Gerald Joseph McAdams Kauffman Jr.
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April is Earth Month and from the State House to the White House, it’s good to see robust action on water, climate and infrastructure.
Constitutionally, Delaware is the First State and so it is in water. Sitting on the Delmarva Peninsula at 60 feet above sea level, Delaware is the lowest state with a quarter of its land in floodplain and a 130-mile coast with the nation’s cleanest ocean beaches. Twenty years ago, Delaware passed laws creating the Water Supply Coordinating Council after the 1995-2002 drought emergency and Nutrient Management Commission for farms to protect the Chesapeake and Inland bays and in 2000 Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Act sponsored by then-Sen. Joe Biden and Rep. Joe Pitts, a Pennsylvania Republican, to protect the interstate watershed that supplies drinking water to a fifth of the First State’s residents. These cooperative water progr
Tracing Water from River to Aquifer
A new technique using dissolved noble gas tracers sheds light on how water moves through an aquifer, with implications for water resources and their vulnerability to climate change. Source: Water Resources Research
The coarse gravel bed of the Emme River in Switzerland is a major control in how much and how fast river water enters the aquifer below. A new study in the watershed evaluated how water on the surface mixes and moves underground. Credit: Andrea L. Popp 5 hours ago
The Food and Agriculture Organization, an agency of the United Nations, has referred to mountains as the “water towers of the world.” Globally, mountainous regions supply freshwater to billions of people through snowmelt and glaciers. Yet the 21st century is poised to strain these water resources. Climate models project changes to the timing and amount of precipitation, altered snow cover dynamics, and melting glaciers. Th
Large Decreases in Upper Colorado River Salinity Since 1929 usgs.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usgs.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Scientists Map Pulse of Groundwater Flow through California s Central Valley ucsd.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ucsd.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.