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Atlanta Officials Say Water Repairs Are Done After 5 Days of Outages and Service is Being Restored

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jeff Amy and Sharon Johnson

City of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on Tuesday and that water problems in the city are coming to an end after five days.

The city said Tuesday night that workers had placed new pipes after a leak that sent a gushing river into the streets of the city’s Midtown neighborhood. Officials said water had been restored to a bar and a hotel immediately adjoining the leak and that they were gradually increasing pressure in the system.

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UCD: A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities

/in , /by /Davis Enterpriseby Emily C. Dooley

When desert winds stir up dust from the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed, nearby communities suffer from increased air pollution. The deterioration coincides with reduced flows into California’s largest lake, a new research paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics finds.

Disadvantaged communities have been affected more than others in the areas near the Salton Sea, which has been shrinking for years, said the paper’s co-leading author Eric Edwards. He is an assistant professor of agricultural economics at UC Davis, who did the research while at North Carolina State University.

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Newsom Praises Court Ruling Dismissing Environmental Groups’ Challenge of Sites Reservoir

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Ian James

California’s plan to build the state’s first new major reservoir in decades is advancing after a court rejected a challenge by environmental groups.

In the ruling last week, a Yolo County Superior Court judge sided against environmental advocates who had argued Sites Reservoir would harm the Sacramento River’s ecosystem and threaten imperiled fish species.

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Abnormally Hot Summer Even More Likely In Latest NOAA Forecast: Here’s Where

/in , /by /KTLA by Alix Martichoux

New predictions for the summer season, released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center this week, show weather is likely to heat up in almost every corner of the United States.

The forecast, which covers June, July and August, indicates nearly every U.S. state with leaning toward a hotter-than-normal summer season. The highest chances are found out West, where Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Colorado have a 60% to 70% chance of above-average temperatures over the next three months.

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The U.S. Drought Monitor Is A Critical Tool For The Arid West. Can It Keep Up With Climate Change?

/in , /by /Aol.by Hayley Smith

Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999.

Backed by data on soil moisture, temperature, snow cover, meltwater runoff, reservoir levels and more, the map has become an essential instrument for determining the outlook of water supplies, declaring drought emergencies and deciding where and when government aid should be distributed, among other things.

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Atlanta Remains Under State Of Emergency Amid Ongoing Water Troubles

/in , /by /CNNby Dakin Andone, Amy Simonson, Maxime Tamsett, Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris

Atlanta remains under a state of emergency Monday as it battles disruptions to its water service that began last week, leaving a swath of a major city under boil-water advisories and highlighting the pervasiveness of problems caused by America’s aging infrastructure.

“We are currently coordinating with the US Army Corps of Engineers. We have sought their assistance because they have the most experience in handling a crisis like this,” Mayor Andre Dickens announced in a statement Monday. “They will help us develop a plan to assess and evaluate our aging infrastructure.”

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First Heat Wave To Scorch The West Because Of A ‘Heat Dome.’ Who Will See Extreme Temps?

/in , /by /USA Todayby Doyle Rice

The USA’s first major heat wave of the summer will overspread the West over the next few days, forecasters said, pushing temperatures to dangerous and even “life-threatening” levels across several states, including California, Nevada and Arizona.

By the middle of the week, temperatures in both Phoenix and Las Vegas could reach 111 degrees, the National Weather Service said. Many record highs are possible.

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Extreme Heat Forecast for Western U.S. May Kick Off Sweltering Summer. Here’s the Outlook

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith

A significant early-season heat wave headed for western North America is threatening to deliver stifling temperatures that could break records, prime the landscape for wildfires and kick off a sizzling summer.

A powerful high-pressure ridge, or heat dome, will bring unusually hot temperatures to the Golden State by the middle of this week before spreading into the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Canada, according to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA. Temperatures could remain well above normal across much of the region for as long as 10 to 14 days.

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California to Receive Half a Billion Federal Dollars for Water Infrastructure Improvement Projects

/in , /by /Spectrum News 1by Vania Patino

“There have not been enough investments into the water infrastructure since it was constructed. In 1977, 63% of the capital budget went to fund infrastructure repairs and by 2017 9% was going toward water, infrastructure and repairs. That is the biggest reason why we’re seeing issues on our existing infrastructure and more investment needs to be made now before the results become catastrophic,” said Burke, director of engineering at Inland Empire Utilities Agency.

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US Says Cyberattacks Against Water Supplies Are Rising, and Utilities Need to Do More to Stop Them

/in , /by /ABC Newsby Michael Phillis

Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water.

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