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Water Minister Emma Hardy said: "These changes sit alongside our wider action to clean up our waterways so communities across the country can enjoy the places they care about most."

That waterway continues to be in shortage, with its largest reservoir only about one-third full.

Eel populations are falling worldwide, scientists say, largely due to factors linked to human activity such as the pollution of waterways, destruction of wetlands, hydroelectric dams, and fishing.

Cleanup was underway Wednesday in a wooded, remote area of Ventura County after about 420 gallons of crude oil inundated a waterway, officials said, and crews were working to beat the upcoming storm.

Khatam-al-Anbiya, an IRGC-owned company, used its unrestricted mandate to divert waterways to favored constituencies, often with devastating human and environmental consequences.