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Drought watch: third driest water year (so far) on record for Albuquerque
The folks at the National Weather Service have updated a striking graphic showing how dry it has been in Albuquerque since Oct. 1 (the “water year”): The brown line is... Read more »
Determining how much water the silvery minnow needs
Federal officials are deep in negotiation regarding how much water is needed in the Rio Grande to meet the needs of the endangered silvery minnow. As part of that process,... Read more »
Not enough money in the NM legislature to fix the Lower Rio Grande’s drought problems
We know that water shortages on the lower Rio Grande could, depending on how New Mexico tries to solve them, could be a multi-billion dollar problem. But it looks like... Read more »
Maxwell’s fate tied to drought in the Canadian River watershed
update: Here’s our story on Maxwell from the Sunday paper The Canadian River is small, even by New Mexico standards. But lately, it’s been smaller still. As it passes the... Read more »
Base flow, drought, and the problems of Maxwell, New Mexico
update: Here’s our story on Maxwell from the Sunday paper Journal photographer Roberto Rosales and I spent a day last week visiting the village of Maxwell, in northeast New Mexico.... Read more »
Middle Rio Grande Valley water irrigation season beginning, but with drought, how much water, and for how long?
The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District began diverting water into its irrigation ditches this week, but uncertainty hovered in the background over how much water valley farmers will get, and... Read more »
Drought watch: what the Albuquerque water utility did and did not do
As I reported in this morning’s newspaper, the board of Albuquerque’s municipal water utility is launching us into what they call a “drought watch”, which involves increased fines for letter... Read more »
Drought watch: third-driest start to an Albuquerque ‘water year’ since early 1900s
Since Oct. 1, we’ve had a total of 0.58 inches of rain at Albuquerque’s National Weather Service gauge, out at the airport. How does that rank? Oct. 1 is the... Read more »
Price tag for National Nuclear Security Administration South Carolina plant is rising
NNSA head Neile Miller acknowledged in a congressional hearing today that the price tag for the agency’s mixed oxide fuel plant in South Carolina (that’s “MOX”, turning weapons plutonium into... Read more »
Star party Saturday on Albuquerque’s west side
The Albuquerque Astronomical Society is holding a free star party Saturday evening (March 2, 2013) beginning at 7 p.m. at the Albuquerque Open Space Visitors Center. From the news release:... Read more »
How many weapons are there in the US nuclear arsenal?
4,688 That’s the latest estimate from Hans Kristensen at the Federation of American Scientists. If, like me, you don’t have a security clearance, this is the closest we can get... Read more »
Six high-level waste tanks at Hanford now reported to be leaking
Today’s breaking nuclear news comes from Hanford, where Washington state governor Jay Inslee told reporters this afternoon that the Department of Energy now acknowledges that at least six high level... Read more »
