Groundwater Awareness Week March 10-16, 2013 Some 44 percent of the U.S. population depends on groundwater, the water that fills cracks and other openings in beds of rock and sand, for its drinking water supply — be it from either a public source or private well. In rural areas, the number is about 96 percent.… Read more
citizensvoice.com/news/rural-road-program-aims-to-keep-dirty-runoff-out-of-streams-amid-drilling-boom-1.1408078 By Laura Legere (staff writer) Published: November 25, 2012 DIMOCK TWP. – Everywhere Tim Ziegler travels dirt tracks and gravel roads in rural Pennsylvania, he sees an insidious threat of pollution beneath his tires. Sediment is the largest pollutant by volume in the commonwealth’s streams, degrading water quality, smothering natural vegetation and destroying fish… Read more
www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3458&from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usgs%2FWater+(Newsroom+-+Water+Releases)#.UKecVYXbaWU Released: 11/16/2012 New USGS Report Describes Processes and Misconceptions Concerning the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow Groundwater provides drinking water for millions of Americans and is the primary source of water to irrigate cropland in many of the nations most productive agricultural settings. Although the benefits of groundwater development are many, groundwater pumping… Read more
live.psu.edu/story/60086#nw69 June 15, 2012 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The final chapters of the weather story for 2012, of course, have yet to be written, but halfway through the year the plot will surely focus on the dramatic swing in precipitation trends, according to a hydrologist in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. After the extremely… Read more
www.therepublic.com/view/story/33c64dbf097042838eb0ad5d3aa8f9a5/PA–Drought-Fears/ HARRISBURG, Pa. — Just after Pennsylvanians dried off from one of the wettest years on record, professional weather-watchers are becoming concerned about a potential drought in the central and eastern parts of the state. The state’s Drought Task Force, which includes representatives of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the… Read more
http://live.psu.edu/story/48713/nw69 Penn State Ag Sciences Newswire – 9.27.2010 Growing drought threatening well-water levels across state Friday, September 24, 2010 University Park, Pa. — After months of very little rainfall, and with long-term weather forecasts predicting little improvement through fall and early winter, well owners across the state have begun to grow uneasy, according to a… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/135919 Reported on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Drought warning Shortage of rain must be taken seriously Last week, the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a drought warning for our newspaper’s entire coverage area – Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill Counties. The combination of lower rain than usual with the excessive summer heat… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/136939 Reported on Friday, September 24, 2010 Carbon County, PA Water deficit Drought raises concern with local officials By AMY MILLER amiller@tnonline.com Carbon County has seen the effects of lower than normal rainfalls over the summer. During the county commissioners’ meeting on Thursday, Commissioner Wayne Nothstein provided an update on the drought warning that was… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/135921 Reported on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Emergency drought relief loans available for farmers State Rep. Keith McCall said that farmers in Carbon County are eligible to apply for low-interest emergency disaster assistance loans from the federal Department of Agriculture to help recover crop losses associated with the summer’s dry weather. “The extreme heat and… Read more
http://www.tnonline.com/node/135919 Reported on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Drought warning Shortage of rain must be taken seriously Last week, the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a drought warning for our newspaper’s entire coverage area – Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill Counties. The combination of lower rain than usual with the excessive summer heat… Read more
