT OF DESERT WATER
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - November 07, 2022 01:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThrough alfalfa, water being sent to Saudi Arabia · Alfalfa farms clearly sucking potable water from cities’ supplies · Middle East countries prevent using water for low value crops And what are we doing? · Arizona allows unlimited pumping in most locations · How much tim...
Episode 56 NEW MEXICO – STATE NEEDS STUDIES ON WATER
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money - November 02, 2022 17:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHeavy reliance on groundwater · Case study on running out of water · State should track water use Albuquerque’s water supply · Depends on Colorado River water for recharge and direct use · Impact of cutting back on Colorado River water Support the Show.
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