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California Closes Commercial Salmon Fishing Again in the Wake of Trump’s Order to Put “People Over Fish”

/in , /by /OPBby AP Staff

The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to dwindling numbers of fish, fishing regulators voted Tuesday. The Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages West Coast fisheries, warned earlier this year there would be limited salmon fishing this year in California, if at all, because of a predicted low number of fall-run Chinook salmon, often known as king salmon, in the Sacramento River.

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Texas County Refuses to Sell Excess Water: ‘The New Oil’

/in , /by /Newsweekby Jordan King

Texas’ Killeen City Council voted unanimously not to approve a plan to sell water with Mayor Debbie Nash-King arguing: “You cannot put a price on water.”

The United States is currently in the midst of a multifaceted water crisis caused by environmental issues such as drought, infrastructure challenges and international disputes.

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What Could Future Colorado River Water Cuts Look Like? States Look to This Year’s Weak Snowpack to Find Out.

/in , /by /The Colorado Sunby Shannon Mullane

If any of the Colorado River management options were used to manage this year’s sub-par snowpack, Arizona, California and Nevada would be forced to slash 17% to 43% of their legal share. Coloradans would be focused on voluntary conservation.

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Large Diameter PCCP Water Main Failures

/in , /by /Trenchless Technologyby Mike Kezdi Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

Another advocate of proactive management of PCCP is the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA). SDCWA is considered an industry leader in proactive management of PCCP pipelines. SDCWA’s first pipelines were constructed in the late 1940s, and the aqueduct system expanded, on average, by 4.5 miles per year until 2015. The system has 308 miles of large diameter pipeline. Of that, 80 miles is PCCP.

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Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations

/in , /by /Fox 5 San Diegoby Sharon Udasin

The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found. Standing out among the top 10 such regions was Wyoming County, West Virginia, whose public water utility boasted the highest number of infringements in a single water system, according to the study, published Tuesday in international journal Risk Analysis.

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Mexico Negotiating With Its Northern States to Send More Water to US, Sheinbaum Says

/in , /by /Reutersby Cassandra Garrison, Sarah Kinosian and Raul Cortes
Mexico’s federal government is negotiating with its northern states to send more water to the United States, the country’s president said on Tuesday, after its historic shortfall led President Donald Trump to threaten tariffs and sanctions. Mexico is scrambling for solutions after falling critically behind on its obligatory deliveries to the U.S. under an 81-year-old water-sharing treaty.
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Mexico to Send Water to Texas Farmers After Trump Threat Over US Treaty

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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.

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New Data Reveals Shocking Turnaround in Water Supply for Millions of People: ‘In Pretty Good Shape’

/in , /by /The Cool Downby Laurelle Stelle

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.

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Why – and When – Was Fluoride Added to US Drinking Water in the First Place?

/in , /by /Fox 5 San Diegoby Jeremy Tanner

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.

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California Delta Levees Are at Risk of Floods, Repairs Could Cost $3 Billion

/in , /by /NBC Bay Areaby Alastair Bland

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.

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