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Water Works: Diverse Support of Proposition 3 Water Bond

/in , /by /AgNet West (Fresno)

In today’s Water Works, brought to you by AquiMax, there will be another water proposition on the ballot for Californians this November.  Proposition 3, the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018, would authorize $8.877 billion in general obligation bonds for various types of water projects.  The proposition’s broad spending categories include watershed lands, water supply, fish and wildlife habitat, water facility upgrades, groundwater, and flood protection.

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The Science Is Clear: Dirty Farm Water Is Making Us Sick

/in , /by /Wired (San Francisco)by Elizabeth Shogren, Susie Neilson

William Whitt suffered violent diarrhea for days. But once he began vomiting blood, he knew it was time to rush to the hospital. His body swelled up so much that his wife thought he looked like the Michelin Man, and on the inside, his intestines were inflamed and bleeding. For four days last spring, doctors struggled to control the infection that was ravaging Whitt, a father of three in western Idaho.

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Replacement Dam At Calaveras Reservoir Has Reached Full Height

/in , /by /Hydro Review (Tulsa, Okla.)by Elizabeth Ingram

The replacement dam at Calaveras Reservoir has reached its full height, marking a major milestone in the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project in California. According to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, California Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams and Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, the earth and rock fill dam has been built to its full height of 220 feet, concluding the dam construction portion of the project.

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Fall, Early Winter 2018 Temperature Outlook Update: Cold In The North In October, Then Turning Milder For November And December

/in , /by /The Weather Channel (Atlanta)by Brian Donegan

October is expected to be rather cold in the north-central United States before the pattern flips for November and December, yielding warmer temperatures in the northern states and colder temperatures in the southern states as winter begins. Colder-than-average temperatures are expected in October from the northern Rockies to the northern Plains and upper Midwest, with far below-average temperatures likely in the Dakotas, eastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming and western Minnesota, according to the latest outlook from The Weather Company, an IBM Business.

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Work Begins On Raising The Height Of Shasta Dam

/in , /by /Redding Record Searchlight by Damon Arthur

Nathan Morgan has been hanging over the side of side of Shasta Dam recently — sometimes upside down — making marks on the side of the dam. Morgan is part of a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation crew drilling holes in the side and on the top of the dam to test the strength of the concrete.

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Comparing Seasonal Snowfall During Previous El Niño Winters

/in , /by /WeatherNation (Denver)

Forecasters are continuing to predict an El Niño this winter in the tropical Pacific Ocean. An El Niño Watch was issued earlier this summer in June. One of El Niño’s common “downstream” impacts is above-average winter precipitation across the southern United States, the result of a stronger than usual Pacific jet stream.

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OPINION: Proposition 3 Provides Needed Funds To Improve Valley’s Water Infrastructure

/in , /by /The Fresno Beeby Jason Phillips

Imagine the Silicon Valley without technology or Hollywood without the entertainment industry. Just as those areas depend on their foundations for prosperity, our ability to capture, move and store water for agriculture is a determining factor for our region’s prosperity. In the southern San Joaquin Valley, water is our lifeblood. When it flows, communities prosper. Without it, jobs disappear, families leave, services evaporate and communities suffer. Even if your job doesn’t have anything to do with agriculture, if you live in our Valley, water matters.

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Oroville Dam Work Spillway Work On Target To Meet Nov. 1 Deadline

/in , /by /CBS Sacramento

Concrete placement on the Oroville Dam spillway is likely to meet the Nov. 1 public safety construction deadline despite some setbacks, the California Department of Water Resources said on Wednesday. One of the slabs in the middle chute of the spillway needed to be replaced earlier this month due to hot weather and high winds affecting its surface. That slab is one of 221 that have been placed on the spillway through the work process and DWR doesn’t expect that to affect the schedule.

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Wasting Wastewater: New Report Identifies Water Recycling Opportunities

/in , /by /KCBX (San Luis Obispo) by Menaka Wilhelm

In California, it is a persistent challenge making water supply and water demand match up. A report being released Wednesday outlines how much water California’s coastal wastewater treatment plants dump into the ocean, and how much of that could be saved through better water management. James Hawkins is a water policy researcher at the Santa Barbara-based Heal the Ocean. The nonprofit is focused on reducing ocean pollution, and undertook a multi-year study of the state’s recycling potential. They did so by compiling an inventory of wastewater discharges into coastal waters, wastewater coming from urban cities along the coast.

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Feinstein Urges Voluntary Water Agreements Ahead Of Vote By State Water Board

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

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and some state representatives in the Bay Area are calling for voluntary settlement agreements, rather than a State Water Board proposal, to bolster the salmon population in tributaries of the San Joaquin River. In a letter Friday to water board chairwoman Felicia Marcus, Feinstein said a voluntary settlement will achieve more in restoring fish in the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced rivers.

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