Water - Page 23

May 26, 2023

California likely won’t run out of electricity this summer thanks to recent winter storms

Reservoirs in California have been filled by recent winter storms, allowing the state to restart its hydroelectric power plants which were previously closed during the drought.

May 25, 2023

Typhoon Mawar slams Guam, knocking out power and forcing boil water advisory

Typhoon Mawar tore through Guam, although no casualties were reported. Officials said the storm has strengthened to the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.

May 25, 2023

Supreme Court delivers blow to key Biden environmental policy

The Supreme Court upended a Biden administration environmental regulation broadly defining and regulating which water sources the federal government has authority over.

May 23, 2023

Firefighting foam contaminated public water for nearly 9,000 in Maine

Foam that firefighters used to battle a fatal fire in a Maine apartment building entered the public water supply and prompted the water district to order residents not to drink the water.

May 23, 2023

ME district warns residents not to drink water after firefighting foam causes potential PFAS contamination

The Kennebec Water District warned thousands of residents not to drink water after firefighting foam used to put out a fire contaminated the district's public water system.

May 23, 2023

Michigan judge dismisses neglect charges against former Flint official relating to city's water crisis

Charges against Howard Croft, a former public works director in Flint, Michigan, were dismissed on May 22, 2023. Croft was charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty.

May 22, 2023

Biden admin announces 'historic' plan to reduce western states' water supply

The Biden administration is green-lighting a plan from seven western states to reduce critical water supplies by nearly a trillion gallons amid an ongoing drought.

May 19, 2023

Biden administration takes step toward designating PA-owned section of Lake Erie as national marine sanctuary

The Biden administration announced a plan to designate a 740-square mile area off Pennsylvania's shoreline along Lake Erie to create a national marine sanctuary.

May 13, 2023

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captures images of what may have been a wild river

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may have captured images of what once was a flowing river while exploring Jezero Crater. NASA scientists are also looking under the Martian surface.

May 10, 2023

Half of the American West out of drought, but not fully recovered following massive winter storms

Recent winter storms have helped replenish regions from the Sierra Nevada to the Rocky Mountains. However, water challenges in the U.S. West persist, according to scientists.