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U.S. Agricultural Water Use Declining for Most Crops and Livestock Production

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Climate change and a growing world population require efficient use of natural resources. Water is a crucial component in food production, and water management strategies are needed to support worldwide changes in food consumption and dietary patterns.

Agricultural production and food manufacturing account for a third of water usage in the U.S. Water use fluctuates with weather patterns but is also affected by shifts in production technology, supply-chain linkages, and domestic and foreign consumer demand.

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Kern Farmers Tapped for $14 million to Study Delta Tunnel

/in , , /by /SJV Water (San Joaquin Valley)by Lois Henry

Kern County farmers on Wednesday agreed to chip in $14 million over the next two years to kick off another attempt to move water through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta via tunnel.

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Trump Pushes New Environmental Rollbacks on Way Out the Door

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Matthew Brown and Ellen Knickmeyer

Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats.

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Historic Deal Revives Plan for Largest US Dam Demolition

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An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years.

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Senators Propose Level EPA Funding for 2021, No WIFIA Cuts

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The U.S. EPA’s water infrastructure financing programs would be in line for approximately level funding next year under a plan for FY21 appropriations released by Senate Republicans last week. The funding proposal is detailed in the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies’ Nov. 16 Monday Morning Briefing.

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House Democrats Aim To Resurrect PFAS Package

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USGS Report: Climate Change Will Reduce Groundwater in Lower Colorado River Basin

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A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey says climate change will affect groundwater resources in both the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin, but in different ways.

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How Biden Could Undo Trump’s Water Regulations

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More Rain Needed To Reduce Fire Danger, Stave Off Future Drought

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More than a month and a half into this year’s rainy season and significant precipitation was finally falling on Tuesday in Northern California. The state could use it in more ways than one.

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Why Understanding Snowpack Could Help the Overworked Colorado River

/in , , /by /Deseret News (Utah)by Amy Joi O'Donoghue

Forty million people, 5.5 million acres of farmland and the livelihood of residents in major metropolitan areas such as Salt Lake City, Denver and Las Vegas depend on the Colorado River, described as the workhorse of the West and under assault by drought.

The U.S. Geological Survey is in the beginning stages of learning more about this river via an expanded and more sophisticated monitoring system that aims to study details about the snowpack that feeds the river basin, droughts and flooding, and how streamflow supports groundwater, or vice versa.

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