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Nevada Irrigation District water crisis deepens, temp relief found

Nevada Irrigation District averts temporary canal outages amidst ongoing water crisis caused by damaged PG&E infrastructure.

Environmental groups sue over San Pedro River groundwater pumping

Environmentalists sue Arizona Governor and Arizona Department of Water Resources to protect the San Pedro River from groundwater pumping.

PERC partners with Utah to restore the Great Salt Lake

Utah partners with free market environmentalism think tank PERC to use voluntary water transfers to restore the Great Salt Lake.

Hobbs Signs 3 Water Bills, Vetoes 5 that “Threaten Water Future”

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signs bipartisan water bills to facilitate growth and protect groundwater while vetoing bills she says threaten water security.

Part of California canal completed following land sinking damage

Reclamation, Friant Water Authority, and Calif. DWR celebrated the completion of Phase 1 of the Friant-Kern Canal project, restoring capacity to 33 miles of the canal damaged from subsidence -- a...

Corn Growers, Farm Bureau and others sue EPA

Ag groups and others sue EPA over new vehicle emissions standards, claiming they harm farmers and ignore the benefits of ethanol.

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