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Lake Mead drought, Lake Powell too

The ongoing drought is severely affecting water levels at Lake Powell in Utah, which in turn impacts the amount of water in Lake Mead in Arizona and Nevada. All of this is further complicated by convoluted water sharing agreements between…

How to conserve water

Suspected miscreant flagrantly misuses resources. Aquanomics details how voluntary compliance and education are ineffective in cutting water usage, as Los Angeles and San Diego are learning. As are their “git tough” programs that upon examination, are toothless. The new L.A.…

More Southeast water wars

A botched survey two centuries ago put Georgia’s northern border just short of the Tennessee River. Given their unprecedented and severe drought, some in Georgia want the border redrawn so they can get the water. The reaction of the Tennessee…

The good news is…

We’ll be having five days in a row of precipitation, which will certainly help bring an end to the “moderate drought” here in Connecticut. The bad news is much of the precipitation will be freezing rain and sleet, which makes…