http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/the-bakken-oil-play-spurs-a-booming-business-in-water Hydraulic fracturing's extraordinary appetite for water is creating friction between North Dakota's farmers and drillers. No publisher Nicholas Kusnetz Western water supply Irrigation Missouri River Bakken Shale boom Watford City, North Dakota Hydraulic fracturing Water trucks Groundwater Fracking water Energy industry Drought Aquifers Oil and gas boomtowns 2012-08-06T14:46:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16478 Golf – the game that brought grass to the desert – appears to have hit a rough patch in the West No publisher Tony Davis Recreation Sports Other Water Groundwater Desert Land Use, Planning Golf Sycamore Canyon development Tucson Arizona Sunbelt communities golf courses recreation sports demographics baby boomers retirees Bob Thomas Southern California Golf Association National Golf Foundation Donald Trump greens fees fairway Deserts 2011-12-07T23:30:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16435 In Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the Great Plains, William Ashworth examines the effects of groundwater dependency in a dry land No publisher Matt Jenkins Agriculture Irrigation Groundwater Ogallala Blue William Ashworth Ogallala Aquifer groundwater farming agriculture irrigation grain farmers Great Plains High Plains Jon Opie wells wheat drought 2011-11-21T22:36:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16327 Montana’s Supreme Court rules that groundwater and surface water are connected, in a ruling that will affect water rights and development across the state No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Lawsuits and Water Rights Groundwater water rights groundwater surface water Montana Supreme Court Upper Missouri River Basin Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation water permits Montana Trout Unlimited lawsuits Mary Sexton Montana Legislature 2011-11-11T23:17:50Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15576 Idaho is weathering the drought by taking a new, scientific approach to managing water use among its farmers No publisher Rocky Barker Agriculture Irrigation Groundwater Idaho Department of Water Resources Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer drought water management irrigation groundwater surface water farming water use salmon Karl Dreher Lynn Tominaga Idaho Groundwater Appropriators Association Barbara Cosens 2011-03-18T23:24:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16547 Although many rural Nevadans are unhappy with Las Vegas’ plans for a giant groundwater project, the six other states that rely on water from the Colorado River are hoping the Nevada project goes ahead. No publisher Matt Jenkins Colorado River Compact water court Southern Nevada Water Authority Center Las Vegas water projects Western Environmental Law aquifer water rights Ely U. Groundwater Scott Balcomb Matt Kenna Tracy Taylor Las Vegas Sun Nevada Patricia Mulroy groundwater 2010-10-26T22:34:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/331/16596 Rick Spilsbury, a Western Shoshone Indian, writes bitingly and sometimes hilariously about Nevada’s water issues on his "noshootfoot" blog No publisher Matt Jenkins Web Nevada Test Site Nevada Water Authority weblogs Media Western Shoshone Indians water politics sites water supply Native Americans Nevada groundwater pumping project Rick Spilsbury Vegas Groundwater Southern Internet drought Las Patricia Mulroy desalinization noshootfoot 2010-10-26T21:48:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/29/813 Overpumping has drained Idaho's Snake River acquifer until rivers like the Big Lost run dry. No publisher Steve Stuebner Groundwater 2010-02-05T08:49:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.1/notes-from-the-water-underground Research hydrologist Gordon Grant is fascinated by the groundwater in the Pacific Northwest. No publisher Jane Braxton Little Christopher Carlson Hydrology Climate change Gordon Grant Forest Service Groundwater Scientists Drought Water sources 2010-02-05T09:15:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17136 A new desalination technology uses the sun and your air conditioner to create fresh water. No publisher Morgan Heim Groundwater groundwater desalination distillation water solar power waste heat 2010-02-05T09:27:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15441 In New Mexico, Alamogordo’s plan to build a desalinization plant and tap the Tularosa Basin aquifer has area ranchers and farmers worried No publisher Hilary Watts Groundwater Water Tularosa Basin Aquifer Alamogordo groundwater desalinization Chihuahuan Desert ranchers water rights water wells Dan Abercrombie Tularosa Community Ditch Corporation 2010-02-05T09:24:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15335 Wyoming’s runaway energy boom is taking on toll on the state’s land, especially when the industry’s salty wastewater spills or leaches into the ground No publisher J.M. McCord Water Groundwater Oil And Gas Powder River Basin Wyoming oil and gas drilling energy industry wastewater Don Likwartz Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Harry LaBonde Dave Freudenthal Todd Parfitt Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality groundwater water pollu 2010-02-05T09:23:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14989 Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry No publisher Ryan Slattery Wilderness Wilderness Legislation Groundwater Nevada wilderness water groundwater pumping Lincoln County growth and development sprawl economic initiatives Vidler Water Co. Harry Reid John Ensign Jim Gibbons Jon Porter Shelley Berkley Kenny Guinn Las Vegas water supply project pipe 2010-02-05T09:21:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14763 Chromium 6 is moving from the California desert toward the Colorado River, and officials fear it might contaminate the drinking water supply of 20 million people No publisher Jodi Peterson Pollution Groundwater Chromium 6 Colorado River groundwater contamination pollution carcinogens toxic chemicals Erin Brockovich Needles California Pacific Gas and Electric Metropolitan Water District drinking water Environmental Protection Agency 2010-02-05T09:57:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/263/14399 West Texans are concerned about a planned water deal that would raise money for the state’s schools, but impact scarce groundwater, springs and wildlife as far away as Big Bend National Park No publisher Matt Jenkins Groundwater West Texas Big Bend National Park Texas General Land Office water sales groundwater Brewster County Texas Far West Texas Regional Water Planning Group 2010-02-05T09:55:22Z News Article