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Northern Sierra Is Now Only 5 Inches From Wettest Water Year On Record

/in /by /San Francisco Chronicleby Amy Graff

Only 5 more inches. That’s the amount of precipitation the northern stretch of the Sierra Nevada needs between now and September 30 to become the wettest water year on record. The Eight-Station Index, a measure of precipitation in the northern Sierra that helps determine the status of Northern California’s water supply, currently stands at 83.5 inches. It’s only another storm or two away from the current record of 88.5 that was hit in the 1982–83 season.

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Trump Eases The Way For A Controversial Water Pumping Project In A California Desert

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina Boxall

In another U-turn from existing environmental policy, the Trump administration has eased the way for a controversial California desert water project that President Obama’s team had blocked. Federal directives drafted under Obama had erected a major obstacle to Cadiz Inc.’s long-standing plans to pump Mojave Desert groundwater and sell it to urban Southern California.

 

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