A fight over the management of a diked island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is shining a light on a growing conundrum for California water managers, farmers and environmentalists over the best way to restore natural habitat on cropland created more than a century ago by draining marshes. The courtroom battle over 9,000-acre Staten […]
Remember Jesse Morrow Mountain from a few years ago? This time it’s the San Joaquin River north of Fresno that needs saving from a destructive gravel mine expansion. Yes, aggregate mining on the San Joaquin has been going on for more than a century. But with production tapering off and newer operations opening on the […]
The proposed Sites Reservoir will receive a $6 million investment from the federal government as part of a bipartisan spending bill that was signed during President Donald Trump’s year-end spending package. According to a release issued by the Sites Project Authority, the funding, authorized by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, was […]
Pure Water Monterey has completed critical water tests and is now poised to deliver a report to state regulators as part of an effort to seek the final thumbs-up before beginning to deliver water to the Seaside basin. But the recycled water project has again been delayed.
As a way to promote his “Local Jobs and Projects Plan,” Governor Walz took a tour today, 80 feet below ground. Pushing for more funding for water quality, Walz walked through a storm tunnel in Minneapolis that was damaged by flooding in 2010. Gov. Tim Walz unveiled the second of a proposed four packages for […]
Another water war is getting underway. This time we are not fighting California. It’s a family feud right here in Arizona. Urban versus rural. Phoenix and Tucson ganging up on the rural communities along the Colorado River in western Arizona. The opening shots have been fired by out-of-state speculators buying up farms along the river. Once they […]
The Delta’s Sinking Islands
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicle by Peter FimriteA fight over the management of a diked island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is shining a light on a growing conundrum for California water managers, farmers and environmentalists over the best way to restore natural habitat on cropland created more than a century ago by draining marshes. The courtroom battle over 9,000-acre Staten […]
Opinion: Save the San Joaquin? Fresno County Should Reject Cemex Proposal for Deeper Gravel Mine
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Marek WarszawskiRemember Jesse Morrow Mountain from a few years ago? This time it’s the San Joaquin River north of Fresno that needs saving from a destructive gravel mine expansion. Yes, aggregate mining on the San Joaquin has been going on for more than a century. But with production tapering off and newer operations opening on the […]
Sites Reservoir to Receive $6 Million
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.)by Lynzie LoweThe proposed Sites Reservoir will receive a $6 million investment from the federal government as part of a bipartisan spending bill that was signed during President Donald Trump’s year-end spending package. According to a release issued by the Sites Project Authority, the funding, authorized by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, was […]
Pure Water Monterey Finishes Key Water Tests, Delivery Date Delayed Again
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Monterey Herald by Jim JohnsonPure Water Monterey has completed critical water tests and is now poised to deliver a report to state regulators as part of an effort to seek the final thumbs-up before beginning to deliver water to the Seaside basin. But the recycled water project has again been delayed.
Gov. Tim Walz Proposes Borrowing $300M For Water Projects
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CBS Minnesotaby John LauritsenAs a way to promote his “Local Jobs and Projects Plan,” Governor Walz took a tour today, 80 feet below ground. Pushing for more funding for water quality, Walz walked through a storm tunnel in Minneapolis that was damaged by flooding in 2010. Gov. Tim Walz unveiled the second of a proposed four packages for […]
Opinion: Lawmakers Could Stop Arizona’s Next Water War. But Will They?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ascentralby Bruce BabbitAnother water war is getting underway. This time we are not fighting California. It’s a family feud right here in Arizona. Urban versus rural. Phoenix and Tucson ganging up on the rural communities along the Colorado River in western Arizona. The opening shots have been fired by out-of-state speculators buying up farms along the river. Once they […]