Jul 23
The water level on Lake Ontario can be partially controlled by a dam on the Saint Lawrence River. But… “…only so much water can pass through that at a certain time,” says Lana Pollack, the U.S. Chair of the International Joint Commission. She says when there’s a lot of rain or snow melt, the lake …
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Jul 09
Deteriorating dam infrastructure is a “dam” shame. Listen up: Let’s face it: no dam lives forever. Many of the nation’s estimated 75,000 dams have been providing important services like hydropower or irrigation since the early 1900s—and their time for removal or serious repair has come. How do such sturdy structures crumble in the first place? …
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Dec 20
Elevators and water slides for fish may sound straight out of Dr. Seuss—but they actually exist in Michigan. Listen up: Sturgeon go back to their home river to spawn. And for half the sturgeon in Lake Michigan, that means the Menominee River. But hydroelectric dams block the river, forcing the fish to lay their eggs …
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Sep 09
A recently introduced bill could ban vessels shipping crude oil in the Great Lakes. Listen up: “The Great Lakes, in addition to being this great source of fresh water, are also a global oil refining hub,” explains Joel Brammeier, president of the Alliance for the Great Lakes. He says pressure to move more crude oil …
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Jan 12
The water that comes out of our taps is a drop in the bucket compared to the water that it takes to make the products and food we buy. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Tracing your water footprint… …on this CurrentCast. It’s often said that the average American uses eighty to one hundred gallons of …
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