Next, a hearing examining ways to increase water storage and conservation in western states we also heard about water supply infrastructure. Held by a Senate Energy subcommittee, this is an hour. The hearing of the Senate Energy Natural Resources subcommittee on power and water will come to order. I want to apologize for being tardy. Im trying to be in a few places at once. Thanks for your patience. Throughout the rest, water is essential to everything we do. The infrastructure took centuries to build. And has allowed our cities to grow and our farms to prosper. Without these dams and canals and reclaim water plants the American West would not be the bread basket or worldwide destination that it is today. It has taken tremendous foresight and major investment to develop the Water Systems that are the backbones of our western communities and businesses. They have been great investments. In my home state in arizona, what started as a 10 million federal development in 1903 laid the ground
Subcommittee on power and water will come to order. I want to apologize for being tardy. Im trying to be in a few places at once. Thanks for your patience. Throughout the rest, water is essential to everything we do. The infrastructure took centuries to build. And has allowed our cities to grow and our farms to prosper. Without these dams and canals and reclaim water plants the American West would not be the bread basket or worldwide destination that it is today. It has taken tremendous foresight and major investment to develop the Water Systems that are the backbones of our western communities and businesses. They have been great investments. In my home state in arizona, what started as a 10 million federal development in 1903 laid the groundwork for todays phoenix metropolitan area shareholder now contributes 250 billion to the nation in gdp. Earlier i toured all 15 counties in arizona. I saw firsthand how these Major Investments shaped the state. From hoover dam, salt river project,
Colorado water experts have said Nebraskans are overly optimistic about the success of their proposed Perkins County Canal, and a recent presentation by promoters of the project has done nothing to change that opinion. The presentation, made last week to the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program’s Water Advisory Committee, was the focus of Tuesday’s […]
Friends of Bill Taddicken honored him Friday night, just days after he was mysteriously dismissed after 26 years as center director of Ian Nicholson Audubon Center Rowe Sanctuary.
Central Nebraska Public Power will inspect the Hydro plant during the Johnson Lake south of Brady drawdown this fall. A temporary dike will also be installed during the draw down.