kcra.com

Folsom Lake is losing water to evaporation. Why officials say it's not a problem

SO SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED? HEATHER. WELL, YOU KNOW. GOLDSTEIN ALISA, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, NO FOLSOM LAKE RIGHT NOW IS IN GREAT SHAPE. IT’S AT 73% OF CAPACITY, WHICH MEANS AT THIS POINT IN ...
pv magazine International

Floating PV reduces water evaporation in Brazilian reservoir by 60%

Brazilian and US researchers have evaluated the water evaporation rate of a floating PV system on a Brazilian reservoir. They said that the 130 kW installation reduced evaporation by 60%, and claimed ...
Colorado Public Radio

Evaporation is a big deal in the arid West. Scientists say we should stop measuring it like the 1950s

On a hot August day, CU Boulder climatologist Peter Blanken and Ph.D. student Holly Roth cleaned a $50,000 weather station at the edge of Standley Lake to measure a phenomenon even grade schoolers ...
Los Angeles Times

As Colorado River shrinks, water evaporation becomes critical to California’s future supplies

Much of the Colorado River’s water is diverted from reservoirs and transported in canals to the farmlands and cities of the desert Southwest. But some of the water also ends up going elsewhere — ...
Newsweek

How the Heat Wave Is Changing Lake Mead’s Water Levels

An ongoing heat wave has increased evaporation rates at Lake Mead. After years of drought, Lake Mead, which is located in Nevada and Arizona, reached drastically low levels last summer, but the water ...
Popular Science

Every drop of the Colorado River counts. So what about evaporation?

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For more than a hundred years, California, Arizona, and Nevada ...
pv magazine International

Agrivoltaics to reduce water evaporation

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China have looked at how agrivoltaic installations could help to reduce evaporation rates on water surfaces. “We investigated, in ...