Will Lake Powell become Lake Mud? Inside the growing sediment crisis
In 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam was built. It created Lake Powell Reservoir, which straddles Utah and Arizona, to ensure a water ...
Lake Powell Faces Sediment Crisis: '30,000 Dump Truck Loads' per Day
The iconic reservoir faces the risk of becoming a mud lake as 100 million tons of sediment accumulate each year.
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Why does Thurston County want to help pay for dredging in Olympia’s West Bay?
Thurston County has agreed to help pay for increased dredging in West Bay if the Deschutes Estuary is restored. The county ...
Rensselaer rallies against proposed sludge incinerator
Without a warning... The city of Rensselaer could be getting a sludge incineration plant on the banks of the Hudson ...
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Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if controversial coastal restoration stalls
The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if ...
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‘Major sediment slump’ creates new rapid at Canyonlands National Park
A "major sediment slump" has changed the flow of water in the main channel of Cataract Canyon at Canyonlands National Park, ...
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Creeping debris in the Greater Caucasus
A newly published study has mapped glacial debris across the Greater Caucasus, the mountainous region between the Black and ...
The Freshwater Microplastic Problem: Researchers Uncover Alarming Trends
Penn State researchers found that microplastic levels in freshwater have risen with global plastic production, though they ...
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L.A. River heads towards 10 years of dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin a 10-year, $18 million project this winter to dredge sediment from the L.A. River ...
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Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if this project stalls
Louisiana state leaders remain tightlipped about whether a nearly $3 billion project that’s been touted as a linchpin in the state’s coastal restoration efforts will move forward. However, the state ...
Will Lake Powell become Lake Mud? It has a growing sediment crisis.
In 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam was built. It created Lake Powell Reservoir, which straddles Utah and Arizona, to ensure a water supply for the lower Colorado River basin states and Mexico. Over the past ...