SECURE Water Act News
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Groundwater Recharge in Upper Colorado River Basin May Hold Steady Under Climate Change
Future groundwater replenishment in the Upper Colorado River Basin may benefit from projected increases in future basin-wide precipitation under current climate projections, according to a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Reclamation. The Colorado River provides water for more than 35 million people in the United States and 3 million people in Mexico. A recent USGS ...
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USGS Assessment of Brackish Water Could Help Nation Stretch Limited Freshwater Supplies
A new nationwide assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the nation’s brackish groundwater could help stretch limited freshwater supplies. This study, the first of its kind in more than 50 years, found that the amount of brackish groundwater underlying the country is more than 800 times the amount currently used each year. With issues like drought, groundwater depletion, ...
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Genesis Systems LLC and the Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) identified Genesis Systems LLC to represent the United States’ water start-up community in the development and launch of the DOE’s Water Security Grand Challenge. Anthony Contento, Ph.D. (Water and Sustainability Scientist for Genesis Systems LLC) and Mr. Mitchell Walrod (current owner) attended all development activities at the National Renewable ...
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California officially in a state of drought
After two straight years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and the largest court-ordered water transfer restrictions in state history, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday proclaimed a statewide drought, the first official drought since 1991. The state's final snow survey of 2008 conducted in May showed snowpack water content at only 67 percent of normal and the runoff ...
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NRDC’s President: Dingell a Giant Who Safeguarded Our Environment and Health
Rep. John Dingell, D-MI., the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress, today announced his retirement. Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, made the following statement: “Our air, land and water are cleaner, our health better, and our environmental protections stronger thanks to John Dingell’s remarkable leadership over ...
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