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(Feb. 19, 2009, Christian Science Monitor)
On the Colorado River Delta, some 250 miles west southwest of Tucson as the crow flies, sits Cienega de Santa Clara.
It’s a 63-square-mile patch of wetland – a key stop for migrating birds along an arid stretch of the Pacific flyway. It’s the largest remaining wetland on the Colorado River [...]

(Feb. 10, 2009, Alternet)

The basin has proven how difficult it can be to determine who holds what rights in western water and how it can put ecosystems at risk.

Last week, the Oregon Supreme Court agreed to decide whether irrigators in the Klamath Basin “own” water delivered by the federal Klamath Reclamation Project. This [...]

(Jan. 23, 2009, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has the legal authority to supply metro Atlanta’s drinking water from Lake Lanier.
The Corps’ legal opinion, released late Thursday, is a good harbinger for metro Atlanta in proceedings unfolding in a federal court in Jacksonville, Fla. That’s where a federal judge is [...]

(Jan. 15, 2009, The Auburn Plainsman)
The United States Supreme Court turned down a petition Georgia filed reviewing a ruling that favored Florida and Alabama Monday.
Lake Lanier, Atlanta’s main source of drinking water, will be providing less water for the capital.
Georgia filed the petition against the federal appellate court’s decision last year. The Supreme Court will [...]

(Jan. 13, 2009, Jacksonville Business Journal)

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear Georgia’s appeal of a lower court ruling in the long-running tri-state water wars.
The high court denied a request to review a decision handed down nearly a year ago by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington invalidating a 2003 agreement to let [...]

(Nov. 19, 2008, CNSNews.com)
The Sea of Galilee, Israel’s largest fresh water source, is drying up.

Four consecutive years of drought, increased consumption stemming from population growth, and what some are calling mismanagement have contributed to the worst water crisis in Israel’s history.
Israel’s three main water sources – the Sea of Galilee and the mountain and coastal [...]