Tag: Water Resources Development Act
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Close to Home: Investing in sustainable water sources
Photo: A drone provides a view of water pumped into the California Aqueduct. (KEN JAMES / California Department of Water Resources) Looking around the West, it’s impossible to ignore the signs of water scarcity. Our changing climate, growing population and massive demands from irrigated agriculture are colliding with critically dewatered streams and estuaries and the…
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White House approves huge reservoir for Lake Okeechobee overflow
Photo: Algae collects along the the shore of Shepard Park on the St. Lucie River near downtown Stuart on June 12, 2018. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post) A massive reservoir to hold Lake Okeechobee overflow got White House approval this week, a key step for the fast-tracked plan to spare northern estuaries from…
