The Water Quality Portal (WQP) (click here) is a cooperative service sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS),
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC).
Water is vital to life. Water bodies are important to moving commerce and has been since the very beginnings of the USA.
At one time water quality wasn't a concern of the country. That was until Rachel Carson made us take notice.
The population in the USA has grown significantly in the 20th and now the 21st centuries. Water availability and it's quality would have been a problem with a growing population without the Climate Crisis. But, add the Climate Crisis and there is ever growing concerns about the near future as well as the future of generations.
Understand, Restore, and Protect our Waters: (click here) The National Water Quality Monitoring Council (Council) provides a forum to improve the Nation's water quality through partnerships that foster increased understanding and stewardship of our water resources.
This is not a minor issue. It is one that even the USA military is concerned about. I would think the American people would look long and hard at the history of water abuses by industry and realize it cannot be tolerated anymore. These decisions won't be getting easier, so I strongly suggest we get on with them in anticipation of clear stresses existing even now.
By Carol Christian
March 28, 2014
Updated: March 28, 2014 1:59pm
It's scary to think the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, (click here) with its relentless drought and wind that ravaged millions of acres in West Texas, could return.
But there are some worrisome signs, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Reports this week from county agents in the Panhandle, South Plains and Rolling Plains indicate farmers and ranchers are working with "very difficult" conditions, according to a news release.
Lubbock County, on the southern edge of the Panhandle, has seen only a trace of moisture in March with sustained high winds and gusts of 58 mph on March 18, according to the county's AgriLife Extension agent Mark Brown.
In Knox County, east of Lubbock County and south of the Panhandle, agent Jerry Coplen said cotton producers were trying to prepare their planting beds in between dust storms.
Rick Auckerman, AgriLife agent for Deaf Smith County in the western Panhandle, reported that producers were running out of tools to stop soil from blowing away in punishing winds of 30 to 50 mph, the news release said.
Water is vital to life. Water bodies are important to moving commerce and has been since the very beginnings of the USA.
At one time water quality wasn't a concern of the country. That was until Rachel Carson made us take notice.
The population in the USA has grown significantly in the 20th and now the 21st centuries. Water availability and it's quality would have been a problem with a growing population without the Climate Crisis. But, add the Climate Crisis and there is ever growing concerns about the near future as well as the future of generations.
Understand, Restore, and Protect our Waters: (click here) The National Water Quality Monitoring Council (Council) provides a forum to improve the Nation's water quality through partnerships that foster increased understanding and stewardship of our water resources.
This is not a minor issue. It is one that even the USA military is concerned about. I would think the American people would look long and hard at the history of water abuses by industry and realize it cannot be tolerated anymore. These decisions won't be getting easier, so I strongly suggest we get on with them in anticipation of clear stresses existing even now.
By Carol Christian
March 28, 2014
Updated: March 28, 2014 1:59pm
It's scary to think the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, (click here) with its relentless drought and wind that ravaged millions of acres in West Texas, could return.
But there are some worrisome signs, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Reports this week from county agents in the Panhandle, South Plains and Rolling Plains indicate farmers and ranchers are working with "very difficult" conditions, according to a news release.
Lubbock County, on the southern edge of the Panhandle, has seen only a trace of moisture in March with sustained high winds and gusts of 58 mph on March 18, according to the county's AgriLife Extension agent Mark Brown.
In Knox County, east of Lubbock County and south of the Panhandle, agent Jerry Coplen said cotton producers were trying to prepare their planting beds in between dust storms.
Rick Auckerman, AgriLife agent for Deaf Smith County in the western Panhandle, reported that producers were running out of tools to stop soil from blowing away in punishing winds of 30 to 50 mph, the news release said.
