Interior Department sends $25 million to Arizona to protect region’s scarce wetlands
Sites selected because of their importance for resilience and drought mitigation in the American Southwest
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Pilot project to test placing solar panels over irrigation canals
Utilities expect panels to reduce water evaporation from irrigation canals and be a source of clean solar energy
Austin, Texas, requiring large projects to tap into city’s reclaimed-water system
Plan requires large projects built within 500 feet of the city’s purple-pipe reclaimed water infrastructure must connect to it or install an onsite water reuse system
Agencies partner on water conservation efforts in Colorado River System
Agreement to conserve Lake Mead water will unlock $70 million in federal funding for water conservation projects to protect the Salton Sea in Southern California.
