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.
Delta Tunnels, Diversity Are Focus Of New California Water Leader
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg by Emily C. DooleyThe new person in charge of delivering water to one in 17 Americans has two big goals: seeing through a controversial public works project to build two new California water tunnels and ensuring her agency is represented by a more diverse group of people. Gloria Gray became chairwoman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern […]
Like Fruit, Vegetables, and Almonds? Scientists Have Bad News.
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Mother Jonesby Tom PhilpottSo far, this winter has brought ample snows to the Sierra Nevada, the spine of mountains that runs along California’s eastern flank. That’s good news for Californians, because the range’s melted snow provides 60 percent of the state’s water supply. Anyone in the United States who likes fruit, vegetables, and nuts should rejoice, too, because water […]
Couple Fined After Claiming to Use More Water than the Earth Holds
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Redding Record Searchlightby Damon ArthurA couple with rights to take water from a Trinity County creek has been fined $10,000 for overstating the amount of water they diverted, at one point claiming they used more water than is actually available on Earth. As part of an agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board, the couple has agreed to […]
2018 Another Dry Year for California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Courthouse News Serviceby Matthew RendaAs the Golden State moves into 2019, it will close the book on an abnormally dry year with hopes that a few rain storms can stave off the prospect of another drought. Two consecutive years of devastating wildfires killing dozens of residents, causing billions in property damage and reducing millions of acres to ash has […]
Winter Is Shrinking, Scripps Study Finds, Posing New Fire, Water Risks
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan BrennanAcross the mountains of the West, the landscape of winter is changing. Deep snowpacks that held fast through winter, then melted in a torrent each spring, are instead seeping away earlier in the year. The period of winter weather is shrinking, too, with autumn lasting longer and spring starting earlier. The findings by Amato Evan, […]
California’s Droughts Hurt Fight Against Climate Change. Study Tells Us Why
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderRecent droughts across the West have belted drinking-water supplies, withered crops and fanned deadly wildfires. They’ve also squeezed hydroelectric facilities, with the less obvious side effect of hampering efforts to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. A new study out of Stanford University finds that 10 percent of the total carbon dioxide spewed from California, Oregon, Washington […]