Water News from the Recent Past Water Resources in the News – previous classes Local stream flooding – Jan 24 2019 Lehigh Valley Extreme Weather – Jan 26 2019 Ensuring safe drinking water in Michigan in the post-Flint era Weaken the Clean Water Act? ASCE supports a strong Clean Water Act Water Crisis in the Colorado River Basin Feds may step in to manage drought on the Colorado Long-term water solutions in southern CA Wastewater recycling about to ramp up in LA, and cost $8B Mexico City’s water woes 1 Mexico City’s water woes 2 Impacts of big hydroelectric dams on the Mekong River in southeast Asia From Nebraska to PA – Floods, Climate Change, and Politics Op-Ed ACOE levee study Levees rebuilt after Katrina may not withstand 100-yr storm New levees not good enough Map of PFAS contamination sites PA taking steps toward regulating PFAS in drinking water Politics of PFAS? Climate change is impacting Nitrogen in surface water Climate change and water quality short video Rights for Lake Erie New York City invests $1 billion in water protection Water crisis in Cape Town Nestle water fight in Michigan Nestle expanding operations in PA California’s proposed budget A hot, dry winter in California San Diego prepares for drought Flooding in the midwest Climate change and tornadoes 2017 Houston flooding and federal flood policy Federal flood risk standard revoked 2 weeks before Harvey Harvey rainfall maps Microplastics in bottled water More about microplastics Water Conflict in India Drinking Water Crisis in India Water crisis in Cape Town vs California Ocean Impacts of Climate Change – Coral Reefs Ocean Impacts of Climate Change – Algal Blooms Sea level rise is not a distant problem – its happening now Tangier Island Video back-tracking on a new flood insurance policy Sandy and flood insurance Paying to clean up Lake Champlain Fracking in a drought 1 Fracking in a drought 2 Water flowing on Mars? 1 Water flowing on Mars? 2 Drought in CA 1 Drought in CA 2 Drought in CA 3 Increasing algae blooms in SF Bay 1 Increasing algae blooms in SF Bay 2 Pee-cycling Liquid Gold WV chemical spill 1 WV chemical spill 2 WV chemical spill 3 Massive water diversion project in China 1 Massive water diversion project in China 2 Dredging and Lake Erie