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The Rundown The Senate passes a big water infrastructure bill that addresses sewer overflows, lead pipes, Great Lakes, and more. The State Department completes an environmental review for a desalinated water pipeline from Mexico to the San Diego area. Energy regulators issue a draft review of a Virginia natural gas pipeline. The U.S. Geological Survey […]
The Rundown A federal judge said pipeline construction could proceed, but Obama administration decides to pause Dakota Access pending further review. The CDC surveys the Toledo community’s response to the 2014 toxic algal bloom that shut down the city’s drinking water system. EPA and state regulators close wastewater injection wells in Oklahoma because of earthquakes. […]
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 […]
Lake Mead forecast to remain above shortage trigger in 2017. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue A resolute effort in Arizona, California, and Nevada to reduce Colorado River water use is slowing the decline of Lake Mead and delaying mandatory restrictions on water withdrawals from the drying basin. The Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency […]
The Global Rundown A new tool will allow federal forecasters to track hourly the water conditions in rivers and streams across the United States. In the past year, the U.S. has experienced eight floods of a magnitude that statistically occurs only once every 500 years. Federal water managers also predicted this week that low water […]
Hydropower expansion relies on improving existing dams. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Change is coming for the 90-year-old Point Marion Lock and Dam, change that could signal a new direction for America’s water and power infrastructure. More than a decade ago a steady flow of barges passed through Point Marion, on the Monongahela River […]
The Rundown Permit allows 1,100-mile oil pipeline to cross under the Missouri River. The White House puts climate change at the center of federal agency environmental planning while the world’s glaciers are on a long losing streak. A coal company pays a $US 3 million Clean Water Act fine. Watchdog agency tells Army Corps to […]
Water diversions upstream increase risk in stressed watershed. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue In Colorado, rivers flow not only down mountain slopes but beneath them, across them, and through them. Nearly four dozen canals, tunnels, and ditches in the state move water out of natural drainages and into neighboring basins. Some snake across high […]
The Rundown The Energy Department identifies a path for more U.S. hydropower. The White House issues a cyberattack response plan. The EPA issues water quality recommendations to protect fish from copper and selenium, while the EPA’s internal watchdog delays an investigation into the Gold King mine spill. Federal agencies make “little progress” on a national […]
The Rundown No action yet on important water and environment bills. NOAA establishes a new water office. California and federal agencies release a strategy to save the Delta smelt. The U.S. Geological Survey identifies hot spots for corrosive groundwater and reckons what rising seas will do to Cape Cod. A law expert clears a path […]
The Rundown Instead of new federal rules, the EPA will work within existing local and state programs to manage logging road runoff. The CDC is helping North Carolina health officials deal with a brain-eating amoeba at a whitewater park. The House passes a bill to protect salmon but fisheries experts question its effectiveness. The House […]
The Rundown Forecasts for Gulf of Mexico and Lake Erie are for normal dead zones and algae blooms, which is to say that the water pollution is still bad and not close to meeting targets. A Pennsylvania congressman calls for federal investigation of groundwater pollution while California representatives want answers about federal reservoir operations in […]
