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Arizona and California Farmers, Targets for Colorado River Cuts, Draft Their Conservation Strategy

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Knowing they are targets, farmers in southern Arizona and California who receive irrigation water from the Colorado River are discussing a plan that could go a long way toward meeting a federal conservation mandate in the drying basin. Besides the irrigation districts, urban suppliers in the basin are also putting forward conservation plans.

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Utah’s Water Dilemma

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Utah, they insist, can do much more to conserve its existing freshwater reserves. In Utah’s southwest corner, the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District is championing the $260 million Pine Valley Water Supply project , currently under review by the Bureau of Land Management.

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The Stream, May 18, 2022: How Some Cities in the American West Have Ample Water Supplies Amid Drought

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Many southwestern cities are implementing water conservation policies that experts say are providing ample supplies in an otherwise drought-stricken region of the United States. What’s Up With Water—May 17, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers water-related financial risks and a mandate to conserve water in California.

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48 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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16 [PaEN] -- DailyLocal.com: Growing Greener Funding Will Improve Local Waters In West Chester Area -- The Progress: Clearfield Conservation District Plans 6 Projects, Cover Crop Incentive Program With Growing Greener Grant Funding -- TribLive: PA Tree Seedling Sale Underway By Game Commission -- Erie News Now: Penn State Extension To Host Feb.

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68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program [PaEN] -- MCall: Can Dogs Be Used To Combat Spotted Lanternfly?

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What Is Water Use, Anyway?

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So it makes little sense to call on urban users to conserve, so the story goes, until ag goes first. It’s all very well and good to condemn ag for wasteful water use, and I do. We all know the story, and the percentages: of water used by human beings in California (i.e. In the end, there is no free lunch.

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20 Years of Severe Drought Impede Huge Developments in Southwest

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Bernalillo County required the developer to install expensive wastewater treatment and recycling infrastructure to reduce water use and waste. Until there’s scarcity most developers aren’t incentivized to conserve water,” said Brock Smethills. billion gallons of water a year to serve its 90,000 residents. Keith Schneider.

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