Half of river water comes from intermittent streams, say researchers

As a result of the Supreme Court decision on the upstream reach of antipollution laws, half of the water in U.S. rivers comes from so-called ephemeral streams that are now without federal protection, said researchers from the University of Massachusetts and Yale on Thursday. Those streams, which flow in response to precipitation, “collectively convey on… » Read More

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