Tag: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community moves forward with first solar canal project in the US
The project aims to reduce evaporative water losses and minimize water use for power generation. Photo: Courtesy of the Gila River Indian Community In an effort to address the ongoing drought affecting the Southwest, the Gila River Indian Community is taking an innovative step forward by launching its Solar Canal Project to construct the country’s…
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The power of water
Why levees don’t work, and the challenge of designing them differently There has been a lot of discussion about why the Pájaro River levee failed, and who’s to blame for the breach that has decimated the Pájaro community. Likely there will be discussion about this for many moons to come. But consider that the ultimate…
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Upper Mississippi is ‘endangered,’ group says | qctimes.com
Photo: The nonprofit environmental group American Rivers has named the Upper Mississippi River to its 2019 list of top 10 most endangered rivers because of increasing flooding due to climate change and because of illegal raising of levees south of Muscatine that are making flooding downstream that much worse. This is Modern Woodmen Park in…
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Trump signs water projects bill with aims in Flint, Florida
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging bill to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, including a Florida project intended to reduce toxic algae blooms that have devastated coastal marine life and emptied beaches. The new law will help create a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee designed to filter out toxins that contribute…
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Out of spotlight, tribes keep fighting Dakota pipeline
Photo: DAPL pipeline protesters 9/25/2016 (Morton Co. Sheriff) (Reuters) – Native American tribes that tried to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline during a months-long standoff with authorities in North Dakota more than a year ago are carrying on their fight in federal court, in what they contend is a symbol of their ongoing struggle…
