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Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

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A complex and arcane water banking program in the lower Colorado River basin, adopted in 2007 and later amended, was designed to incentivize water conservation, prevent waste, and boost storage in a waning Lake Mead. million acre-feet of ICS have been created since 2007, but water users have withdrawn only about 550,000 acre-feet.

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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

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Edwards was also a key player in the Mount Polley tailings dam disaster of 2014 , where Imperial Metals, of which he is a controlling shareholder, experienced a catastrophic breach to one of its tailings ponds that released billions of liters of toxic waste into nearby waterways. The province and taxpayers of B.C.

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Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget

PA Environment Daily

On October 25, Baker Hughes reported the number of natural gas drilling rigs in Pennsylvania dropped to 12, the lowest number of rigs in the state since July 2007, according to Reuters. Since August 23, the drill rigs in the state dropped from 21 to 12-- a 42% drop, according to Baker Hughes. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!

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 Are Data Centers a Threat to the Great Lakes?

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Wasted energy, pollution and the noise. Data Centers Map has been tracking data centers offering colocation, cloud services, and select crypto miners and hyperscale operators (like Amazon and Microsoft), since 2007. There are environmental and security and management issues. Think about the traffic. Courtesy of Data Center Map.

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Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Push DEP To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

Hill also noted the company has been under investigation by the Office of Attorney General for possible state Solid Waste Management Act violations over road dumping of their wastewater under the co-product determination process in DEPs Residual Waste Regulations. Read more here. I've got brine from that well."

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The Stream, October 19, 2022: California City Approaches Water Supply Peril in Next Two Months

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It is Syria’s first outbreak of the waterborne pathogen since 2007. It is expensive, though, and generates a waste brine that requires disposal. That is the number of cholera cases recorded in Syria from the end of August through the first week of October, in an outbreak that now spans the country.

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Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County

PA Environment Daily

In addition, Barr has reported and has photos of a tanker truck used by Roulette to haul brine has no vehicle license and an inspection sticker dated 2007 even though it travels on public roads.] [ Click Here for photos of the State Game Lands 59 site.] This presents a real challenge to lower income and rural communities like Clara Twp.

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