Water
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Editor's Note
Woman on the water
Heather Wylie talks about taking on the feds and floating the L.A. River.
by Marty Durlin, Feb 02, 2009 -
Feature
Non-navigable River Blues
An obscure legal ruling muddied U.S. water-protection standards, leaving Western intermittent streams and rivers unprotected.
by Tony Davis, Feb 02, 2009 -
Letters
Bass-o-matic
by David M. Seymour, Jan 13, 2009 -
Letters
Water wishes, part II
by Tom Paragi, Jan 13, 2009 -
Feature
Desperate measures
Over the years, Westerners have come up with a lot of wacky schemes to get more water.
by Jonathan Thompson , Nov 24, 2008 -
Feature
Ultimate solution?
Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
by Tony Davis , Nov 21, 2008 -
Editor's Note
Peak economy
Westerners shouldn’t panic about the recent economic meltdown; our region has always cycled from boom to bust and back again.
by Jonathan Thompson , Nov 21, 2008 -
Letters
Big water
by Jessica Hall, Nov 18, 2008 -
News
Liquid assets
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
by Matt Jenkins , Oct 27, 2008 -
Letters
Watery shell game
by W. John Faust, Oct 21, 2008 -
Letters
Out stealing water
by Ray walker, Oct 21, 2008 -
News
A good idea – if you can get away with it
Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that.
by Peter Friederici, Oct 08, 2008 -
News
Leaky border
Efforts to stop wastewater pollution from Tijuana have bogged down in a nasty mess.
by Rob Davis, Sep 12, 2008 -
Feature
Reclaiming the low country
Jared Farmer speaks in praise of Utah’s neglected “low country” landscapes – places like Utah Lake.
by Jared Farmer , Sep 11, 2008 -
News
A river runs near it
In Washington’s Yakima Valley and in northern Colorado, water developers want to build kindler, gentler “off-channel” reservoirs.
by Joshua Zaffos, Sep 10, 2008






