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Water Resilience Projects Receive Nearly $84 Million from DWR

/in , , /by /AgNet Westby Brian German

The California Department of Water Resources has announced the latest funding awards for several water resilience projects throughout the state. A total of $83.9 million grant funding has been issued to communities in San Diego, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Sierra and Central Coast regions. The funding is aimed at supporting projects to address infrastructure needs, depleted groundwater levels, flood control issues, and other water issues of critical importance.

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Opinion: Importing Water to Save the Salton Sea Can Work. Let’s Prove and Do It Now

/in , , /by /Desert Sunby Chuck Parker and Feliz Nunez

The Engagement Committee of the Salton Sea Management Plan (SSMP) met June 17 on Zoom, though participating community members were neither seen or heard; they could only write comments and questions.

About 90% of the meeting consisted of management reporting on small plans to control dust and build habitat that still require federal permits, which will delay construction for another year. Also, the SSMP has approved a $19 million dollar pilot project for the North Lake.

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Ruling Avoids Additional CVP Supply Cuts

/in , , /by /Ag Alertby Christine Souza

In the ongoing struggle over management of water supplies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river system, farmers who rely on deliveries from the federal Central Valley Project have earned an initial victory from a federal judge, pending further legal action later this year.

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House Rejects Trump Cuts, Proposes Boost for Environmental Agencies

/in , , /by /The Hillby Rachel Frazin

The Democratic-led House Appropriations Committee on Monday proposed a funding bump for the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency, soundly rejecting cuts proposed by President Trump.

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Central Arizona Housing Boom Tees Up Opportunity for Water Investors

/in , , /by /Cronkite News (Arizona)by Bret Jaspers

Central Arizona has been booming – more people, more houses, more need for water. There’s also a long-term drought and less water to buy from the Central Arizona Project canal system. It’s leading Phoenix exurbs to cast about, looking for new buckets.

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Scientists Affirm Adequacy of Kern Fracking Reviews

/in , , /by /Bakersfield.comby John Cox

Bay Area scientists have signed off on a series of fracking permits in western Kern County, allowing the well-completion technique to proceed after Gov. Gavin Newsom put in place new, time-consuming review procedures prompted by environmental concerns and regulatory conflict-of-interest accusations.

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California Megadrought? Not If You Look at Precipitation

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina Boxall

If you want to know what climate change means for California’s water supply, consider the last two Februaries. In 126 years of statewide record-keeping, you can’t find a drier February than the one we just experienced. But February 2019 was the third-wettest on record.

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$20 Million Funding Opportunity to Strengthen America’s Water Infrastructure

/in , , /by /The CW Houstonby Ronnie Das

A federal funding opportunity was announced on June 30th to improve the water and wastewater treatment infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is providing $20 million for innovations that “strengthen America’s water infrastructure and enable advanced water resource recovery systems that have the potential to be net energy positive.”

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Some New Climate Models are Projecting Extreme Warming. Are They Correct?

/in , , /by /Yale Climate Connectionsby Jeff Berardelli

Recent climate models are ‘running hot,’ projecting catastrophic global warming. Puzzled scientists are weighing whether the models need correcting or whether severe warming is a real threat.

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US Rivers and Lakes are Shrinking for a Surprising Reason: Cows

/in , , /by /The Guardianby Troy Farah

As a fifth-generation rancher in Colorado, Paul Bruchez knows the value of water. Not only does he raise cattle irrigated by the Colorado River and its nearby tributaries, Bruchez runs a fly-fishing business on those same streams.

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