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Drought: Water Restrictions Reach Oilsands
Posted on 16 Sep 2015 by Dianne Saxe

Unprecedented water use restrictions, due to widespread and extreme drought, are in force in western parts of the US and Canada. California is in its worst drought on record . Widespread water shortages have prompted state governor Jerry Brown to proclaim... Read More

Planning For Drought and Drinking Water In Ontario
Posted on 14 Apr 2015 by Dianne Saxe

By Meredith James Climate change is worsening flooding but it will also bring faster spring runoffs, hotter summers, more evaporation and droughts. What will that mean for Ontario’s drinking water supply? Source water protection committees are... Read More

Virginia’s Draft State Water Resources Plan
Posted on 11 Jun 2015 by Williams Mullen

By Henry R. "Speaker" Pollard, V The severe drought in Virginia in 2002 saw several localities nearly exhaust available public water supplies and reenergized public policy concerns about Virginia’s water resources and their proper... Read More