It has been widely reported that March was a disaster for California’s snowpack. Summer seemed to arrive three months early, with record-shattering heat and dryness and a mere pittance of precipitation. Did a relatively cool, rainy, and even snowy April make up for it? The short answer is no—but it helped. It’s important to remember that snowpack […]
The Colorado River provides water to some 40 million people across seven U.S. states and Mexico. And, after a historically hot and dry winter, those western states are scrambling to shore up supplies. One solution comes from California, Arizona, and Nevada. The three Lower Basin states recently announced a water-saving plan that aims to “stabilize the Colorado River […]
Arizona, California and Nevada say they’ve put together a proposal to stabilize the ailing Colorado River by saving at least 3.2 million acre-feet of water through 2028. That’s the equivalent of enough water to serve Tucson for 32 years.
The states of California, Arizona and Nevada have proposed voluntary water-saving measures for the next three years aimed at buying time while negotiations remain deadlocked over the future of shrinking reservoirs filled by the Colorado River. The Colorado River provides water to some 40 million people in the American west. But the two massive reservoirs filled by the river, Lake Mead and […]
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California Will Soon Have More Than 300 Data Centers — but Where Will They Get Their Water?
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San Diegoby Steven RodasThe new data center proposed for a quiet city about 115 miles east of San Diego came across people’s radars in different ways. For patrons of the deli on West Aten Road, it was the white “Not In My Backyard” signs jutting out of lawns. For local irrigation district workers, it was something called an […]
Morning Report: LAFCO Calls Off Investigation Into Water Authority”
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Voice of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority(scroll down) No one is getting rid of the San Diego County Water Authority just yet. The San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCO, had planned to look into the possibility in what’s called a municipal service review, or MSR. But on Monday, LAFCO commissioners scrapped that process.
Flood or Fire? A Disaster at Lake Hodges Is Looming, Residents Warn
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /inewsourceby Katie FuttermanLake Hodges is a San Diego landmark where people hike, bike, fish, kayak, canoe, bird watch and take photographs against the backdrop of a century-old, city-owned reservoir. It’s also a disaster waiting to happen. The question is whether calamity would come by flood or by fire.
A First Step to Drought Tolerant Crops – Salk Institute Charts Course, Uncovering ‘Magical Property of Plants’
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San Diegoby Thomas MurphyDrought cuts down harvests every year, but new local research may allow farmers to maximize their output even as water becomes more scarce. A team at the Salk Institute investigating plant aging has charted a new path to drought-tolerant crops. While the broader scientific community is packed with research on human aging, they have found plants approach […]