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Aquifer Is No Quick Fix for Central Texas Thirst
2014-09-12 00:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As drought continues to grip Central Texas, those looking to provide water to the regions fast-growing cities and suburbs see a solution in a relatively untapped aquifer. Water marketers, who bundle groundwater rights and sell the water to cities, say the regions Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer holds hundreds of trillions of gallons of water. They say that is enough water to sustain growth for centuries in areas around Austin, whose reservoirs are only 34 percent full, and San Antonio, whose own aquifer...
Ahoy Mateys! Arr ye ready for an Aquifer Adventure?
2014-09-10 19:02:15| PortlandOnline
This Saturday, grab your best swashbuckling outfit, and venture off to a pirate-themed festival!
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Extreme Drought in CA Triggers Halting Fracking Waste Injection Avoid Aquifer Contamination
2014-07-18 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review of more than 100 others in the state`s drought-wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking water aquifers there. The state`s Division of Oil and Gas and Geothermal Resources on July 7 issued cease and desist orders to seven energy companies warning that they may be injecting their waste into aquifers that could...
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Rising Seas + Dams + Aquifer Pumping = Delta Blues
2014-03-28 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Gardiner Harris has a comprehensive feature in The Times today taking a close look at the impact of advancing seas and sinking landscapes on Bangladesh, with a related story taking a global look at sea-level rise from global warming. Therell be much more from The Times in the next few days as Justin Gillis reports from Yokohama, Japan, on the scheduled release on Monday of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Whats...
Australia: Santos fined after coal seam gas project contaminates aquifer 'with uranium'
2014-03-08 00:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The NSW government should tear up an agreement with Santos to fast-track a coal seam gas project after the energy producer was fined for contaminating an aquifer, reportedly with uranium, the state opposition says. The Environment Protection Authority issued a $1,500 fine to Santos last month following the pollution incident at the companys Narrabri Gas Field operations in the Pilliga in NSWs northwest. Fairfax Media reports that the aquifer was contaminated with uranium at levels 20 times...
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