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Apr 10 2024
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Osceola considers tapping nearby quarry to avert drinking water crisis
Osceola is looking at pumping water from a nearby quarry to boost dwindling levels in drought-depleted West Lake — its primary source of drinking water. Osceola Water Superintendent Brandon Patterson said Tuesday the southern Iowa city of 5,600 could potentially tap 70 million gallons of water from the 9-acre, 50-foot-deep, spring-fed quarry north of town. The proposal could help the city
Des Moines RegisterDec 26 2015
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California Faces Lost Decades in Solving Drought
One of the seemingly easiest ways to expand California’s water supply would be to raise the height of the 602-foot Shasta Dam by 18.5 feet, adding the equivalent of another reservoir to the drought-stricken state.
The federal Bureau of Reclamation has been studying the idea to some degree since 1980. But regulatory delays and pushback from critics—including a Native-American tribe that
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 09 2024
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National Weather Service encourages people to be cautious during fire season
Apr. 9—GRAND FORKS — Five days after the first red flag warning of the year, conditions are still prime for fire in the Red River Valley — even after light rain on Sunday, according to Grand Forks' National Weather Service. While the entire region is dry, the worst conditions lie north of Grand Forks and into northwest Minnesota, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Jennifer
Yahoo NewsMay 11 2015
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USDA drought declaration expanded in Utah, Nevada
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded a natural disaster declaration to include several additional counties suffering from drought in Nevada and Utah.
Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Nevada's White Pine County and Utah's Sanpete County have been designated primary disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the lingering drought.
Farmer, ranchers
Apr 07 2015
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Carly Fiorina blames environmentalists for California drought
Carly Fiorina is blaming liberal environmentalists for what she calls a “man-made” drought in California. “It is a man-made disaster,” Fiorina, who is “seriously considering” a run for president in 2016, told the Blaze Radio on Monday. Story Continued Below “California is a classic case of liberals being willing to sacrifice other people’s lives and livelihoods at the altar of their ideology.
PoliticoJul 14 2015
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California Drought Leaves Few Farmers Unscathed
Even those with high-priority access to water are at risk of having their spigots turned off. As holders of some of the oldest water rights in California, many farmers and ranchers here in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have never had their spigots turned off, a fate many of their counterparts in the parched state have endured.
But under an order from the State Water Resources Control
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 04 2014
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NASA images show California's drought deepening
All of California is in a historic drought, and images taken from a NASA satellite show the dramatic decrease in the state's water storage since 2002.
The three images were taken in April 2002, June 2008 and June 2014. Orange and red colors represent greater water loss.
California's Sacramento and San Joaquin River basins, which includes the Central Valley, have suffered the most
USA TODAYApr 08 2024
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Colorado River states get a wet winter, but Lake Powell will get below-average runoff, forecast says
Spring storms brought more snow to mountains across the Western U.S., bringing water for struggling Lake Powell with them. The National Weather Service Colorado Basin River Forecast Center on Friday estimated that Lake Powell will receive 5.7 million acre-feet of water between April and July as snow melts off the mountains. An acre-foot is roughly enough water to sustain two houses for a year
The Salt Lake TribuneMar 02 2023
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Most of California exits drought after latest storms. Interactive map shows where
For the first time in roughly three years, most of California is drought free. February’s rain and snow added to the already high amount of water that hit California at the beginning of the year. The question remains: Do California’s drought conditions show improvement? The short answer is yes, regardless of whether conditions are only temporary. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor update, issued
The Fresno BeeMar 03 2023
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California Winter Storm Warning: State Of Emergency Raised In 13 Counties As Drought Improves
California has declared a state of emergency in 13 counties after severe winter storms struck the state, just as its ongoing drought improved. In an announcement Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom put Amador, Kern, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sierra, Sonoma and Tulare counties under a state of emergency to support disaster
International Business Times