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The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) on Wednesday issued a blistering final report on the January water crisis that left Richmond residents and businesses without clean drinking water for days òòò½ÊÓÆµ” and delivered a second formal notice of violation against the city, demanding a full corrective action plan. The 314-page VDH report, based on a [òòò½ÊÓÆµ¦]

Water officials have raised concerns about anticipated water levels in Southern Nevada this summer, following a disappointing winter snowpack that threatens to stall progress made during last yearòòò½ÊÓÆµ™s wetter-than-average season. Snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin, which provides streamflow for the two largest reservoirs in the United States òòò½ÊÓÆµ” Lake Mead and Lake Powellòòò½ÊÓÆµ [òòò½ÊÓÆµ¦]