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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.
OPINION: Newsom’s Picks For Environmental Protection And Water Chiefs Will Reveal His Priorities
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Richard M. FrankOne of the keys to former Gov. Jerry Brown’s success as California’s chief executive over the past eight years was the stellar group of individuals he recruited as his top environmental and water officials. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s initial, senior environmental appointments suggest that he is wisely following in Brown’s footsteps. Californians can only hope his […]
El Nino, A No-Show So Far, Losing Steam
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Capital Press (Salem, Oregon)by Don JenkinsThe weather has yet to be influenced this winter by a warmer Pacific Ocean and likely won’t be impacted in a major way, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports. Federal climatologists reduced the chances that an El Nino will form in January or February to 82 percent, down from 96 percent a month ago. […]
Sonoma Valley Water Users Can Get Smart About Water Use
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Sonoma Index-Tribune by Christian Kallen“Have you ever wondered how you can save money on your water bill?” So begins, in a perky female voice, the 1-minute video overview of the new WaterSmart online tool being offered by the Valley of the Moon Water District. It promises instant cell-phone alerts of high water use, upcoming bills, track leaks and costs, […]
Santa Clara Valley Water District Files Suit Challenging State Plan To Divert Water For Fish
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Emily DeRuyIn an attempt to block the state’s plan to divert more water toward the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and away from the Bay Area, the Santa Clara Valley Water District has filed a lawsuit arguing the project could significantly reduce the local water supply. If the plan advances, the water district might have to spend […]
OPINION: The Delta is California’s heart. Gavin Newsom must save it
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CALmatters (Sacramento)by Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaThe confluence of California’s two great rivers, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin, creates the largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas. Those of us who live here call it, simply, the Delta. It is part of my very fiber, and it is essential to California’s future. That’s why we must save it. […]
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Defies Political Divisions In His 2019 State Of The State Address
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Arizona RepublicIn a New Year’s Day essay in this newspaper, Valley attorney and scholar Grady Gammage, Jr. argued that 2018 may have been a watershed year in Arizona, as the people of this state broke habit and showed up at the polls in droves. “…They made discerning judgments,” wrote Gammage. “A pragmatic Republican governor was reelected by […]