en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/us/drought/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/us/governor_declares_drought_orders/ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today declared a statewide drought and ordered the state Department of Water Resources to quickly transfer water to areas with the most severe water shortages. The executive order also calls on the state water department to c news us 2008-06-05 08:12:16 http://www.newsique.com/us/governor_declares_drought_orders/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/304714149/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/governor_declares_drought_orders/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/ease_up_on_the_faucet_residents_/ Cities and counties across the USA are adopting mandatory or voluntary water restrictions, with the likelihood of tougher measures if drought in many regions persists and conservation efforts fall short. One of the broadest compulsory orders is a 15% c news us 2007-07-06 08:18:44 http://www.newsique.com/us/ease_up_on_the_faucet_residents_/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/130972099/2007-07-05-water-use_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/ease_up_on_the_faucet_residents_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/a_drought_for_the_ages/ Drought, a fixture in much of the West for nearly a decade, now covers more than one-third of the continental USA. And it's spreading. As summer starts, half the nation is either abnormally dry or in outright drought from prolonged lack of rain that co news us 2007-06-08 08:15:34 http://www.newsique.com/us/a_drought_for_the_ages/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/123114340/2007-06-07-drought_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/a_drought_for_the_ages/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/florida_drought_exposes_old_debr/ A statewide drought that has bared portions of Lake Okeechobee's bottom has also been a boon to archaeologists, exposing human remains, boats and other finds that could date back hundreds of years. Thousands of pieces of pottery, five boats and scores news us 2007-06-05 23:15:06 http://www.newsique.com/us/florida_drought_exposes_old_debr/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,278216,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/florida_drought_exposes_old_debr/#comments http://www.newsique.com/us/4th_largest_lake_in_continental_/ Water levels in dried-out Lake Okeechobee matched a historic low Wednesday while firefighters battled a blaze burning on part of the exposed lake bottom. The South Florida Water Management District expected the record of 8.97 feet from May 24, 2001, to news us 2007-05-31 08:21:46 http://www.newsique.com/us/4th_largest_lake_in_continental_/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276440,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/us/4th_largest_lake_in_continental_/#comments