Selected projects intended to increase stores of clean drinking water. The Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that 36 drought resiliency projects will receive $84.7 million through…
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Hoover Dam Reservoir at Record Low
Extreme drought conditions exist in Southwest U.S. Lake Mead, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam, has sunk to its lowest level ever, underscoring the gravity of the…
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Interior Creates Drought Prevention Working Group
Joint effort between the Interior and Agriculture departments to address ongoing drought in the West. The Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday that it had created an…
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Drought Building in Western States
Little relief in sight for multiyear drought. Weather patterns in parts of the western United States are bringing a crushing drought that will affect more than 70 million…
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Western U.S. Water Supply Beginning to Run Low
Water level projections are not encouraging. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was formed in 1902 in order to address the issue of water supply in the Western United…
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Interior Department Targets Invasive Mussel Species
Western states water supply strained by population growth The Department of the Interior announced on Tuesday that it would be renewing efforts to cut back the spread of…
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