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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.
Farmers Welcome Federal Agencies’ Suits On Flows Plan
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Ag Alert (Sacramento)by Christine SouzaNow that the federal government has filed its own lawsuits against an unimpaired-flows plan for San Joaquin River tributaries, farmers and other parties to the lawsuits wait to learn where they will be heard–and prepare for a lengthy court battle. The U.S. departments of Justice and Interior filed suits in both federal and state courts […]
OPINION: California Can’t Save Fish By Diverting More Water From Rivers
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CALmatters (Sacramento)by John McManusRecent decades have brought the slow collapse of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its salmon runs. A half dozen species face extinction. Lacking natural flushing, the Delta now suffers outbreaks of toxic algae. The salmon fishing industry suffered a shutdown in 2008 and 2009 which cost thousands of jobs. Science points to a clear cause: […]
Bills In Congress Would Implement Drought Plan In West
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Associated PressTwo members of Arizona’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Tuesday on a plan to address a shrinking supply of water from a river that serves 40 million people in the U.S. West. Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva vowed to move identical bills quickly through the chambers. Bipartisan lawmakers from Colorado River basin […]
‘A California Water Supply Dream’: Record Snowpack Measured In Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe Region
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)by Ezra David RomeroCalifornia received some good news on Tuesday for the state’s water supply: The Sierra Nevada snowpack is well above normal, at 162 percent of average. This amount of snow is thanks to the more than 30 “atmospheric rivers” that brought storms this winter and spring. Chris Orrock, with the California Department of Water Resources, says […]
California Turns To Dam’s Spillway For 1st Time Since Crisis
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rich Pedroncelli and Olga R. RodriguezAn epic winter of rain and snow has refilled California’s reservoirs and pressed into service a spillway at the nation’s tallest dam Tuesday, a $1 billion structure that drained excess water for the first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands to flee the threat of catastrophic flooding. Water flowed […]
One More ‘Atmospheric River’ As Rainy Season Continues
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)by Mark GomezA series of storms this week in the Bay Area, including a weak ‘atmospheric river’ system Friday expected to bring widespread rain to the region, should allow San Francisco and San Jose to reach their annual rainfall totals. Since the start of the water year Oct. 1, San Francisco has received 23.27 inches of rain, […]