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In the perpetual search for water supplies, a salty upstart will be in the spotlight Photo courtesy of San Antonio Water System San Antonio’s brackish water desalination plant, being built in stages, will be the world’s largest inland desalination facility when it is completed in 2022. The first phase will begin delivering drinking water to […]
The Rundown World leaders produce an agreement for reducing carbon pollution. Mexico owes the United States some Rio Grande water. After California drought bill dries up, finger-pointing begins. House passes microbead ban. An Oregon fish is removed from the endangered species list. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes new oil and gas rules for wildlife […]
Out of social confrontation over water and fish in California comes a fish story worth telling. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue MAXWELL, Ca. — Before the founders of the Family Water Alliance began installing metal screens at the end of the big pipes that draw water from the Sacramento River to irrigate Colusa County’s […]
News agencies carve out more space for water. Photo © Brett Walton / Circle of Blue During a field tour organized as part of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference, Jason Lewis, a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, explains how stream gauges are used to measure river flow. The conference took place October […]
The Global Rundown House-destroying floods swept through parts of Japan near Tokyo as a tropical storm passed over the country. Southeastern Brazil also received heavy rainfall that helped ease a two-year drought that has parched Sao Paulo. Forecasters reiterated that a strong El Nino this winter is unlikely to rid California of its historic drought. […]
The Global Rundown The United Nations is freeing up more money to provide water and other essentials to Yemen. A Queensland court dismissed an appeal to stop the Alpha coal mine. Botswana and the World Bank are studying a Zambezi River water transfer pipeline. Sequoia trees in California are exhibiting signs of stress due to […]
With exceptions like California and Australia, regions and cities shape resilient adaptations to water security.
Second largest U.S. city confronts new era of water scarcity with innovations on a new scale.
The Rundown Internal memos reveal dissent within Army Corps over the Clean Water Act rule. California senators introduce a drought bill. Texas natural gas looks for escape routes. Another oil pipeline might cross the Canada-U.S. border. Groundwater levels in the Klamath River Basin are declining. The Bureau of Reclamation submits its analysis of raising the […]
The Rundown Two western senators offer a bill to secure forested watersheds. The House approves a California drought bill and gets a prompt veto threat from the White House. The world’s glaciers continued to melt last year, while the U.S. government is banking on Nepal’s hydropower sector. Los Angeles takes another step toward reviving its […]
The Rundown NOAA scientists update their algae forecast for Lake Erie. California representatives introduce more water legislation while a massive engineering project spawns another environmental review and state regulators approve a reservoir plan to save salmon. NASA studies carbon storage in wetlands. The Obama administration reports on climate actions. Several EPA advisory committees will meet. […]
The Rundown Memphis and Mississippi will take their aquifer dispute to the nation’s highest court. California drought legislation will move quickly through the House. Water use per well for fracking skyrockets. States sue over the EPA’s Clean Water Act definition. State and federal gencies outline an Asian carp strategy. “As House Majority Leader and your […]
