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New Truckee River Restoration Project Starts
2013-08-16 23:35:10| Electronics - Topix.net
NV Energy and the Nature Conservancy have announced the start of new restoration work along the Truckee River east of Sparks.
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Historic Water Shortages Prompt Government Restrictions in Colorado River Basin
2013-08-16 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Water users in the parched Southwest U.S. were just hit with a devastating warning. Due to water shortages in the Colorado River Basin, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation today announced first-ever cutbacks in water releases to the rivers lower basin, which could mean reduced water deliveries to Nevada and Arizona as early as next year. The decision, triggered by historically low water levels in one of the rivers key reservoirs, Lake Powell in Utah, is unprecedented and significant. It caps...
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Feds Slash Colorado River Release to Historic Lows
2013-08-16 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A "No Fishing" sign sits improbably along a dry desert road in Nevada. The largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., Lake Mead, once extended this far-but the watery destination of anglers and boaters has shrunk so much that the lakeshore now is about a half-mile away. (View an interactive map of the region.) The recession of the massive lake that straddles Nevada and Arizona is symbolic of a long-standing problem that just got a lot worse: The Colorado River's record-low flows and the shrunken...
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Drought Forces Restrictions On Colorado River Water Releases
2013-08-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Relentless drought will force the government to cut back on water releases between Glen Canyon and Lake Mead. It's the first time that's happened since dams were built on the Colorado River. Reduction starts next year, and the announcement gives the 40 million water users in the Southwest time to plan.
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New Truckee River Restoration Project Starts
2013-08-16 04:18:19| Semiconductors - Topix.net
NV Energy and the Nature Conservancy have announced the start of new restoration work along the Truckee River east of Sparks.
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