reservoirs

Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s About Time

Inspired by indigenous views of nature, a movement to grant a form of legal “personhood” to rivers is gaining some…

6 years ago

Seattle, suburbs would lose all water pressure within 24 hours of catastrophic earthquake

Photo: Mami Hara, CEO and general manager of Seattle Public Utilities, stands inside the Beacon Reservoir in August 2017, when…

6 years ago

SFWMD: Water district board OKs leasing reservoir’s land to sugar grower

Environmentalists and state officials agree there's "no silver bullet," no single project that will seriously curtail discharges of excess Lake…

6 years ago

Smart Water Policies to Achieve Urban Water Security

Photo: https://pixabay.com/en/helicopter-ride-flight-exciting-1218974/ Traditionally, urban water managers have relied on large-scale, supply-side infrastructural projects to meet increased demands for water. This…

6 years ago

Trump signs water projects bill with aims in Flint, Florida

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging bill to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, including a Florida…

6 years ago