Federal officials have discovered damage inside Glen Canyon Dam that could force limits on how much Colorado River water is released at low reservoir levels, raising risks the Southwest could face shortages that were previously unforeseen. The damage was recently detected in four 8-foot-wide steel tubes — called the river outlet works — that allow water to pass through the dam in northern Arizona when Lake Powell reaches low levels. Dam managers spotted deterioration in the tubes after...
Communities across western Massachusetts have experienced an early wet season and rain this week will add to an already high water table.
Water from the Kansas River might taste a little different compared to your tap.
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Authorities are searching for a man and his dog after they disappeared at Grand Canyon National Park, possibly while trying to travel the Colorado River on a homemade wooden raft. Thomas Lee Robison, 58, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, "may have attempted to go down the Colorado River with his dog, who is a Welsh corgi, on a self made raft,” the National Park Service said in a statement and in a missing person flyer Wednesday. Robison’s dog was described as a 25-pound corgi that is 11 years old. The...
The Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative (OACI) rolled out the findings of its 2023 Assessment Survey Report on practices being used by farmers in the Sandusky watershed to manage water and nutrients. The assessment results show ample conservation efforts, as well as areas for improvement and continued farmer education and resourcing by OACI. “The numbers were, overall, much stronger than
OPINION — The St. George metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing regions in the country. Explosive population growth combined with the impacts of climate change, extended mega-drought and dwindling water supplies mandate that we fully optimize our water management practices, especially here in the dry desert country of Washington County. The Washington County […]
Exclusive: 80% of Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of English ones, 60% in Scotland and 50% in Northern Ireland breaching regulationsThe majority of UK dairy farms are breaking pollution rules, with vast amounts of cow manure being spilled into rivers.When animal waste enters the river, it causes a buildup of the nutrients found in the effluent, such as nitrates and phosphates. These cause algal blooms, which deplete the waterway of oxygen and block sunlight, choking fish and other aquatic life....
The local farmers in Massachusetts have joined forces to urge the relicensing of the Wilder, Bellows Falls, Vernon, and Turners Falls hydroelectric dams and the Northfield Mountain Pump Storage facility on the Connecticut River.
Paris mayor said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there.
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah, April 17, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is hosting its first desert tortoise viewing event on Saturday, April 27, near Ivins. The Mojave desert tortoise is found in southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, southeastern California and western Arizona, says a news release issued by Utah DWR. The Mojave […] The post Utah DWR hosts first desert tortoise viewing event, in Washington County first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
As Mexico’s drought drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action against thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City