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The Colorado River Basin Forecast Center’s recent forecast is for only 70% of the average flow into Lake Powell this spring and summer, according to Schumacher.
The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km 2) in portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas). [1]
A major point of contention is whether the rules protect public waterways from huge farms that siphon water from rivers. DHEC’s decision sets up a potential court battle.
America's Most Endangered Rivers is a list of threatened rivers in the United States compiled by the nonprofit group American Rivers. First published in 1984, the annual list spotlights ten threatened rivers –rivers that are facing environmental degradation due to existing or proposed development projects.
Great Loop - a water tour of the eastern US and parts of Canada; America's Marine Highway - a federal government initiative; I-40 bridge disaster - where a barge crashed into an interstate bridge; Big Bayou Canot rail accident - where a barge crashed into a railway bridge; Inland Waterway (Michigan) The Waterways Journal Weekly - trade publication
Major flood stage at Fargo is 30 feet. Record-setting flooding occurred in the city back in 2009 when waters reached 40.84 feet. Major flooding is a concern all the way along the Mississippi River ...
[10] [11] Lake Mead fell to a level expected to trigger federally mandated cuts to Arizona and Nevada's water supplies for the first time in history. [12] The first quarter of 2022 was the driest on record in California and Nevada. [13] Despite June having slightly above average precipitation in California, the state still had its driest first ...
Arctic Ocean. In the Americas, only the United States, Canada, and Greenland have rivers on the Arctic Ocean coast. Greenland is surrounded by the Barents Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean), the Greenland Sea (often described as part of the Arctic Ocean), Baffin Bay to the west (marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean), the Labrador Sea to the south (part of the Arctic Ocean), and directly to the Arctic ...