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The Global Rundown Severe storms deluge Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, leaving six people dead. Phoenix, Arizona, boosts its alternative water supplies in the face of Colorado River shortages. Wine production in South Africa’s Cape region is expected to be the lowest in years due to drought. An Idaho town asks neighboring cities for water after […]
The state looks for ways to help poor households with the increasing cost of drinking water.
What are the trends and the disruptions we saw in 2018, and what’s ahead for 2019 and beyond?
What was water in the United States this year? For one, it was visible — and vividly so.
The Rundown Mountain Valley Pipeline ruling hinges on administrative procedures and the Clean Water Act’s balance of state and federal authority. Canada, Mexico, and the United States sign an environmental cooperation agreement. Federal scientists say more investment and research is needed for short-term weather forecasts. USGS scientists study metals in Lake Powell sediment, land subsidence […]
The Rundown The CDC publishes Legionnaires’ data from 2014 and 2015. The EPA releases the first batch of test results from latest cycle of monitoring unregulated contaminants in drinking water. The EPA and New Mexico agencies look at ways to reuse oilfield wastewater. Watchdog agency recommends better dam safety oversight at FERC. A Senate subcommittee […]
The Rundown Bipartisan bill would establish pilot programs to help poor families pay water and sewer bills. The EPA selects 39 water infrastructure projects to apply for $5 billion in federal loans. NOAA assesses the 2018 Lake Erie algal bloom, which was milder than forecasted. FERC asks California officials for more analysis of Oroville Dam […]
The Rundown Most immediate effect of the Trump memo will be to quicken environmental reviews. Operation and maintenance costs for water systems are rising, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Federal agencies publish timetables for regulatory actions. An Ohio lawmaker introduces a bill to require the EPA to set a drinking water standard for microcystin. […]
The Rundown The EPA must revise sections of its rule guiding coal ash disposal, a federal appeals court says. A Senate hearing investigates response to potential Great Lakes oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac. The Trump administration aims to send more water to Central Valley farmers. The Bureau of Reclamation leases Colorado River basin […]
The Global Rundown Michigan health director Nick Lyon is set to stand trial over involuntary manslaughter charges related to the Flint water crisis. The thickest sea ice in the Arctic breaks up for the first time on record. Floodwaters begin to recede in swamped Kerala, India. A long-term study of California’s Carrizo Plain details the […]
The Rundown House Science Committee votes to tear apart EPA’s IRIS program. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revokes an Obama administration policy requiring a net ecosystem benefit from oil, gas, mining, and other such projects. Reclamation criticizes California Water Board’s plan to boost San Joaquin River flows. Retiring House member floats a new infrastructure package […]
