The News Review:

- Rains boost water supplies watering restrictions remain
- Humans must also be considered says judge in Delta water ruling
- Dust storms speed snowmelt in the West

Rains boost water supplies watering restrictions remain
Sun-Sentinel.com
The lake still remains about 2. 4 feet below the historic average for this time of year. While the rain boosted water supplies that could be only temporary relief if the summer rainy season doesn’t deliver Sylvester said. Most of South Florida remains under twice-a-week watering limits. “You don’t need to water your lawns right now” Sylvester said. Andy Reid can be reached at abreid@SunSentinel. com or 561-228-5504.
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Humans must also be considered says judge in Delta water ruling
Central Valley Business Times
centralvalleybusinesstimes. District Judge liver Wanger says. His Friday ruling faults the U.

Dust storms speed snowmelt in the West
Los Angeles Times
“It’s just a harbinger of the future” Belnap said of the dust storms. “This is the kind of world we need to imagine we’re going to be living in and decide if we can afford this dust. Dust and soot are contributing to the disappearance of mountain snows and the disturbance of water supplies all over the world. The Asian “brown cloud” rising from that continent’s megalopolises is blamed for speeding up the melting of glaciers and snow in the Himalayas. Dust blown from the plains of eastern Africa is helping destroy the snows of Mt. In California the Sierra Nevada snowpack gets some soot from Asia and from the state’s own smog-emitting centers but little dust.