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A weekly round-up of what’s happening in water news in the American West.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including Trump claiming that Gov. Jerry Brown is limiting access to water for firefighting, an orca’s grief that symbolizes chronic water problems and a new study predicting increased flooding.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including growing California wildfires, a new analysis of desert water consumption, and a reaction from the Interior Department to the delta flows plan.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including the announcement of Proposition 1 water storage money, a high-profile lawsuit in the Klamath Basin and a new plan for Hoover Dam.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including how wildlife is enduring drought and wildfire, whether Los Angeles will add a tax to fund stormwater and a newly released environmental impact report for the Delta tunnels.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including why fires are so bad after California’s drought ended, the continued fight over Hetch Hetchy reservoir, and new insight in predicting weather.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including the latest drought contingency talks in Arizona, and drought conditions and wildlife activity across the West.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including the Forest Service’s decision on a permit for Nestlé, federal money for drought projects in the West and a poll of San Francisco voters’ thoughts on water.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including funding for Southern California groundwater projects, data gaps in agricultural water reporting, and a new tool to see which schools are testing for lead in drinking water.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including security threats at major dams, wildfires across the West and toxic algae in Oregon’s drinking water.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including funding for California’s Proposition 68, a settlement over Nestlé’s water permit in a Southern California forest and a national bill to tackle water affordability.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including toxic pesticides from cannabis grows, a key election in the Colorado River’s future and the ongoing battle over Hetch Hetchy.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including worsening drought conditions in the Southwest, legislation to change control of California’s Department of Water Resources and a bump in water allocations.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a move to block tunnels lawsuits, legislation to further water efficiency and a potential legal challenge addressing U.S.-Mexico border wastewater issues.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a new report about climate impacts in California, key backing for the delta tunnels, and a projected shortage for Lake Mead in the years to come.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a delayed vote for tunnels funding, a Klamath water fight and changes in dam releases on the Colorado to aid an unlikely creature.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a feud on the Colorado River, boosted water allocations in California and an update on water storage projects.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a heated disagreement among Colorado River basin states, new ideas for the Salton Sea, and a climate change lawsuit in Colorado.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including big news on Water Fix financing, water trouble in New Mexico and controversy over hydropower on the Snake River.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including an update on Metropolitan’s WaterFix financing, a new report on the future of the Sierra Nevada snowpack, and the arrival of a late-season atmospheric river.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including Delta Tunnel costs in Southern California, New Mexico’s fire season and a near failure of a California dam.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including an update on Salton Sea projects, the impact of late-season storms and sustainability challenges faced by Phoenix.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including slim chances for a “March miracle” snowpack, efforts to fund sustainable groundwater management, and worrying conservation numbers.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including the latest snowpack information, new regulations on indirect potable reuse and a study finding a century of snow declines across the West.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including water pollution in Santa Rosa following the North Bay wildfires, a new dam inspection bill and a lawsuit over the California tunnels project.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a delay on a decision regarding new conservation rules in California, initial allocations for some Central Valley contractors and bad news for the ski industry.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including new Delta tunnel developments, impending conservation rules and a rodent invasion.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a new California Water Fix plan, a lawsuit over the Clean Water Rule and diminished flows on the Colorado River.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including water bond money for desalination, Sierra Nevada snowpack, and a new water reuse guide for design professionals.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a dam proposal in Wyoming, snow drought in the West and trouble for new water storage projects in California.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including more talk about a one-tunnel project in California, a lawsuit over the Oroville Dam emergency and the latest Colorado River forecast.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including California’s Department of Water Resources’ new director, deadly mudslides and enduring drought in the Rockies.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including the results of the first snow survey, a new trend in marketing untreated drinking water and a plan to increase federal water deliveries for farmers.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including a Water Board report on Nestle’s water extraction on public lands, more dry weather across the West and threats to Arizona’s pine forests.
In this weekly roundup we analyze key water developments around the West, including the extension to 2047 of San Diego’s water transfer deal, no agreement yet of a drought contingency plan for Colorado River Basin states and progress in Lake Powell pipeline planning.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including the drought’s continued impact on forests, concerns about dry weather and problems at California dams.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including Southern California wildfires, the West’s most expensive water pipeline, and the reasons for a prolonged dry spell.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including creeping drought across western states, a shrinking Great Salt Lake and a new tool for tracking Salton Sea changes.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including climate impacts to groundwater, a legal challenge to a desalination plant and seawater intrusion into a key agricultural aquifer.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including factoring climate change into groundwater plans, a Texas-New Mexico water war and the overdrafting of the Ogallala aquifer.
In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including the Salton Sea agreement, the latest climate assessment and the latest figures on our water use.
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