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.
How Best To Share The Disappearing Colorado River
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /High Country News (Paonia, Colo.)by Paige BlankenbuehlerAs early as 2020, hydrologists forecast that the level of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the Colorado River, could drop low enough to trigger the first water shortages in its downstream states of Arizona, Nevada and California. The three states in the river’s Lower Basin have long feared shortages. But the continued decline of […]
Deal Could Avoid Shutdown, But California Wildfire And Water Measures Have To Wait
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Emily CadeiCongressional leaders reached a short-term spending deal Wednesday that effectively punts most of the contentious funding decisions into the new year. That includes the question of whether to extend a federal law designed to deliver more Northern California water south, which has become a factor in the Delta water-sharing agreement reached earlier this month. Congressional aides said […]
OPINION: Peace In California’s Water Wars Is Within Grasp
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CALmatters (Sacramento)by Jeffrey Mount and Ellen HanakDare we say it? The outlines of a truce in California’s unending water battles began to come into focus last week, though not everyone is willing to sign the treaty. The State Water Board adopted the first phase of a far-reaching revision to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento‒San Joaquin Delta and its […]
Lawsuits Await After California Water Board Adopts Flows Plan, CFBF Reports
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Sierra Sun Timesby Christine SouzaIrrigation districts along three Central California rivers say they will be suing the state of California and—simultaneously, in some cases—negotiating with it, now that the State Water Resources Control Board has voted to redirect significant flows along the rivers in an effort to improve fish populations. The state water board voted 4-1 last week to […]
Wide Fluctuation In October Water Conservation Numbers
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Chico Enterprise-RecordWater conservation numbers for October were announced last week by the Water Resources Control Board, and the savings were all over the place. Statewide, urban water use was down 13.4 percent compared to October 2013, the pre-drought benchmark year. That was down from 14.6 percent in September, but the conservation rate has been pretty static […]
OPINION: Did Jerry Brown Do Enough On Climate Change?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Jacques LeslieJerry Brown, in the last term of his two-part, 16-year governorship, came close to redeeming his environmental faults. Brown deserves a salute for striving to get out the message that climate change is indeed, in his words, a global “existential crisis” and that we are living in the “new abnormal.” He has been doing what […]