• California increases water allocation after wet winter, but fish protections limit pumping

    With runoff from this year’s snow and rain boosting the levels of California’s reservoirs, state water managers on Tuesday announced plans to increase deliveries of supplies from the State Water Project to 40% of full allotments, up from 30% last month. The increased allocation, which had been widely expected, means that suppliers serving 27 million Californians, as well as some farming areas, will have substantially more water available to use and store this year. But the Department of Water...

  • California cracks down on water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

    Farm region near Tulare Lake has been put on ‘probation’ as overpumping of water has caused faster sinking of groundEven after two back-to-back wet years, California’s water wars are far from over. On Tuesday, state water officials took an unprecedented step to intervene in the destructive pumping of depleted groundwater in the state’s sprawling agricultural heartland.The decision puts a farming region known as the Tulare Lake groundwater subbasin, which includes roughly 837 sq miles in the...

  • Questions surround Uyghur woman’s sudden death

    She died after being interrogated and breaking down in tears over the body of her husband who died in prison.

  • Steelhead trout, once thriving in Southern California, are declared endangered

    Southern California’s rivers and creeks once teemed with large, silvery fish that arrived from the ocean and swam upstream to spawn. But today, these fish are seldom seen. Southern California steelhead trout have been pushed to the brink of extinction as their river habitats have been altered by development and fragmented by barriers and dams. Their numbers have been declining for decades, and last week California’s Fish and Game Commission voted to list Southern California steelhead trout as...

    • FOX40

    California farmers and residents to receive an increase in water supply from DWR

    (FOX40.COM) -- The California Department of Water Resources announced an increase in the State Water Project water supply allocation forecast for 2024. •Video Above: California uses innovative ways to improve groundwater storage. On Monday, DWR said the forecasted allocation was increased to 40 percent, up from 30 percent last month. The State Water Project provides []

    • KSBW

    Healthy California snowpack increases water resources across state

    The forecasted allocation has increased to 40%

  • Dawesville WA: Sudden death of man whose body was discovered near a service station leads to police probe

    Paramedics were called to the scene in Dawesville, south of Perth, before 4am on Friday, where they discovered the man near an Ampol service station.

  • City of Tyler issues boil water notice after ‘significant break’ in water main near Sam’s Club

    UPDATE: The City of Tyler said a boil water notice was issued as of 3:55 p.m. for TWU customers in west Tyler as a safety precaution due to the main break. The boil water notice will affect 3,404 w

  • Apple increases investment in clean energy and water

    Apple is making significant strides in expanding its clean energy and water conservation efforts worldwide. As part of its ambitious Apple 2030 project, the company has set a bold target to achieve carbon neutrality across its entire value chain by the end of this decade. This comprehensive plan encompasses a wide range of initiatives, from […]

  • New York water coming to a pizza near you

    It is a truth universally acknowledged that New York pizza is infinitely superior to Los Angeles za. But the Big Apple's reign may be coming to an end. LAist reports that New York entrepreneurs are exporting the city's secret ingredient to the West Coast — water. — Read the rest

  • Water rescue underway near Fordland in Webster County

    FORDLAND, Mo. - The Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District Assistant Fire Chief Lafferty confirmed that a water rescue is underway south of Fordland Friday night in Webster County. According to the Assistant Fire Chief, the Webster County Sheriff's Office, MSHP Troop D, and the Battlefield Fire Protection District are also responding. The fire protection district and []

  • Jamaica increases water storage in schools in face of drought

    Kingston, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Jamaica announced on Tuesday new measures to store more water, especially at the schools in the country's western region, and help alleviate the worsening of drought. The post Jamaica increases water storage in schools in face of drought first appeared on Prensa Latina.