We’ve notified #WesternWater maybe 6 times since 2012 that my father had died, yet they continue to show his name on our water bills & won’t let me change my account settings online to delete his name from our account.
Nebraska sues Colorado over water it draws from the South Platte River
Gov. Polis: 'We have also continued to meet in good faith with Nebraska, despite its attempts to intimidate Colorado landowners and damage our agricultural communities'
❄️🏔 INSTAAR's Mountain Hydrology Group has assembled another real-time estimate of snow water equivalent (SWE) for basins in the Sierra Nevada. Their May 1st data show 50-96% of average (2001-2021).
For a full report and detailed maps, see https://buff.ly/3Ue20ag
#CAwater #CAwx #westernwater #rainonsnow #climatechange
INSTAAR's Mountain Hydrology Group has assembled another real-time estimate of snow water equivalent (SWE) for basins in the Sierra Nevada. The April 8th data show 90-138% of average (2001-2021).
For a full report and detailed maps, see https://buff.ly/3Ue20ag
The Nevada Supreme Court will hear arguments today in an ongoing case about pumping groundwater from the Lower White River Flow System, which feeds the Muddy River, a tributary of the Colorado River and habitat for the endangered Moapa dace.
At stake are key questions about the state's authority to use "best-available science" to regulate overuse, esp. when science points to groundwater drying up surface water. https://westernwaternotes.substack.com/p/water-science-and-law-meet-at-nevada #westernwater #water #science #groundwater #ecology #fish
The Great Basin is characterized by its closed basins, where water is trapped in saline, terminal lakes that support fascinating ecosystems.
But when less water flows in -- from #climatechange or human diversions -- these lakes are often first to see impacts.
High Country News' Caroline Tracey takes a look at a new bipartisan bill funding research and monitoring of these lakes. https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-water-the-wests-salt-lakes-are-turning-to-dust-can-congress-help
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