water cycles

Most recent stories in water cycles

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  Liz Kramer

  

  As the Klamath Basin faces another dry year, the effects are far-reaching

  ijpr.org

  Last year, the region faced one of the worst droughts on record, and this year Gov. Kate Brown declared a drought emergency in Klamath County for the …

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  Liz Kramer

  

  Arizona’s future water shock

  waterdesk.org - Circle of Blue

  By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – March 28, 2022The Biggest Dry: Arizona, third of three reports. Read the rest of the series here. PHOENIX – On a …

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  Liz Kramer

  

  'Problems everywhere': Water so low in massive reservoir that an intake valve is now exposed

  USA TODAY - Mike Snider

  When the water level in a dam falls so low that an intake valve becomes exposed, you know the lake is in trouble. But when that happened this week at Lake Mead, it didn't surprise experts or state and federal officials. They have known that Lake Mead, the nation's largest manmade reservoir and home …

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  Liz Kramer

  

  Arizona's Dry Future Begins as Colorado River Shrinks

  The Wall Street Journal. - Jim Carlton, Eliza Collins

  PHOENIX—Arizona is the first state to experience deep cutbacks caused by a drought-fueled decline in the Colorado River, one of the most important sources of water in the American Southwest. Farmers in the fast-growing state are losing most of the water they receive from the Colorado this year, and …

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  Liz Kramer

  

  ‘We Woke Up and We Lost Half Our Water’

  New York Magazine - By Kyle Paoletta

  How climate change sparked a multistate battle over the Colorado River. The Colorado River’s 1,450-mile run begins amid the snowy pinnacles of the …

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  Liz Kramer

  

  Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks

  The Washington Post

  Lewis Lawrence likes to refer to the coastal middle peninsula of Virginia as suffering from a “soggy socks” problem. Flooding is so persistent that people often can’t walk around without getting their feet wet. Over two decades, Lawrence, the executive director of the Middle Peninsula Planning …