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.
Conserving Water Is Still A Priority For California. How About Other States?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Gabriel Valley Tribuneby Steve ScauzilloThe Metropolitan Water District last week re-upped its turf-removal program, providing greater incentives for homeowners to replace thirsty lawns with drought-tolerant plants. In Utah, the state’s Division of Water Resources is encouraging residents to use more water so it can justify spending $3 billion on a pipeline that will take more water from Lake Powell, […]
Sites Reservoir Is Sacramento Valley’s Water Project. But L.A. Is Taking A Huge Role
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler and Ryan SabalowAs water projects go, Sites Reservoir has always been the Sacramento Valley’s baby – a multibillion-dollar reservoir conceived by Valley farmers, carved out of a ghost town an hour north of the Capitol. Around the Valley, “Build Sites Reservoir” signs dot the roads along mile after mile of orchards and rice fields. But a funny […]
Stanford Experts Discuss Impacts Of Downsizing The Delta Twin Tunnels Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Stanford Newsby Michelle HortonCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week his plan to downsize the Delta twin tunnels project, a controversial $17 billion water conveyance system aimed at diverting water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to the Central Valley and Southern California. The tunnels are intended in part to reduce the impacts that massive pumps at the […]
Facing Cutbacks On The Colorado River, Arizona Farmers Look To Groundwater To Stay In Business
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)by Ian JamesIn satellite images, the farm fields in central Arizona stand out like an emerald green quilt draped across the desert landscape. Seeing it from the ground level, the fields of alfalfa, corn and wheat are interspersed with the furrows of freshly plowed fields. After the cotton harvest, stray fluffy bolls lie scattered on the ground […]
California Rail Project Not Dead Yet After Newsom Sows Confusion
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Bond Buyer (New York)by Keeley WebsterCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to distance himself from his predecessor’s priorities sowed confusion about the fate of the state’s bond-funded high-speed passenger train project. In his first State of the State speech Tuesday, Newsom took aim at high-speed rail and water tunnel projects championed by former Gov. Jerry Brown. He created confusion about high-speed […]
Pineapple Express’s Biggest Punch Set To Hit Water-Logged California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /U.S. News & World Report (Washington D.C.)The worst of the rain, snow, and winds carried by the so-called Pineapple Express, a river of warm air loaded with moisture, will hit California on Thursday and stick around at least through Friday, forecasters said. The weather system, headed east from near Hawaii, is the wettest storm on the U.S. West Coast this season. […]