March 12, 2009
|
|
Water & Wastewater Newsletter March 12, 2009 |
|---|
  |
|---|
| This Week´s Featured News Stories |
|---|
 |
Preventing a water crisis
Californians know all too well that water shouldn`t be taken for granted, especially as the state now faces what many are calling `the worst drought in modern times.` On the heels of losing more than US$260 million last year due to the drought, California farmers are at risk of losing most of their federal water supplies critical for irrigation - a blow that could cause even more severe economic losses this year. `Water is our life - it`s our jobs and it`s our food,` said Ryan Jacobsen, executive director of the farm bureau in Fresno County. `Without a reliable water supply, agriculture ... |
||||
 |
Link discovered between extreme weather event and marine ecological change
Plymouth scientists have discovered evidence of a direct link between extreme weather events associated with climate change and episodic changes to the ecological conditions and processes of the marine environment of the Western English Channel. These modifications could have significant implications on how our coastal seas function in the future and ultimately, on the goods and services provided by the oceans. The research, undertaken by PML, the University of Plymouth and supported by the Environment Agency and the Western Channel Observatory, has demonstrated that heavy summertime rainfall ... |
||||
| |||||
|
|||||
| Advertise in this Newsletter For information on advertising in this newsletter, contact us or call USA 1-888-244-5029 / Europe +34 91 395 2969. |
