(Natural News) The amount of water in the Colorado River’s reservoirs has declined to catastrophically low levels that a top federal water official believes it will be necessary to make major water cuts next year. Camille Calimlim Touton, commissioner of the Department of the Interior‘s Bureau of Reclamation warned the Senate during a hearing that federal officials […]

(Natural News) Two of the largest reservoirs in California have critically low water levels as the ongoing drought is expected to make the upcoming summer an even dryer one for the state. The report comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s U.S. Drought Monitor, which noted that the water levels in Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville in northern […]

(Natural News) A fight over a 99-year-old sharing compact between Colorado and Nebraska could end up in court as the South Platte River in Julesburg threatens to run dry for half the year. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced plans to build a canal into Colorado to drain water from the South Platte several miles upstream […]

(Natural News) Multiple towns in California, stricken by relentless drought conditions and government mismanagement of scarce resources, are just about out of water as they scramble for solutions. City leaders in Fort Bragg, located on the Mendocino Coast, are rushing to install a new emergency desalination plant. In Healdsburg, government officials have banned lawn watering. […]

(Natural News) Parts of Canada are currently experiencing the hottest temperatures ever on record, resulting in severe drought conditions that threaten to destroy local agriculture. The situation is so dire in Manitoba that government officials recently declared a state of agricultural emergency. The Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, located in the Interlake region, is another […]

(Natural News) The Edward Hyatt Power Plant in California is at risk of going offline for the first time due to the catastrophic drought gripping the western U.S. The power plant, which is the state’s fourth-largest hydropower producer, depends on Lake Oroville in Northern California to generate electricity. But extreme dry conditions have depleted the water in the lake […]

(Natural News) The widespread drought gripping the western U.S. has drastically reduced California’s hydropower supply. With less electricity coming from hydropower dams, the state may be forced to ramp up gas-fired power generation and ask residents to reduce their electricity use. Hydroelectric power is generated by capturing the energy of water falling over dams to produce electricity. When water levels in rivers […]

(Natural News) The Golden State is entering yet another severe dry season and the state government is responding by draining all the reservoirs and dumping all that precious fresh water straight into the ocean. Shocking new reports indicate that over the past several weeks, the California State Water Board has routed at least 90 percent […]

(Natural News) California dealt with an intense wildfire season that scorched about 10 million acres in 2020. This year, it looks like the state is in for another crisis in the form of extreme drought conditions. In fact, the Golden State’s drought conditions went from bad to worse in just a month. Warm temperatures last month melted […]

(Natural News) The US Drought Monitor warns that multiple US states are in a period of severe drought, and the conditions for a multi-state “mega-drought” are drawing near. New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada are currently in a period of drought and Arizona and Colorado are not far behind. Parts of California and Texas are also […]