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HotSpots H2O, October 31: Desperate Libyans Drill for Water After Attack Cuts Supply
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Federal Water Tap, October 2: U.S., Mexico Sign Colorado River Agreement
The Rundown Neighbors once again unite over the Colorado River. Millions in Puerto Rico are still without drinking water or wastewater service. The EPA finds cancer chemical in water near Superfund site flooded by Hurricane Harvey. A House hearing reveals political divisions in water infrastructure funding debate. In moving the Office of Environmental Justice, the […]
Federal Water Tap, September 18: EPA Reviews Water Pollution Rules for Fossil Fuel Power Plants
The Rundown The EPA postpones two power plant water pollution rules and suspends enforcement of water pollution rules for power plants in Florida while they restore electricity after Hurricane Irma. The EPA also reconsiders Obama-era rules on coal waste disposal. The House passes a budget package that includes a six percent cut to the EPA. […]
Federal Water Tap, August 21: Undermanned EPA Delays Lead and Copper Rule — Again
The Rundown Draft lead rule is now expected in January. The Justice Department settles a closely watched Clean Water Act lawsuit against a California farmer. Trump infrastructure executive order turns its back to the rising oceans, while the EPA will review an Obama-era water pollution standard for fossil fuel power plants. Thanks to a wet […]
Federal Water Tap, August 14: Wheeling and Dealing in the American West
The Rundown A House Committee approves a bill to ease the transfer of irrigation and related infrastructure from the Bureau of Reclamation to local agencies. The Energy Department subsidizes hydropower generation from dams that did not previously generate power. The planet set another yearly temperature record in 2016, with lakes showing warming too. Local water […]
Federal Water Agency, in Course Correction, Courts Private Investment
Bureau of Reclamation showcases five water projects for private investors. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue In early May, Bureau of Reclamation officials gathered the world’s top builders and bankers for a meeting at the Sheraton West hotel conference room in Lakewood, Colorado, a Denver suburb that abuts Rocky Mountain foothills. Reclamation faces a conundrum. […]
The Stream, April 18: Retreating Glacier Shifts Water Flow of Canada Rivers
The Global Rundown A shrinking glacier in Canada changed the direction and amount of water flowing down several rivers in the Yukon. Illegal gold mining in Zimbabwe continues to pose a threat to rivers and forests. Water and sanitation investments remain critical to the fight against cholera in Haiti. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in […]
Utilities Move to Break Arizona’s Coal-Water Link
The proposed halt to operations in 2019 at the West’s largest coal-fired power plant could attract White House attention. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Since 1976 the 2,250-megawatt coal-fired Navajo Generating Station, with its three towering stacks belching thick plumes of steam, has commanded the summit of a high bluff close to the Colorado […]
Federal Water Tap, January 19: EPA, Interior Confirmation Hearings Center on Federal Role
The Rundown Senate committees question nominees for EPA and Interior. A futurist report from nation’s intelligence agencies considers the potential for water conflict. The Obama administration makes a final donation to a global climate development fund. A binational commission evaluates Great Lakes water quality progress. The outgoing Interior secretary issues a final order on the […]
Manmade Flood Gives Life to Colorado River Delta
A battered ecosystem begins to recover. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue On March 23, 2014, the gates were opened wide at Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma, Arizona. For the next eight weeks, water pitched into the dry bed of the Colorado River, wetting its delta like the spring floods that coursed […]
Federal Water Tap, August 29: Odds of Colorado River Shortage Drop Slightly in New Forecast
The Rundown The lower Colorado River Basin is still looking at roughly a 50/50 chance of a shortage declaration as soon as 2018. A federal judge will soon decide whether to block construction of an oil pipeline that crosses the Missouri River. President Obama tours the Louisiana flood zone and designates a new national monument […]
