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What You Know About “The Washington ‘Quake” Is About To Change
New research, led by the University of Washington, reveals new information about the Cascadia Subduction Zone will force a ...
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Draining the Swamp: How Washington, D.C. Grew from Backwater to Major City
When it came to building Washington, D.C., "drain the swamp" was a very literal phrase. How did this capital city rise from ...
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Washington Water Supply Update
Precipitation has been near normal, but that is largely due to a wet fall. Precipitation since January has been 78% statewide ...
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‘Relatively minor’ and decreasing: Supervisors receive report on the status of Johnson County’s main groundwater source
The title of the report presented to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors during its work session on Wednesday was very technical: “Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Silurian Aquifer, […] ...
As aquifer dries up, some Will County towns say they aren’t worried about running out of water
The challenge with continuing to depend on groundwater is the unpredictability and sensitivity of the deep aquifer, experts say.
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Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers; Pennsylvania Aquifers Present ‘Maximum Confluence’ of Risk Factors
A map of locations with vulnerability to groundwater contamination due to orphaned wells. Credit: Science of the Total Environment The Gulf Coast aquifers, including the Coastal Lowlands aquifer ...
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Scientists map where orphan wells pose threats to aquifers
For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells. Oil and gas wells with no active ...
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Scientists map where orphan wells pose threats to aquifers
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. For the first ...
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Scientists map where orphan wells pose threats to aquifers
Cliff Simmons, an oil and gas inspector supervisor for the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection, points a methane sensor at an abandoned well on the Murrysville property of Pamela and ...
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Washington Shuts Out Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Washington softball ended the series with an 8-0 run-rule win over Penn State on Sunday afternoon at Nittany Lion Softball Park. Washington closes out the regular season with a ...
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Washington House of Representatives
The Washington House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Washington State Legislature. Alongside the Washington State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Washington state ...
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State budget road map seems to close major deficit. Will it stick?
In the legislative session that ended Sunday, Washington lawmakers had to tackle a huge budget deficit estimated to be as much as $16 billion over four years. Their new budget road map seems to close ...