Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers in an effort to address its shortfall under a decades-old water treaty that has drawn tariff threats from Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Friday.
After years of frightening drought, California’s reservoirs have been restored to roughly 115% of their normal levels for this time of year, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. California’s dry spell wasn’t to be taken lightly. It lasted several years and saw reservoirs reach dangerously low levels. However, unusual storms, heavy rains, and snow have restored the state’s water supply over the last couple of years.
On Monday, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling for an end to fluoridation in American communities, but when – and why – did the practice start? Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first city in the world to add fluoride to drinking water in 1945 as part of a study first sponsored by the U.S. Surgeon General, then taken over by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDR). The 15-year study of nearly 30,000 schoolchildren found that the cavities rate dropped more than 60 percent, according to the NIDR.
As winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large expanses of farmland and many towns sprung leaks. At one site, response crews drove metal sheets into the earthen berm and lined the levee face with heavy rock.
Officials in multiple cities across the United States in recent months have warned citizens about scams targeting water systems that involve payments to improve so-called quality issues and provide adequate testing.
April 1 marks an important milestone for snowpacks and water supply forecasts as the date basin snowpacks typically reach a peak before melting. However, a wave of warm temperatures late March started the melt early, adding a caveat to April 1 measurements.
President Donald Trump has long complained about modern rules that limit water flow for showerheads, making it harder for him to wash his “beautiful hair.”
In his first term, Trump directed that restrictions on showerheads be loosened, an action that former President Joe Biden reversed.
Now Trump is going to let the water flow — again.
Nearly all of California’s major reservoirs are fuller than they were in previous years after a wet and stormy winter. As the rainy season fizzles out, the California reservoirs are seeing “well-above average” water levels, setting up a positive scenario for the dry, summer months, Jay Lund, a professor and vice director for the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, told SFGATE.
