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As the Murray-Darling Basin Plan looks to keep more water in our rivers, it's changing the way we grow our food
5 months, 1 week ago

As the Murray-Darling Basin Plan looks to keep more water in our rivers, it's changing the way we grow our food

ABC  

When you think of ways to help the environment, housing a herd of dairy cows in a shed or planting a water-intensive crop like almonds are unlikely to be at the top of the list. The Murray-Darling Basin Plan explained Photo shows A wide body of water with land and trees in the middle Australia's most ambitious environmental reform is …

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Downpour inundates Ghaziabad city
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Downpour inundates Ghaziabad city

Hindustan Times  

The heavy morning rain, for the second consecutive day on Friday, inundated several parts of the city, leaving commuters to battle snarls and heavy waterlogging on different stretches, especially on stretches of National Highway 9. The low-lying areas and underpasses in city are getting water-logged during heavy rain, however, it is our endeavour that water do not remain stagnant for …

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Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitability
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitability

Hindustan Times  

Colorado Boulder HT Image Colorado, Today, the atmosphere of our neighbour planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but it wasn’t always that way. Little reactions can make a big difference Our new study reveals that an overlooked chemical reaction in Venus’ atmosphere can produce enough escaping hydrogen to …

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Feds say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Feds say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood

LA Times  

Robert Zavala was fresh out of the Marines and looking to escape dead-end work at a poultry plant in the early 1990s when his old baseball coach — now the head of a local water district — swooped to the rescue with a job offer. Federal prosecutors would eventually bring felony charges against Zavala’s old boss, the former general manager …

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Hydroelectricity is a hidden source of methane emissions. These people want to solve that
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Hydroelectricity is a hidden source of methane emissions. These people want to solve that

BBC  

Hydroelectricity is a hidden source of methane emissions. "After about 12 years, methane can oxidise and become carbon dioxide, so if you reduce methane emissions today, we could have an impact on global warming within our lifetime," says Louise Parlons Bentata, chief executive and co-founder of Bluemethane. Getty Images Bacteria naturally produce methane in the sediments of many wet areas, …

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The unloved L.A. River just prevented a flood disaster. Can more of its water be saved?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The unloved L.A. River just prevented a flood disaster. Can more of its water be saved?

LA Times  

As intense atmospheric rivers become more common in a warming world, so too do questions about stormwater capture in Los Angeles. “It’s a delicate balance between capturing that water for beneficial use later on and keeping the public safe — making sure that people can get to work and that children can get to school,” said Kerjon Lee, a spokesman …

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A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water
1 year, 3 months ago

A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water

New York Times  

Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched American West have held up a crucial pipeline. It doesn’t add up.” Contested segment Thornton Water Project Pipeline route Fort Collins Cache la Poudre River 25 Loveland Greeley Rocky Mountains Weld County Colorado Larimer Boulder Longmont 10 miles 25 76 Boulder Adams Area of detail Denver Thornton Colorado …

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California is now practically drought-free, but we keep wasting so much rainwater
1 year, 3 months ago

California is now practically drought-free, but we keep wasting so much rainwater

LA Times  

A driver whose car stalled out on flooded Avenue 48 asks for help from a passerby during Tropical Storm Hilary. He still called Hilary’s rainfall “an unexpected boon” for Southern California’s local water supplies, but said too much of the storm’s water washed away — the latest reminder of the state’s urgent challenge to better capture rainwater to help refill …

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Winter storms boost Central Valley water supplies, but aquifer levels remain depleted
1 year, 6 months ago

Winter storms boost Central Valley water supplies, but aquifer levels remain depleted

LA Times  

Snow geese gather on a flooded farm near Dunnigan, in Yolo County, in January. The historic winter storms that filled California’s reservoirs and covered the Sierra Nevada with snow have brought a major boost to water supplies across Central Valley watersheds — an increase that measurements from NASA satellites show is the largest year-over-year gain in more than two decades …

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California wants to store floodwaters underground. It's harder than it sounds
1 year, 7 months ago

California wants to store floodwaters underground. It's harder than it sounds

NPR  

California wants to store floodwaters underground. It's harder than it sounds Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR For much of the last few decades, when the sky didn't produce enough water for his cows and crops, Dino Giacomazzi — like most farmers in California's southern Central Valley — pumped it from the earth. Enlarge this image toggle …

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The water brokers
1 year, 7 months ago

The water brokers

Salon  

This story is published in partnership with the Reno Gazette-Journal, with support by The Water Desk, an independent journalism initiative based at the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism. Grist / Mikayla WhitmoreKyle Roerink, a water-conservation advocate who runs the nonprofit Great Basin Water Network, told Grist that he's observed Vidler trying to find ways around the "beneficial …

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California debates what to do with water from recent storms
1 year, 10 months ago

California debates what to do with water from recent storms

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Weeks after powerful storms dumped 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow on California, state officials and environmental groups in the drought-ravaged state are grappling with what to do with all of that water. “This governor is the most anti-environmental governor, with respect to endangered species and California water, that we’ve had in my lifetime,” said Jon …

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L.A. lets rain flow into the Pacific Ocean, wasting a vital resource. Can we do better?
1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. lets rain flow into the Pacific Ocean, wasting a vital resource. Can we do better?

LA Times  

The Los Angeles River roared to life this week as a series of powerful storms moved through the Southland. “In a region that imports 60% of our water, it’s just a huge untapped potential for a local water supply,” said Bruce Reznik, executive director of L.A. Waterkeeper. “We have that dual mission: flood protection and supporting local water supply.” City …

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Future gas exploration in Lake Eyre could upset the 'greatest desert river system in the world' forever, research shows
2 years, 2 months ago

Future gas exploration in Lake Eyre could upset the 'greatest desert river system in the world' forever, research shows

ABC  

The Lake Eyre Basin is the last big free-flowing desert river system in the world. The gas industry argues that it's existed in the Lake Eyre basin since the 1980s without interrupting the pristine waterways there, as well as bringing billions of dollars into Australia. "The plans exploration of unconventional gas across more than four and a half million hectares …

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