Tag: runoff
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Human Medicine Loading River Creatures With Dozens of Drugs
Spiders, such as the one pictured here, are found in riparian environments all over the world. They build their webs over streams and catch aquatic insects as they emerge from the water. Pharmaceuticals in the insects spread to the spiders and other organisms on land. Photo: Stephen Hamilton Medicines do an excellent job of increasing…
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As New Mexico Reservoirs Hit Bottom, Worries Grow Over the Future
The state’s reservoirs have done their job to help water users survive record drought in 2018. Now they are almost totally dry, and tensions are building over the year ahead. ‘Climate change is really happening,’ one water official says. Elephant Butte Reservoir, the largest in New Mexico, photographed on Sept. 10, 2018, when it was…
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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…
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Urban gardeners use big ag techniques to conserve soil
The Flanner House, with help from Brandywine Creek Farms, is preparing to create the state’s largest urban farm in the heart of one of the city’s biggest food deserts. It’s not a community garden, but rather a 1.3-acre working farm. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar Gardeners working a plot at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church on the near east…
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Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants
Reclaimed storm water may provide a local source of drinking water for parched communities. (MPCA Photos, via Flickr) UC Berkeley engineers have created a new way to remove contaminants from storm water, potentially addressing the needs of water-stressed communities that are searching for ways to tap the abundant and yet underused source of fresh drinking…
