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Jan. 27, 2009
 Reductions in rainfall to last centuries decreasing drinking water supplies . . . Climate change has a firm grip.
Researchers say that even if nations can get carbon dioxide levels under control, it would take 1,000 years or longer for the climate changes already triggered to be reversed.
-- LA Times January 27, 2009
... Kevin Trenberth, head of climate analysis at... More
Jan. 27, 2009
Pat's Gargantuan Mississippi River Plan to provide cover for the merely Preposterous Pipeline Plan? George Knapp wonders. . . . At a meeting of water professionals in Washington, Mulroy pitched the idea of capturing all the floodwaters along the Mississippi River, creating a vast network of aqueducts that would transfer that water to the Great Plains where it would be pumped into the gargantuan aquifer that runs... More
Jan. 26, 2009
Cut water use 41% and create good jobs and save tons of energy, too! The water utility, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, is the largest consumer of electricity in the region just to pump water up to the city from Lake Mead.
The Pacific Institute says the typical Nevada family could save more than 30 gallons of water per day with devices like low-flow show... More
Jan. 20, 2009
"Subleasing water to Las Vegas growth for profit?" ...
If the change is enacted, groups won’t be able to lease their water shares to the Southern Nevada Water (Authority) for thousands of dollars per share while replacing the water with shares being leased from the Virgin Valley Water District for hundreds of dollars per share.
Currently,... More
Jan. 15, 2009
Cheaper to move Las Vegas? Southern Nevada Water Czar wants Mississippi Water The Las Vegas Review Journal reports: "If the federal government wants a surefire way to create jobs and stimulate the economy, Pat Mulroy has a suggestion to make: ... take a serious look at a decades-old idea of capturing floodwater from the Mississippi River and using it to recharge th... More
Jan. 15, 2009
Denver Post reports: Southern Nevada Water Czar trumpets loudly for huge federal projects ...
"We have no choice but to bring in supplies from the outside," says Southern Nevada Water Authority's Pat Mulroy, who also is eyeing piping in water from the Mississippi River to quench her customers.
GBWN Take: Is the amount for subsidy for breakneck population growth unlimi... More
Jan. 15, 2009
Top 11 drugs (pharmaceuticals) of 51 studied in 19 cities drinking water A comprehensive survey of the drinking water for more than 28 million Americans has detected the widespread but low-level presence of pharmaceuticals and hormonally active chemicals.
Little was known about people's exposure to such compounds from drinking water, so Shane Snyder and colleague... More
Jan. 15, 2009
GBWN: Stop sending rural water through gargantuan pipelines to unsustainable urban sprawl. [Letter to the Editor] I admired the foresight of many of your Western "Wishers" for Obama. However, none of them mentioned water (HCN, 12/22/08). Great Basin Water Network seeks an end to giant water pipelines, the ones that take water from the West's magnificent landscapes, wildlif... More
Jan. 15, 2009
In the drying West: "leaving behind the dam-building and pipeline-laying federal bureaucracy of the last hundred years" -- Rep. George Miller ...
President-elect Barack Obama has articulated a clear and compelling vision of a government that, in sharp contrast to the last eight years, addresses real-world problems. As he said last month, "This isn't about big government or small government. It's about building a smarter gov... More
Jan. 15, 2009
Water grabs going on in eastern States not just Nevada & Utah ... Sprawl development in Atlanta, Georgia has sucked up ever more water outstripping the supply. The City and State attempted to take more and more water from the Apalachicola River to the detriment of Florida and Alabama. [Web note]
... “After nearly two decades of litigation, this marks a... More
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