New research can help water managers along the Rio Grande make wise decisions about how to best use the flow of a river vital for drinking water, agriculture and aquatic habitat. These studies also show how conditions from the prolonged drought in the West…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Safe for Water?
Farmers in drought areas are especially concerned by this question. As fresh water resources become scarce, one option for water-conscious farmers is…
Small Landscape Changes Can Mean Big Freshwater Gains
MADISON, Wis. – A typical bird’s-eye view of the Midwest offers a patchwork landscape covered mostly by agriculture but mottled with forest, wetland,…
Bristol Water Uses Rezatec Landscape Intelligence to Support Water Catchment Management
Harwell, Oxfordshire, July 1, 2015—Rezatec is deploying its landscape intelligence portal platform to work with Bristol Water on a ground-breaking project designed to gain a deeper understanding of the impact changing agricultural land use and soil erosion…
Some Coastal Plain Streams Influenced by Animal Feeding Operations
Animal feeding operations have measureable effects on stream water quality in many agricultural watersheds in the North Carolina Coastal Plain, according to a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey. USGS scientists took water samples from 54 agricultural…
Beyond California, Other Water Crises Loom
ROLLA, Mo., April 15, 2015—The water crisis in California may be the most severe and visible, but other threats to the nation’s water supply loom, says Dr. Joel Burken, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science…
How Much Water Does Kansas Use?
Water use in Kansas is increasing, mostly due to dry periods and climate variability, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey fact sheet on public-supply water use from 1990 - 2012 in Kansas. About 95 percent of Kansans depend on water provided by public…
Contaminants in Groundwater Linked to Agricultural Land Use
McBEE, S.C., Nov. 11, 2014—Groundwater contamination that was first detected in Chesterfield County in the early 2000s has been linked to historical agricultural land use, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey study. Scientists used water-quality…
Trimble Concludes its 7th International User Conference with Record Breaking Attendance
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 7, 2014—Trimble (TRMB) opened its 7th international users conference on Monday with more than 4,200 registered attendees from 83 countries around the world. Dimensions 2014 provided insight into how information technologies are redefining…
Corps Calls for Mississippi Waterway Infrastructure Improvements
Higher-capacity ports, expanded locks and dams and other infrastructure improvements are needed in the Mississippi River Watershed to allow its waterways to handle shipping demands caused by higher agriculture, oil and natural gas production and manage climate…
