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Colorado River Water Managers Consider Plans for Extended Drought

2014-04-16 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The severe risks of an extended drought in the Colorado River Basin--a shutdown of hydropower generation, functionally empty lakes and restrictions on water use--are forcing the basins seven states to consider unprecedented changes in how they manage a scarce resource. Still in the earliest stages of negotiation, two remedies have emerged, both of which seek to fortify Lake Powell, the nations second largest reservoir, and preserve its capacity to generate electricity and supply water to the...

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Water advisory lifted for Pigg River after spill

2014-04-14 23:21:19| Waste Management - Topix.net

Late last week, approximately 30,000 gallons of cow manure from a holding lagoon near the intersection of Calico Rock Road and Six Mile Post Road, west of Rocky Mount, spilled into a small tributary that feeds into the Pigg River.

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Pennsylvania Water Utility Exec Will Head Delaware River Basin Regulator

2014-04-07 23:23:44| ENR.com: Headline News

Florida engineering firm president joins Maryland-based JMT after acquisition.

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Historic "Pulse Flow" Brings Water to Parched Colorado River Delta

2014-03-22 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: Thanks to a landmark agreement between the United States and Mexico, the parched Colorado River Delta will get a rejuvenating shot of water this spring for one of the first times in five decades, just in time for World Water Day on March 22. On March 23, 2014, the gates of Morelos Dam on the Arizona-Mexico border will be lifted to allow a "pulse flow" of water into the final stretch of the Colorado River. Officials and scientists hope the water will help restore a landscape that has long been...

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