California and the U.S.
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
OPINION: State Bill Would Rebuild Friant-Kern Canal, A Key Valley Waterway That Needs Fixing
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Esmeralda SoriaThe San Joaquin Valley is ground zero for issues of water quality and supply. While there are countless studies that have highlighted these water challenges, there have been few investments made to begin to address the problem. We must do more. Our families and I are no strangers to this crisis. We depend on agricultural […]
California’s Water Crisis Has Put Farmers In A Race To The Bottom
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Gristby By Nathanael JohnsonWhile California was gripped by drought in 2014, Mark Arax began to notice something he couldn’t explain. Instead of shrinking for lack of water, some big farms were growing even bigger, expanding to hillsides, saltbush desert, and other lands where farmers usually feared to tread. They were planting thirsty almond trees as fast as they […]
Skiing In July, Dangerous Rivers, Full Reservoirs: What Sierra’s Huge Snowpack Means For Summer
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerMore rain is coming to the Sierra Nevada, adding to a bountiful spring that’s left the snowpack at twice its historical average for this time of year. The mountains are holding more snow than they were two years ago, when Northern California was coming off a historically wet winter that officially ended the drought. But […]
California Sees Biggest June Snowpack In Nearly A Decade Thanks To Spring Storms
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hannah FryDuring a weekend that’s widely known as the unofficial start of summer in California, visitors who trekked to Lake Tahoe for Memorial Day were met with a flurry of snowflakes that turned the landscape into a winter wonderland in May. The storm responsible for the late-season snow in the Sierra Nevada town was one in a […]
OPINION: ‘Moving The Rain,’ Creating California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CALmatters (Sacramento)by Mark AraxI explained how that invention necessitated the invention of the grandest water-moving system in the history of man. It was a system magnificently built, and it allowed us to erect two if not three world-class cities and the most intensive farming region in the world. But the system was now cracking, and it surely would […]
Marin Water Officials Heartened By Regional Supply Deal
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Marin Independent Journal by Will HoustonMarin County water district officials expressed encouragement after an early agreement was reached that seeks to end longstanding conflicts of a major regional water supply 100 miles to the north. The agreement centers around the relicensing of the Potter Valley Project hydropower plant in Mendocino County, which holds a supply of water that affects fish, […]