The Latest: Tropical Storm Bill begins to weaken in Texas
4:55 p.m. CDT Tropical Storm Bill has begun to weaken as it moves deeper into Texas, but threats of severe flooding and possible tornadoes remain. At 4 p.m. CDT, the National Hurricane Center narrowed...
View ArticleTropical Storm Bill brings heavy rains to Texas
Reprints + - Seven-year-old Devin Vincent splashes down from a slide on a flooded playground at Clear Lake Park in southern Harris County, Texas, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Area creeks and bayous were...
View ArticleWired, Smart Meters Snitch on Water Wasters in a Drought (CTIA - The Wireless...
(Source: CTIA - The Wireless Association) The sprinklers were running so hard at a McDonalds in Long Beach, California, recently that water was pooling up and running into the streets. A few employees,...
View ArticleLehigh Valley placed in drought watch despite this week's soaking
Don't tell this to the folks in Bethlehem Township, Pa. But the Lehigh Valley is in a drought watch. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has expanded its drought watch to include 10...
View ArticleDrought or drenched: New York is a state divided this spring
Syracuse, N.Y. -- In Northern New York, an annual wild goose drive has been canceled because water levels are too low. In Central New York, a fun boat race was canceled because water levels were too...
View ArticleTropical Storm Bill threatens more severe weather in Texas after floods
Officials warned of ‘possibly catastrophic flooding’ in the Houston area, 12 inches of rain to east Texas, plus tornadoes and sustained winds of up to 60 mph ...
View ArticleAs spring ends, rainy conditions may continue
Sunday marks the first day of summer, closing the books on a spring that has brought more than twice the normal amount of rainfall to Oklahoma. Forecasters predict wetter-than-usual conditions could...
View ArticleFitch Rates Tampa, FL Water and Sewer System Revs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 18 Jun 2015 3:24 PM Fitch Rates Tampa, FL Water and Sewer System Revs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings-New York-18 June 2015: Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating to the...
View ArticleFitch Rates Metropolitan Water Dist of So California Revs 'AA+/F1+'; Outlook...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 19 Jun 2015 1:36 PM Fitch Rates Metropolitan Water Dist of So California Revs 'AA+/F1+'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings-Austin-19 June 2015: Fitch Ratings has assigned its 'AA+/F1+'...
View ArticleFitch Rates Corpus Christi, Texas' Utility System Junior Lien Revs 'A+';...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 19 Jun 2015 3:19 PM Fitch Rates Corpus Christi, Texas' Utility System Junior Lien Revs 'A+'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings-Austin-19 June 2015: Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A+' rating...
View ArticleFitch: Historic Month of Rain Ends Texas Drought (Fitch Inc)
(Source: Fitch Inc) 15 Jun 2015 8:06 AM Fitch: Historic Month of Rain Ends Texas Drought Fitch Ratings-Austin-15 June 2015: The wettest May on record, in which the state of Texas averaged nearly nine...
View ArticleHistoric Month of Rain Ends Texas Drought
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The wettest May on record, in which the state of Texas averaged nearly nine inches of rain for the month, has brought an end to the state's four-year drought, according...
View ArticleTexas Sets $8 Billion Bond Deluge for Water Works After Drought
The worst Texas drought in half a century has ended, with storms flooding downtowns and once-parched prairies. A deluge of $8 billion of bond sales for water works in the Lone Star state is just...
View ArticleRemnants of Tropical Storm Bill move further into Texas
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Flood-weary Texans were bracing for heavy rain and possible flooding as the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill crept further inland early Wednesday. The center of the storm was expected...
View ArticleSouth Florida swelters from lack of rain
Although the weather service predicted this rainy season would be wetter than normal, it's been anything but. lRelated WeatherThe heat is on - for the rest of the summerSee all related 8 With most of...
View ArticleIt’s official: Drought is back
Drought has officially returned to Mecklenburg County and the rest of the state for the first time in at least two years, the State Climate Office at N.C. State University announced Thursday. For the...
View ArticleFitch Affirms Alisal Water Corp. (CA) Senior Secured Debt at 'BB+'; IDR at...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 25 Jun 2015 5:33 PM Fitch Affirms Alisal Water Corp. (CA) Senior Secured Debt at 'BB+'; IDR at 'BB-' Fitch Ratings-Austin-25 June 2015: Fitch Ratings affirms the following ratings...
View ArticleFitch Affirms Spotsylvania County, VA's Water & Sewer Revs 'AA-'; Outlook...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 26 Jun 2015 3:56 PM Fitch Affirms Spotsylvania County, VA's Water & Sewer Revs 'AA-'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings-New York-26 June 2015: Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AA-' rating...
View ArticleCentral NY will start drying out this week, but maybe not for long
Syracuse, N.Y. -- June 2015 is closing in on Syracuse's third-wettest June on record. It's rained 22 out of 30 days, and we haven't hit 80 degrees for a week. When will it end? Soon. For a while. Then...
View ArticleJune rains don't spell end to drought fears, basin commission says
The fifth-wettest June — so far — on record at Lehigh Valley International Airport is no guarantee normal or above-average rain will continue for the rest of the summer, the Delaware River Basin...
View ArticleFitch Rates Austin's (TX) Water and Wastewater Rev Rfdg Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 29 Jun 2015 7:05 PM Fitch Rates Austin's (TX) Water and Wastewater Rev Rfdg Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Negative Fitch Ratings-New York-29 June 2015: Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA-' rating...
View ArticleDespite heavy rain, drought water-use restrictions remain for Austin
Despite a literal flood of recent rain during the past few weeks, Austin will remain in Stage 2 watering restrictions, city officials said Wednesday. What's more, Austin Water officials suggest that...
View ArticleOfficials confirm the drought isn’t over
The drought’s not over. That was the word June 34 from John Hofmann, the Lower Colorado River Authority’s executive vice president of water. Despite a wet year that began in March, despite El Niño and...
View ArticleFitch Rates Charleston, SC Waterworks and Sewer Revs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 01 Jul 2015 5:12 PM Fitch Rates Charleston, SC Waterworks and Sewer Revs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings-New York-01 July 2015: Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA+' to the...
View ArticleFitch Affirms Padre Dam Muni Water District, CA Water & Wastewater COPS at...
(Source: Fitch Inc) 01 Jul 2015 8:45 PM GMT/UTC Fitch Affirms Padre Dam Muni Water District, CA Water & Wastewater COPS at 'AA'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings-Austin-01 July 2015: Fitch Ratings has...
View ArticleHawaii Water Service Company Receives Regulatory Approvals That Will Add...
WAIKOLOA, HI--(Marketwired - Jul 1, 2015) - California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) announced today that its subsidiary, Hawaii Water Service Company (Hawaii Water), received two decisions from the...
View ArticleLI still in moderate drought after normal June rainfall, only slight chance...
Reprints + - A man tries to keep dry on Waverly Avenue in Patchogue on Monday, June 1, 2015. Photo Credit: James Carbone advertisement | advertise on newsday Although total rainfall for June came in at...
View ArticleState Climate Office: Indiana rains set record for month of June (Purdue...
(Source: Purdue University) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana set a record for rainfall in the month of June, with a state average of 9.03 inches, the Indiana State Climate Office said Wednesday (July 1)....
View ArticleCalifornia: Record water savings shows big cuts possible
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Water use in drought-stricken California plunged by record levels in May, and Gov. Jerry Brown's administration cited that as proof cities can hit steep summer conservation...
View ArticleCalifornia cities show biggest water savings yet in drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California's drought-stricken cities set a record for water conservation, reducing usage 29 percent in May, according to data released by a state agency Wednesday. Regulators...
View ArticleTropical Storm Bill moves into Texas with more flood threats
Tropical Storm Bill moved slowly over inland Texas on Tuesday, bringing another round of heavy rain to a state weary from recent deadly floods, evacuations and washed-out roads. The storm came ashore...
View ArticleSouth Florida feeling the heat
It's not even officially summer, yet South Florida has turned into a steam bath in the past week with "feels-like" temperatures occasionally climbing over 100 degrees. Don't expect a cool-down anytime...
View Article'Pretty abnormal month' around the country
June was dominated by historically heavy precipitation and other extreme weather events in Dunedin and around the country, meteorologists say. A rain gauge in Dunedin city measured 239mm of June...
View ArticleHawaii Water Service Company Receives Regulatory Approvals That Will Add...
(Source: California Water Service Group) WAIKOLOA, HI--(Marketwired - Jul 1, 2015) - California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) announced today that its subsidiary, Hawaii Water Service Company (Hawaii...
View ArticleWater District Websites Become Champions for Change to Help Californians...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- California's water district websites have become champions of change to help residents contend with the 4-year drought that has drained lakes, dried...
View ArticleCalifornia water rates rise as cities lose money in drought
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- Saving water doesn't always mean saving money in parched California. Millions of Californians expecting relief on their water bills for taking conservation measures instead...
View ArticleTexas planners look to aquifers to prepare for next drought
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The torrential storms of last month essentially ended one of Texas' worst-ever droughts, but much of the excess water has already flowed into the Gulf of Mexico or will evaporate...
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