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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new study finds that the megadrought in the American West is the worst in more than a thousand years. Scientists say the world’s glaciers hold even less freshwater than previously thought. A water utility in Great Britain fails to inform residents that their water was contaminated with PFAS chemicals. Outreach for […]
A new report found that the average annual temperature in the San Joaquin Valley could increase by four degrees within three decades.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN In the American West, dwindling water supplies force a first-of-its-kind construction moratorium in Utah, threaten the livelihoods of rural farmers in California, and jumpstart the green chile harvest in New Mexico. Flash floods hit the country of Oman as the government attempts to stop the spread of Covid-19. A pipeline bursts in […]
Groundwater pumping is reshaping California’s farm belt.
Rock barriers will deflect saltwater intrusion in California’s most important water body.
Regardless of drought, the San Joaquin faces key decisions this year, according to American Rivers.
The Rundown Two western senators offer a bill to secure forested watersheds. The House approves a California drought bill and gets a prompt veto threat from the White House. The world’s glaciers continued to melt last year, while the U.S. government is banking on Nepal’s hydropower sector. Los Angeles takes another step toward reviving its […]
Pollution The disposal of wastewater created during the mining of bituminous tar sands is a growing problem for Canada’s oil industry, which must store the water in vast reservoirs, and the industry is planning expansions that could turn Alberta into the largest man-made lake district in the world, Bloomberg News reported. Environmentalists worry that the […]
Despite an extensive water and sanitation system ranking among the world’s best, a human rights lawyer — appointed by the United Nations — has reported that some of the poorest Americans live without affordable, convenient access to these basic necessities.
The largest city in California’s San Joaquin Valley is transforming its water system, at a significant cost.
The biggest declines are in the San Joaquin Valley and in metropolitan Southern California.
Farmers south of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can expect to receive about 10 percent of their federally allocated water this spring, so says the U.S. Department of the Interior. That’s up from zero, after heavy rain- and snow-fall in the Sierra’s had the Bureau of Reclamation reassess earlier predictions Tuesday.
