Australian State to Pump Oxygen Into Rivers as Fish Die
An Australian state government on Tuesday announced plans to mechanically pump oxygen into lakes and rivers after hundreds of thousands of fish have died in heatwave conditions.
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Modesto and the Westland Water District filed separate superior court complaints against the California State Water Resources Control Board, in the never-ending battle over appropriation of water from the Sacramento Delta: Should it go to fish, farmers, or towns?
Read moreLawsuit Over Microplastics in Nestle Water Thrown Out
A lawsuit claiming food and beverage giant Nestle misled consumers about its water quality by allowing high levels of microplastics in its products was dismissed by a federal judge.
Read moreSixth Circuit Denies Immunity to Flint Officials in Water Crisis
A divided Sixth Circuit denied Flint city officials immunity on a bodily integrity claim brought by a mother and child who drank the city’s lead-contaminated water.
Read moreCalifornia Officials Tie Rise in Snow Lines to Climate Change
Water officials must change how they manage California’s elaborate storage and distribution system to address six years of warmer-than-average temperatures, the state climatologist said on Thursday.
Read more2 Michigan Regulators Take Plea Deals in Flint Water Case
Two Michigan environmental regulators implicated in the Flint water scandal pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor Wednesday in exchange for more serious charges being dropped, bringing to six the number of officials who have agreed to such deals.
Read moreCalifornia ‘Water Grab’ Faces First Legal Challenge
Firing off the first challenge to contentious state-mandated water reductions for farmers and cities, a rural California water district sued the state Friday to freeze the week-old order meant to boost salmon populations in state rivers.
Read moreEnvironmental Groups Seek to Halt Expansion of Colorado Dam
Six environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke for failing to consider the consequences of building the state’s largest dam.
Read moreThinning Glaciers Will Affect Freshwater Across Asia
Asia’s rapidly shrinking high-mountain glaciers are flowing at a slower pace due to widespread ice loss, jeopardizing freshwater availability for downstream countries like India, Pakistan and China, NASA researchers said Thursday.
Read moreCalif. Officials Announce $1.7B Salmon Restoration Plan
Plunging into a decades-old water fight, California officials on Wednesday announced a $1.7 billion salmon restoration plan that would cut into farmers’ water supplies and their wallets.
Read moreCalifornia Suit Seeks to Extend Water Contracts
Capping years of debate over the financial future of the state’s critical water delivery system, California sued in state court Tuesday to validate contract extensions with its largest water suppliers for another 67 years.
Read moreState Agency Says Delta Tunnel Needs More Examination
California’s Department of Water Resources dealt a major blow to Gov. Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnel project Friday, all but ensuring that the controversial effort to divert water from Northern California to the south will not be approved before Brown leaves office at the end of the year.
Read moreHigh Court Calls for US Views in Snarls on Water Pollution
The Supreme Court ordered the U.S. solicitor general on Monday to offer input in two water cases, one involving a pipeline crack that caused an oil spill in South Carolina and the other involving Maui wastewater that drifts into the ocean.
Read moreEnvironmentalists Sue EPA for Pollution That Acidifies Ocean
Environmentalists sued the Trump administration Tuesday, claiming it refused to enforce the Clean Water Act to stop ocean acidification – which strips shellfish and coral of calcium and has caused billions of oysters to die in Oregon’s coastal waters.
Read moreSiemens Sues Over Troubled NYC Water Plant
Five years after admitting that its predecessor defrauded New York City over its troubled Croton Water Treatment Plant, Siemens Electrical returned fire against the Big Apple in a $143 million lawsuit over the same project.
Read moreSmall Town Fight of Water Rate Hike Revived in California
Voters in Dunsmuir, California, can challenge utility rate hikes proposed by town leaders to pay for repairs and upgrades to its aging water system, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Read morePipeline Developer Denied Eminent Domain by NY Court
A New York appeals court threw pipeline plans into a tailspin Tuesday, refusing to let a developer acquire the privately owned land via eminent domain when the state has already held up environmental permits.
Read moreBrown, Newsom Win Brief Truce in Brewing California Water War
Yielding to the governor’s office, California regulators on Wednesday agreed to postpone a restoration proposal that would reduce water for cities and farmers during droughts in hopes of spurring last-minute negotiations among the plan’s critics.
Read more10th Circuit Approves Chatfield Reservoir Expansion
A controversial reallocation project designed to provide water security for the growing Denver metropolis will continue as planned after the 10th Circuit Monday affirmed that the Army Corps of Engineers’ followed environmental requirements.
Read morePalau to Ban Sunscreen as It Tries to Save Its Coral Reefs
In an attempt to protect the coral reefs that divers so admire they have dubbed them the underwater Serengeti, the Pacific nation of Palau will soon ban many types of sunscreen.
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