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December 2021

EPA Introduces New Funding Tool for Source Water Protection

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EPA has released a new online tool entitled Funding Integration Tool for Source Water (FITS) to help states, federal agencies, watershed stakeholders, drinking water utilities, and users who are engaged with activities that protect sources of drinking water.  FITS provides relevant information on major federal funding sources that can support source water protection.  Visit https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection/fits to learn more.

Discovered on a CNY hilltop: remarkable evidence of a time this place was a tropical sea

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By Glenn Coin | gcoin@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. – Nancy Furdock loved fossil hunting as a kid growing up in rural Pompey. So when odd, tubular-shaped rocks began tumbling from the backhoe digging the foundation for her new house atop a hill in Pompey, Furdock was intrigued.

Groundwater in California’s Central Valley may be unable to recover from past and future droughts

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Groundwater in California’s Central Valley may be unable to recover from past and future droughts

Water resources could be pushed beyond recovery in a region that provides about a quarter of the US food supply.

Date: November 18, 2021

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