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(Jan. 20, 2009, Macon)

Many people are applauding the state’s new water conservation plan, now up for public comment, although some critics say it isn’t specific enough and is likely to suffer from lack of funding.
Water planning gained new urgency — and political legs — in the wake of a historic drought that has hit north [...]

(Jan. 16, 2009, Enviroblog)
Economic losses caused by nutrient pollution of U.S. freshwaters are felt by people all around the country, according to the policy analysis by the Kansas State University team of scientists led by Walter Dodds.
Repeated application of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers, intensive tillage of soil, discharge of manure from animal farms, and [...]

(Jan. 20, 2009, Aguanomics)
As promised in the comments to this post, I spoke to Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition (CFWC) about water pricing and water markets.
We had a long conversation, but here are the comments that Mike wanted on the record:

CFWC favors a “fix” in the Delta that serves [...]

(Jan. 18, 2009, Treehugger)
China’s “Dead Lakes” Keep Reappearing
Two years ago, an algae outbreak in China’s renowned Tai Lake sounded a global environmental alarm. Now, despite China spending billions of dollars on lake cleanup efforts, some algae has returned. And similar poisonous blue-green algal blooms that have been cropping up in other lakes across the country [...]

(Jan. 11, 2009, Kearney Hub)

Irrigation water supplies and costs rated high in importance in a September 2007 survey by two University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension specialists. It also showed that few irrigators are using new irrigation management technologies that can save water and money.
Alan Corr, an Extension educator specializing in water and cropping systems [...]

(Jan. 11, 2009, Des Moines Register)
Monsanto said last week it’s seeking regulatory approval of drought-tolerant corn, a crop that will mark a major milestone in agricultural biotechnology.
Farmers won’t be planting the seeds for a while, however. Monsanto officials said they hope to have the corn on the market in 2012, depending on how long it [...]

(Jan. 8, 2009, Napa Valley Register)

This week, water experts from the city and county of Napa expressed confidence that residents will not have to prepare for rationing or extreme conservation measures in the near future.
Even if the State Water Project delivers only a small portion of what it has promised in 2009 — which is [...]

(Jan. 5, 2009, NCRiverWatch)
Among the barrage of environmental problems we face today, from climate change, to deforestation, to pollution, there is another potential disaster looming on the horizon that journalist Fred Pearce argues is not getting enough attention–major rivers across the globe are no longer flowing all the way to their traditional outfalls. This is [...]

(Dec. 30, 2008, Denver Post)
Finances are tight for a lot of folks these days.
Unfortunately, money isn’t the only thing that’s lacking. There’s another type of shortage that threatens our quality of life.
Colorado needs more water. As things stand right now, the state will not have enough water for our population in the near future.
We’re not [...]