Search for water gets harder in Southwest
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FLAGSTAFF, Arizona  - Like many towns in this part of the arid U.S. Southwest, Flagstaff faces a never-ending challenge in its search for water, and it is getting harder.
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By Rose Ybarra, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  May 29--Memorial Day activities quickly turned soggy in Southeast Texas Monday as scattered showers put a damper on trips to the beach and family picnics.
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With drought conditions intensifying across the Southeast, efforts to conserve water are popping up everywhere Â even at the aquarium.
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By Patrick O'Driscoll  DENVER -- The fast-growing states of the arid Southwest must plan for more severe droughts because of a regional warming trend that shows no signs of dissipating, says a new assessment of the Colorado River's water supply.
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The low snowpack in the Cascade Range is raising the specter of water shortages this summer, but a new study of tree-ring data indicates the Northwest has endured far worse droughts over the past 250 years &#151; and is likely to again.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 24--Reservoir construction, pipelines and water imports in the Arkansas Valley have changed flows in ways not yet fully understood.
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By The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 19--Way back when, you could drive through West Texas and see irrigation canals filled with water. Conservation wasn't in vogue in the '50s and '60s, so the runoff would just collect along the road.
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By Melissa McEver, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas  Jun. 23--LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE -- The waters of the Bahia Grande are flowing freely once again.
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 6--With the Everglades restoration running behind schedule, the region's water management agency has proposed water-supply restrictions that would raise bills and make future development more expensive.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 13--New houses on the outskirts of Tucson are drawing down the water table, drying up streams and causing subsidence.
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By Rob Tucker, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 16--Most drinking water supplies in Pierce County are holding up despite the driest summer in half a century.   There is an exception: Water supplies from City of Milton wells are low.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 9--A tributary to two major Arizona waterways will be protected from development and groundwater pumping because a Tucsonan donated a major ranch to The Nature Conservancy.
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By Angie Herrington, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jun. 9--From nurseries and golf courses to carpet mills and farmers, the list of those affected by the severe drought gripping the tri-state region is growing longer.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 20--Pima County will continue to pay for water stations in the desert to aid illegal border crossers.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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By USA Today  DENVER -- The fast-growing states of the arid Southwest must plan for more severe droughts because of a regional warming trend that shows no signs of dissipating, says a new assessment of the Colorado River's water supply.
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From the deserts of the American southwest to the pine forests of the Deep South, drought-weary residents have one thing on their minds: &quot;I wish it would rain!&quot; Technically, what they should be wishing for is &quot;more streamflow.&quot;  Find out why in today's story.