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.
California Snowpack 202% Of Average For This Time Of Year
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP NewsThe amount of snow blanketing the Sierra Nevada is even larger than the 2017 snowpack that pulled the state out of a five-year drought, California water officials said. As of Thursday, the snowpack measured 202% of average after a barrage of storms throughout winter and spring, according to the Department of Water Resources. The wet […]
Bill To Help Eagle Mountain Hydroelectric Storage Project Outside Joshua Tree Derailed
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Evan WylogeDespite the efforts of a handful of Riverside County lawmakers, a controversial bill that would pave the way for a massive hydroelectric energy storage project on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park has been shelved for now, leaving the Eagle Mountain project still without a clear path forward. The project would use abandoned iron […]
Feds Dodge Claims Of Violating California Water Law
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena, Calif.)by Nicholas IovinoThe U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Friday successfully dodged claims its management of a California dam violates state law and threatens the survival of endangered steelhead trout, but the legal battle is far from over. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen rejected a move by conservationists to add the United States as a “necessary party” to […]
1 million Californians Use Tainted Water. Will State Pass A Clean-Water Tax?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Alexei KoseffJosé Hernández has two plastic barrels in his front yard, filled to the brim with water collected during the recent rains. Half a dozen buckets, a trash can and a cooking pot sit close by, nearly overflowing. It should be enough for Hernández to tend to his garden for the next few weeks and slight […]
Coming Together For The Potter Valley Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Cloverdale Reveille by Zoë Strickland,Last week three local entities California Trout, Mendocino County Inland Water and Power Commission (IWPC) and Sonoma Water announced that they will be signing a project planning agreement with the hopes of looking at pathways to relicense the Potter Valley Project. The Potter Valley Project is a hydropower project that sits in the middle of […]
California Cold: Record-Breaking Chilly And Wet Weather Settles In, Along With A Hefty Snowpack
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury Newsby Mike BranomAny Californian who has simply had it with May’s gray, soggy chill had to hate the Memorial Day weekend. Rending asunder holiday plans of grilling at the park, or maybe some beach time, the final days of the month continued a statewide stretch of unseasonably cold, wet weather. On Sunday and Monday, precipitation fell and […]