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Grassroots water monitoring pilot underway
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Grassroots water monitoring pilot underway

The Lake Winnipeg Foundation has a pilot project to co-ordinate community-based water monitoring

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It’s well understood high phosphorus levels cause harmful algae blooms in Lake Winnipeg. What’s not yet well understood is precisely where they come from. A new project from the not-for-profit Lake Winnipeg Foundation (LWF) aims to find out. Its Community Based Monitoring project, operating as a pilot program in 2016, aims to co-ordinate the water
Local residents fight to collect free drinking water from municipal corporation tanker on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
International news, News

Murders, violence on the rise as parched central India battles for water

Water shortages are prompting people to move to other regions to find water and food

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Imrat Namdev and her younger sister Pushpa Namdev were neighbours in Chhatarpur district, in the drought-hit Indian region of Bundelkhand. Both relied on the same well for water and, according to police, frequently quarrelled over how much the other was using. In May, during one fight over water, Pushpa, 42, beat Imrat, 48, with a
The Assiniboine River Basin encompasses the Qu’Appelle, Souris and Assiniboine sub-basins, across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota and is 
162,000 square kilometres in size, which is approximately the same size as the entire state of North Dakota.
Crops, News

Federal investment kick-starts Aquanty project

The Aquanty project is said to be a game changer in how the province will address 
future water management issues within the Assiniboine River Basin

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A computer program capable of analyzing the effects of land use and simulating mitigation strategies of an entire river basin seems like a concept stolen from a futuristic movie. However, a $1.1-million investment from the federal government has put the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) on track for developing just that — a multi-faceted
Even pure-looking water might harbour a problem that could hurt your cattle.
Livestock

Check water quality before turning out livestock

Checking and monitoring water quality can help guard your 
livestock’s health and productivity

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Your pond or dugout water might look fine, but it could just as easily be compromised by concentrated levels of salts, minerals and bacteria, which can compromise livestock health. “We recommend that livestock producers test water quality prior to livestock turnout,” North Dakota State University Extension Service livestock environmental stewardship specialist Miranda Meehan says. Poor
Manitoba conservation districts are looking at establishing soil health programs to demonstrate how to increase water infiltration.
Crops, Local news

Conservation districts aim to improve water infiltration

Cover crops could be the key to building higher organic matter and catching water

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The best place to store water is where it falls. That’s the conclusion of four Manitoba conservation districts that are banding together to launch a new project that will demonstrate how to build organic matter in soil and make it a sink for rainfall and meltwater. “Our surface water management strategy has been built on
Local news

Province increases Shellmouth Reservoir outflows

Decision makes room for forecasted runoff, water levels to rise from two to three feet

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Province of Manitoba – The Hydrologic Forecast Centre of Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises that outflows from the Shellmouth Reservoir will be increased today by an additional 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) down the Assiniboine River to better manage reservoir water levels. Outflow from the dam was increased last week from approximately 1,900 cfs in
Mayor of the municipality of Norfolk, Neil Christoffersen (l) and councillor, Bill Wieler (r), see value in having a strong partnership with their conservation district.
Crops, Local news

Norfolk builds retention ponds to aid watershed management

Conservation Champions: Members of the municipality of Norfolk council say their partnerships are win-win

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A solid relationship between the municipal council and the local conservation district has benefited both in the RM of Norfolk, local officials say. “There are a lot of drains in our municipality that the conservation district looks after, so that is huge for us,” said Bill Wieler, a councillor with the municipality. “We have always
Phosphorus recovery can complement source reduction
Crops, Local news

Phosphorus recovery can complement source reduction

Globally, it's estimated that one-third of all phosphorous applied is lost to water due to erosion, leaching and run-off

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A Manitoba engineer says phosphorus (P) recovery methods can be an important addition to the province’s phosphorus management strategies. Francesco Zurzolo, an engineer specializing in nutrient management and reduction with Dillon Consulting, says Manitoba is dealing with eutrophication and destruction of important ecosystems due to P buildup. Zurzolo spoke at the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association’s
It’s not yet known whether the province’s next legislative steps to cut nutrient loading in Manitoba lakes will involve farming practices.
Crops, Livestock, Local news

Throne speech takes aim at nutrient loading

Selinger also plans to move on taking rail lines out of Winnipeg's core

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More legislation to cut nutrient loading into Lake Winnipeg and other water bodies is among the shorter-term commitments in the Selinger government’s latest throne speech. In the speech, delivered Nov. 16 by Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon, Premier Greg Selinger pledges to “work with all partners to reduce nutrient loading” in Lake Winnipeg and work to prevent
The receding waterline of Lake Hodges is seen in San Diego County Jan. 17, 2014, when California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency.
Comment, Crops

Considering the true cost of agricultural production systems

Externalizing the cost of production is becoming less acceptable to society

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California is in the midst of a multi-year drought that has reduced the snowpack and rains that fill the reservoirs and irrigation canals that provide water for the cities of the state as well as agricultural production. The result is lower allocations and higher prices for all water users including agriculture. Some farmers have responded

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