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Two Key Projects to Give Full Water Supplies to Farms

/in , , /by /Ag Alert by Christine Souza

After a series of winter storms boosted California’s reservoirs and snowpack, state and federal officials are pledging full water deliveries, increasing 2023 allocations for farmers and water districts to 100% of requested supplies for the year.

With snowmelt occurring, the California Department of Water Resources said last week it expects to deliver 100% of requested water supplies from the State Water Project. That is up from a 75% allocation announced in March.

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Lawmakers Propose $4.5B Flood Protection Bond Measure

/in , , /by /ABC 7 KRCR by Muna Sadek

Californians could be voting on a major flood protection bond next November.

State lawmakers are pushing a $4.5 billion bond measure which would help fund water infrastructure projects across the state.

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Safe Drinking Water is a Right. Experts Want AI to Help Make It a Reality.

/in , /by /University of California, Berkeley by Rachel Leven

Safe, clean and affordable drinking water is a human right in California. But making that legal requirement a reality is a difficult challenge exacerbated further by climate change.

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LADWP Prepares for Flooding in the Eastern Sierra

/in , , /by /Spectrum News 1 by Susan Carpenter

Following an epic winter that has grown the California snowpack to historic levels, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is preparing for an equally epic runoff season. With the Eastern Sierra snowpack at 296% of normal, the municipally owned water agency for the City of Los Angeles is anticipating runoff to be 225% of normal and is implementing safety measures.

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Land of Fire and Flood: How the Climate Crisis is Challenging Our Water Supply

/in , , /by /LAist by Erin Stone

Mark Pestrella is the director of L.A. County Public Works, which oversees 27 spreading grounds and 14 dams that both hold most of our local water supply as well as prevent massive flooding in the cities below.

Pestrella said he isn’t losing sleep over a megaflood. His biggest concern? The increasing severity of smaller, but intense storms — like many we experienced this winter.

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Tahoe Area Put on Flood Watch This Weekend as Snowpack Melts

/in , /by /SF Gateby Andrew Chamings

The Lake Tahoe region has been put on flood watch this coming weekend as unseasonably warm weather melts the Sierra Nevada’s almighty snowpack.

“Creeks and streams will be running high fast,” the National Weather Service warned. “Low-water crossings may be flooded.”

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Opinion: Future of California at Risk the Longer Landmark CEQA Environmental Law Remains Unchanged

/in , /by /Cal Mattersby Tracy Hernandez & Jim Wunderman

Like our changing climate and its many impacts on our communities, economy and environment; like the collapse of critical infrastructure; like the humanitarian homelessness crisis on our streets and the housing shortage driving it; like so many other slow-motion disasters that have befallen us, the warning signs have been unmistakably clear.

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California Faces Rapid Snowmelt From Heat Wave; Flood Fears in Yosemite, Elsewhere

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith

After weeks of uncertainty, forecasters say an incoming California heat wave will trigger rapid snowmelt on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada and cause more flooding in portions of the San Joaquin and Owens valleys this week.

Temperatures in Central California are forecast to climb into the high 80s and mid-90s beginning Wednesday and into the weekend, with the potential for some areas to approach daily records.

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Experimental Water Release Continues Lake Mead’s Rise

/in , , /by /8NewsNowby Duncan Phenix

A large release of water from Lake Powell began Monday morning. It’s water that will eventually end up in Lake Mead near Las Vegas after a two-day journey through the Grand Canyon where it will help restore sandbars and beaches while moving sediment downriver.

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How El Niño Could Influence Next Winter In California, The West

/in , , /by /The Weather Channelby Jonathan Erdman

El Niño is likely next winter and that could play an important role in the weather in parts of storm-weary California and the West.

But there are some important caveats and stubborn myths about this that also need to be addressed.

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