Billions in Federal Assistance after New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire. But Little Money to Repair Streams

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Stream restoration beset by lack of money and workers.

US Regulators Order Minnesota to Clean Up Nitrate Contaminated Water

November 9, 2023

EPA acts to limit an “imminent” health threat

EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water

November 2, 2023

The agency will evaluate the hazards from agriculture’s primary water pollutant

“What We’re Up Against” – North Dakota Towns Fight Farm Bureau to Keep Water Clean

November 1, 2023

Tiny Pelican Township gets dragged into national campaign to upend local zoning rules.

New Mexico’s Largest Fire Wrecked This City’s Water Source

October 25, 2023

Era of megafires endangers water supplies in American West.

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Billions in Federal Assistance after New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire. But Little Money to Repair Streams

November 16, 2023

Stream restoration beset by lack of money and workers.

US Regulators Order Minnesota to Clean Up Nitrate Contaminated Water

November 9, 2023

EPA acts to limit an “imminent” health threat

EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water

November 2, 2023

The agency will evaluate the hazards from agriculture’s primary water pollutant

“What We’re Up Against” – North Dakota Towns Fight Farm Bureau to Keep Water Clean

November 1, 2023

Tiny Pelican Township gets dragged into national campaign to upend local zoning rules.

New Mexico’s Largest Fire Wrecked This City’s Water Source

October 25, 2023

Era of megafires endangers water supplies in American West.

Hotspots H20: Israel Pledges to Resume Gaza Water Deliveries

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The $58 Trillion Value of Water: A Conversation with Stuart Orr of WWF

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Water Migrants: Rising Death Toll in the Mediterranean

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Clock Ticks for Water Utilities to Join National PFAS Settlements

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Weekly Summary of Global Water News

Your Global Rundown:

The rate of melting of Greenland’sglaciers has doubled over the past two decades.
In Tokyo, mega-engineering projects designed to protect one of the world’s most densely populated cities from floods will be “put to the test” by climate change.
Residents of Derna, Libya, a city already with thousands of refugees, are reckoning with another displacement as a result of drought, mismanaged dams, and Storm Daniel.
Climate researchers have identified a “whiplash” effect that relates prolonged drought and heavy rains in northern Italy to weather patterns in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
Millions of people in Somaliaare forecasted to face extreme hunger as extreme drought, followed by record rains, have destroyed agricultural output.

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Weekly Digest of U.S. Water Policy and Trends

The Rundown:

EPA’s health assessment division releases protocol for evaluating nitrate in drinking water.
EPA orders Minnesota to respond to nitrate pollution of groundwater in the state’s southeast.
The White House updates guidance for calculating costs and benefits of federal regulation.
GAO reports on non-native mussels in the Columbia River basin and salmon health in Puget Sound.
Federal energy regulators examine electric grid reliability.

Biweekly Breakdown of Great Lakes Region News

This Week’s Watersheds

A $1.2 million restoration project on Chicago’s Southeast Side to restore close to 200 acres of wetland habitat — natural protection against flooding — is now complete.
The City Commission in Muskegon, Michigan, bought 10 parcels of land on Lake Michigan’s shores, which will be turned into public parks and recreation.
A $10 million sandbar resiliency and sewage system project in Hamlin, New York, is now complete.
A University of Michigan study finds that efforts to clean the Great Lakes are increasing the region’s property values.
Hundreds of workers at the Saint Lawrence Seaway in Montreal are striking, temporarily shutting down a “main artery” of trade between the Great Lakes and ports overseas.

For this and more of the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region, read Fresh.

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