With a megadrought draining water reserves in the West, states are looking for alternatives to handle water rights, many of which were set more than 100 years ago when water supplies were far more abundant. Back then, just posting a sign next to a water diversion was enough to be considered a right, one which… >> Read More
Charges against Michigan’s former governor and others in the Flint water scandal must be dismissed after the state’s Supreme Court said Tuesday that a judge did not have the ability to issue indictments under a century-old law. The court said in a 6-0 opinion that while state laws “authorize a judge to investigate, subpoena witnesses… >> Read More
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County’s water supplies are in good shape in the face of severe statewide drought, but local and state leaders said San Diegans should still take steps to avoid water waste and limit outdoor irrigation. “We’re here on a somber note, and that is as we move into summer… we are… >> Read More
Metro Denver’s wastewater treatment system is spreading sewage biosolids laced with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” at its farm in eastern Arapahoe County and on private farms that buy the material as fertilizer, according to test records obtained by the Colorado Sun. The likely presence of the ubiquitous and dangerous chemicals on Colorado farmland, placed there… >> Read More
Some farmers in our state have seen reduced water for their crops, while other farmers have already run dry. Like most mornings, Nancy Caywood loads up in her car and drives around her 250-acre farm, Caywood Farms. The dust kicks up behind the back wheels and in a few days, she says her farm will… >> Read More