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Disturbing Levels Of Carbon Dioxide Likely To Increase Ocean Acidity Fast, Scientists Say

/in , /by /San Francisco Chronicleby Peter Fimrite

Unusually high concentrations of carbon dioxide have been blowing out to sea from Bay Area cities and agricultural areas, raising concerns that the previously unknown infusions could increase ocean acidity faster than climate change experts have predicted, Monterey Bay scientists said this week. The greenhouse gases flowing into the sea could add as much as 25 million tons of carbon dioxide into the ocean every year, roughly 1 percent of the total annual amount from all sources that permeates the sea water, according to calculations by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

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How An ‘Unripe Snowpack’ Will Impact Lake Tahoe This Summer

/in , /by /The San Francisco Gate by Amy Graff

For the third year in a row, Lake Tahoe is expected to fill. This is noteworthy for the sixth-largest lake in the United States that flirted with record-low levels amid a five-year drought that ended in 2017. Even more good news for the West’s water supply: Tahoe’s water level is likely to reach its peak late in the season as a robust snow pack slowly melts through summer, feeding the reservoir and the Truckee River continuously for months to come

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Drilling Down To Defend Against Drought in Atlanta

/in , /by /The Engineering New Recordby Jim Parsons

The 2005-2007 drought that parched the Southeast wasn’t the worst Atlanta has endured since its establishment as a railroad hub in the 1830s. But with a burgeoning population dependent on a single water supply source the Chattahoochee River, fed by Lake Lanier that itself had been crippled by prolonged dry conditions, the drought was bad enough to spur action.

 

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Dead Fish Wash Up Near $6.3 Million Passageway Designed To Protect Them. Why Didn’t It Work?

/in , , /by /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler

Dozens of fish carcasses 13 of them Chinook salmon protected by the Endangered Species Act rotted in the sun Tuesday a couple hundred yards from a new $6.3 million structure that state officials built specifically to keep that grisly scenario from happening. Before the winter and spring flood season this year, engineers completed work on the new fish passage along the Fremont Weir, a nearly two mile-long concrete structure atop the Yolo Bypass.

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California’s New Natural Resources Secretary Takes On Challenge Of Implementing Gov. Newsom’s Ambitious Water Agenda

/in , , /by /The Water Education Foundation by Gary Pitzer

One of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first actions after taking office was to appoint Wade Crowfoot as Natural Resources Agency secretary. Then, within weeks, the governor laid out an ambitious water agenda that Crowfoot, 45, is now charged with executing. That agenda includes the governor’s desire for a “fresh approach” on water, scaling back the conveyance plan in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and calling for more water recycling, expanded floodplains in the Central Valley and more groundwater recharge.

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Beware Of Cold Water Hazards During Snowmelt In California

/in , /by /The Daily Newsby Red Bluff

With the exceptional California snowpack melting as temperatures rise, rivers and streams are full of dangerously cold and swift moving water this spring. PG&E encourages water enthusiasts to take extra precautions when in or near rivers, especially around hydroelectric facilities and dams, where water flows can change rapidly. Anglers are encouraged to take precautions as trout season opens April 27 for most California rivers.

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Harder Unveils Bill Funding Valley Water Projects, Including Reservoir Near Patterson

/in , , /by /The Modesto Beeby Ken Carlson

Rep. Josh Harder, D Turlock, thinks there is a better way to find water solutions for California’s Central Valley and to stop squandering water in wet years that’s needed in dry years. His bipartisan water legislation unveiled Wednesday promises federal support for storage and innovation projects to address shortages that too often plague Valley agriculture and communities. Representatives from water districts, agriculture, local and state government and other groups joined the freshman congressman on the Tuolumne River bank in Modesto to announce the bill.

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Groundwater Policy Still Muddled Until Supreme Court Rules

/in , , /by /E&E Newsby Ellen M. Gilmer

A new EPA policy addressing pollution that moves through groundwater was intended to clarify the scope of the Clean Water Act but may serve to further complicate matters, at least in the near term.

Trump appointees released the memo last week, declaring that any pollutants that travel through groundwater before reaching a surface waterway are beyond the purview of the bedrock environmental law.

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Oregon Directs Utilities To Show Plans For Accelerating Transportation Electrification

/in , /by /The Ulility Diveby Robert Walton

Oregon has aggressive clean transportation goals to go along with its renewable portfolio standard, but the state’s utilities will need to do some work in order to meet them. According to GEO, electric vehicles in Oregon are growing about 35% annually tHE which puts the state on pace to reach “just over 40,000 registered by 2020.” That means reaching 50,000 EVs in the next couple of years will require developing fast charging corridors along busy routes, developing “charge-ready” buildings and homes, and leaning heavily on utility partnerships, the group says.

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OPINION: Newsom Offers A New Approach To California’s Water Issues

/in , /by /CALmatters (Sacramento)by Don Nottoli and Bill Dodd

By rejecting the twin tunnels proposal, Gov. Gavin Newsom has sent an important message that new thinking is required to address California’s complex water issues. The Delta Counties Coalition is committed to supporting a more thoughtful process. The Delta Counties Coalition represents more than 4 million residents whose livelihoods and way of life are grounded in a healthy Delta economy. The coalition serves to protect the largest estuary on the west coast of the Americas from unwarranted intrusion that could destroy the precious Delta ecosystem and hurt our region’s economy.

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