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Mississippi’s Claim That Tennessee Is Stealing Groundwater Is A Supreme Court First
A dispute over an aquifer that crosses political boundaries could expand water rights law. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Sometime in the next few months, lawyers for the state of Mississippi will stand before a U.S. Supreme Court-appointed legal expert, clear their throats, and argue that Tennessee, a neighbor, is stealing water. However it […]
Federal Water Tap, October 3: Congress Reaches Deal on Flint Aid, Budget
The Rundown Lawmakers find a path for Flint aid but they are not at the finish line yet. Exxon agrees to a $US 12 million oil spill settlement, and Southern Coal Corporation will pay $US 5 million for Clean Water Act violations. The EPA grants Clean Water Act powers to Indian tribes and considers water […]
U.S., Mexican Scientists Collaborate on Border Aquifer Research
First-ever assessment program confirms boundaries of two shared aquifers. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Not only are they geographic features, the rivers that mark the U.S.-Mexico border are also cultural icons. In March 2014, when the Colorado River surged into its delta for the first time in decades, the riverside town of San Luis […]
The Stream, August 3: Asia Works Toward More Sustainable Systems
The Global Rundown International aid in Mozambique will provide much needed potable water systems. Vietnam is reconsidering how its agriculture and aquaculture industries affect the Mekong Delta. Many are eagerly awaiting new energy policy from China, which will shape its direction over the next several years. One community in India is building its own water metro system. Fish are switching their internal clocks to […]
Federal Water Tap, July 11: EPA Will Not Regulate Forest Road Runoff
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 Stream, June 23: One-Third Of Hospitals Lack Running Water In Developing Countries
The Global Rundown A survey of hundreds of hospitals in developing countries found that a third of them do not have reliable access to running water, putting medical care in jeopardy. Deliveries of water, food, and other aid to Syrian refugee camps are at risk after Jordan sealed its border this week. Erosion along the […]
The Stream, June 6: Addressing Pressing Problems a Province at a Time
The Global Rundown India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan‘s president Ashraf Ghani appear to have laid their hands on a collaborative solution to irrigation and electricity in the latter’s Herat provence. Masterpieces are being evacuated from the lower levels of the Louvre, while Parisians scramble to avoid the rising River Seine. Six years later, evidence of the Deepwater […]
Lake Mead Record Low Reflects Changing American West
In drier conditions, the desire to use more water confronts the need to use less. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue Nervous investors, concerned about their nest eggs, will check the financial markets. Is the New York Stock Exchange up? What direction is the NASDAQ moving? For people living in the American Southwest, water levels […]
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Lake Mead Drops But Hoover Dam Powers On
New investments expand the dam’s generating range. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Six years ago, at the end of the summer of 2010, federal Bureau of Reclamation officials worried that Hoover Dam, the biggest hydropower enterprise in the Southwest, might soon go dark. Water levels in Lake Mead, the dam’s energy source, were falling, […]
