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Supervisors to hear presentation on water control

OROVILLE — Revisions to California’s Water Control Manual are taking place this year between the California Department of Water Resources and the Army Corps of Engineers. The Butte County Board of ...
Las Vegas Sun

SNWA, partners develop tool to rank incoming businesses’ water consumption against benefits to the community

Cities and economic development organizations could start saying no to incoming businesses seeking tax abatements and grants if they consume too much water and won’t bring enough economic benefits to ...
KETV Omaha

Residents of Plattsmouth asked to limit water consumption as city runs off backup water supply

ON METV OMAHA STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH THAT. BREAKING NEWS AT NINE. THE CITY OF PLATTSMOUTH IS RUNNING ON ITS BACKUP WATER SUPPLY FROM CASS COUNTY RURAL WATER WELL. THE CITY WANTS YOU ...
Reuters

Rising bottled water consumption signals safe drinking water goal is under threat, says U.N. think tank

March 16 (Reuters) - Surging global bottled water consumption reflects the failure by governments to improve public water supplies which is putting the U.N. sustainable development goal of safe ...
Los Angeles Times

Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds

With chronic water shortages afflicting the Colorado River, discussions about how to cut usage have increasingly focused on a thirsty crop that consumes an especially large share of the river’s water: ...