Tag: rainfall
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New rules limiting clean water protections ignore stream science
Photo: Sections of the Little Colorado River in northern Arizona are ephemeral, flowing most frequently during the spring to accommodate snowmelt runoff or during the summer monsoon season. In this view, the river is at flood stage, with water cascading over the falls. Dale Nations/Flickr CC On Dec. 11, the Trump administration announced plans to…
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Coal Ash Dumps Are Contaminating Groundwater in 22 States
Coal ash located at the Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Virginia, appears in a photo taken on June 26, 2015. Kate Patterson for The Washington Post via Getty Images Ten years ago today, the earthen wall of a coal ash impoundment in Kingston, Tennessee, ruptured, sending 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash slurry rushing…
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A permanent solution to California’s water woes — seawater
Workers move a pipe in front of the 2000 pressure vessels that will be used to convert seawater into fresh water through reverse osmosis in the western hemisphere’s largest desalination plant in Carlsbad (San Diego County). Long ignored as too costly and environmentally dubious, desalination is returning to the public discussion of how to address…
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Trump rolls back decades of Clean Water Act protections
American bullfrog floating at the surface of a farm pond in Kentucky USA The Trump administration has taken aim at removing environmental federal protections for wetlands and isolated streams from pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a proposal redefining US waters under the Clean Water Act. Farm and agriculture lobbyists have pushed for these changes…
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Water Board Sues IBWC Over Untreated Sewage from Tijuana River
The state of California is suing the federal government over untreated sewage in the Tijuana River. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes is in Imperial Beach with more. (Published Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018) Tijuana Sewage Lawsuit Moves Forward The San Diego Water Board is suing the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), claiming…
