Jun. 7—STEWARTVILLE, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Health announced Friday that it will host four public meetings — three in person, one virtual — to discuss nitrates in drinking water in Southeast Minnesota. “Each in-person meeting will include a presentation from MDH along with an open house during which attendees can ask MDH and […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After massive downpours flooded California’s rivers and packed mountains with snow, the state reported Monday the first increase in groundwater supplies in four years. The state saw 4.1 million acre-feet of managed groundwater recharge in the water year ending in September, and an 8.7 million acre-feet increase in groundwater storage, California’s […]
May 1—WARDEN — The efforts of Washington legislators have resulted in federal funding to rebuild bridges as part of a long-term project to switch irrigators to surface water in a section of the Columbia Basin Project. All of the work is connected with the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Project, involving the Columbia Basin Development League and […]
NELSONVILLE – A group of current and former Nelsonville residents filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Portage County Circuit Court in pursuit of clean drinking water. The five individuals, represented by Midwest Environmental Advocates, are challenging a settlement made in September between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Gordondale Farms of Nelsonville, a community of […]
Mar. 25—Gilbert is suing multiple manufacturers after toxic forever chemicals were detected, including in its groundwater. Reportedly 4,000 lawsuits mostly by cities and states, including Arizona, have been filed against 3M and other chemical companies for contaminating drinking water with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — known as PFAS. The long-lasting chemicals are found in household […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials said a Saudi-owned company they targeted over its use of groundwater to grow forage crops is moving its farming operation out of a valley in the Southwestern state’s rural west. Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona State Land Department announced late Thursday that Fondomonte Arizona is officially no longer pumping […]
America’s striking dietary shift in recent decades, toward far more chicken and cheese, has not only contributed to concerns about American health but has taken a major, undocumented toll on underground water supplies. The effects are being felt in key agricultural regions nationwide as farmers have drained groundwater to grow animal feed. In Arkansas for […]
Arizona’s 100-year water supply requirement came into sharp focus this year when Gov. Katie Hobbs announced news of a potential shortfall. It came up again recently when state Senate President Warren Petersen publicly discussed why the requirement is 100 years and not some other number. Petersen, R-Gilbert, said the number is arbitrary during a meeting […]