The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web.<\/p>\n
Warren Buffett is investing in renewables<\/a>, including hydropower.<\/p>\n Greg Laden talks about one of the dire consequences of global warming – fewer ice fishing contests<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1200 acres of rooftop gardens for New York City<\/a> means reduced rainwater runoff and less pressure on storm drains.<\/p>\n Even deep ocean canyons feel the effects of heavy storms<\/a>.\u00a0 This can be both good and bad for the wildlife on the canyon floor – nutrients associated with shallower areas get washed into the depths, but so does sand, which can potentially bury or suffocate animals.<\/p>\n The Texas drought is officially over for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex<\/a>, but not the rest of the state.\u00a0 It wouldn’t take much to knock DFW back into drought conditions, so many municipal systems are maintaining water restrictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n The New York Times has this story about a central Texas town that has to truck water in<\/a>.<\/p>\n New fishing limits are being put in place in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands<\/a> because previous limits were not helping fish populations to recover.<\/p>\n Residents in rural Nevada are asking Las Vegas to try more water conservation measures<\/a> rather than take rural Nevada’s water.<\/p>\n