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OPINION: Proposition 3 Will Pay For A Multitude Of Water Needs

/in , /by /The Sacramento Beeby Jerry Meral

California needs clean, safe and reliable water supplies. We also would greatly benefit from the improved flood management Proposition 3 would provide. The measure on the Nov. 6 ballot includes $400 million to implement the Central Valley Flood Control Plan and repair Oroville Dam. Climate change is worsening the threat of floods. Sacramento is the nation’s second most flood-prone city after New Orleans. We need all the help we can get to improve our levees, widen the floodplain to accommodate higher Sacramento River flows and improve and repair upstream flood control dams such as Oroville.

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Trump Signs Bill Requiring Independent Inspection Of Oroville Dam

/in , /by /Oroville Mercury Registerby Risa Johnson

President Donald Trump recently signed into law a bill which requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to conduct an independent review of the Oroville Dam facility. The 2019 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill requires that the licensee of the Oroville Dam request the U.S. Society on Dams to nominate independent consultants to prepare a risk analysis. That analysis will be considered with the next safety review of the dam in 2019. Congressman Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, issued a written statement in support of the action on Thursday.

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$3 Billion Hoover Dam Project Hopes To Bring Power Plant Into 21st Century

/in , /by /CBS News (San Francisco)

Hoover Dam is one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century. Built during the Great Depression, it was the biggest public works project in the country. Now, as California and the West expand into renewable energy, there’s a $3 billion plan to bring the power plant into the 21st century.

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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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