Water News Video: Week of July 7 through July 12, 2025

No time to read articles? A summary of last week’s news stories is now available on video and embedded below:

From devastating flash floods in New Mexico to accelerating groundwater droughts in China with major implications for the American West, this week’s episode of Western-Water Weekly brings you the water stories from July 7–12, 2025.

We explore:

• A new artificial intelligence study showing why groundwater drought lingers long after rain returns.
• Utah’s deepening drought and emergency relief for farmers.
• Legal fights over oil expansion along the Colorado River.
• How bottled water demand is booming—and why that’s a double-edged sword.
• A 113-year success story in aquifer recharge from San Bernardino.
• Shifting drought patterns across the U.S., with troubling signs for the West.
• The heartbreaking loss of life in Ruidoso, New Mexico after flash floods.

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