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Water News Roundup – April 7, 2010

7 Apr

Ogden Standard Examiner: Meteorologist: Moisture in April not unusual – Remember the snowstorms of last April? While it shocked some to see snowplows on the street Tuesday, the first days of last April were spent in much the same way.

Deseret News: Environmental group Utah Valley Earth Forum submits no-build proposal for Utah Lake bridge – An environmental group has a plan for Utah Lake, and it doesn’t include a bridge.  The Utah Valley Earth Forum recently submitted to state officials a no-build option to counter a developer’s proposal to construct a bridge across Utah Lake.

New York Times: Study says U.S. waterways are warming – Many streams and rivers in the United States are getting warmer, with the greatest increases in urbanized areas, according to research to be published in an upcoming edition of the journal Frontiers of the Ecology and the Environment.

An interesting opinion piece on water-related rhetoric in California…

L.A. Times – Opinion: Deceptive arguments are being made in California’s water wars – Who needs absinthe, vodka or even a six-pack of beer? Judging from the quality of our debate on natural resource policy, all it takes to addle the political mind in California is water.