RESTON, Va.—A new public-private research collaboration supported by the U.S. Geological Survey will tackle how to best cope with the increasing droughts of the future. The USGS, The Nature Conservancy, and The Wildlife Conservation Society are launching…
Nile Day Emphasizes Continued Water Scarcity throughout the Nile Basin
CAIRO/JOHANNESBURG—February 22nd is the annual day to celebrate the Nile River, an essential force of life for millions. In this celebration, 350.org…
L.A. County, L.A. Cities and Environmental Groups Announce New Roadmap for Historic Scaling Up of Decentralized, Alternate Water Supplies
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—If the drought ended this year, Californians would be thrilled; but it wouldn’t change the need for what most now realize is a…
Bureau of Reclamation Announces Plans to Invest $23M In Water Reuse And Efficiency
Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López released plans February 8 to spend an additional $23M this year to support water reuse and efficiency, including $9M for the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program, $9M for WaterSMART Grants, and $5M…
Budget Proposal Addresses Western Drought
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Today, President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2017 budget to Congress, which includes funding for drought-stricken areas in the West, especially in California. California is in the fifth year of unprecedented drought, and increased…
New Lake Mead Intake Named Among World’s Top Engineering Feats
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 8, 2016—The recently completed drinking water intake constructed to protect Southern Nevada residents from continuing drought has been nominated for the 2016 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award by the prestigious American Society…
Water Supply Planning and Drought
The Environment Agency’s draft guidance for the next generation of Water Resource Management Plans makes it clear that water companies must understand how their systems will perform during periods of drought. Ralph Ledbetter is a senior hydrologist at HR Wallingford.…
Almond Orchards Flooded in California to Restore Groundwater
Researchers from the University of California, Davis are studying whether almond orchards can be used to restore water to depleted aquifers. The excess water in the irrigation system from recent storms is being used to flood the farm of Nick Blom in Modesto…
Interactive Web Tool Shows Effects of 16-Year Drought in the Colorado River Basin
WASHINGTON – On the heels of a White House Roundtable on Water Innovation, the U.S. Department of the Interior today launched a new, interactive website to show the dramatic effects of the 16-year drought in the Colorado River Basin. The specialized web…
Pilot Projects to Boost Colorado River Levels Underway
T​he Nature Conservancy’s Carpenter Ranch in Colorado stopped irrigating its grass fields for hay production July 1 as part of a pilot project to help the Colorado River, which has faced a prolonged drought. Known as split-season irrigation, the effort…
