A California water district developed a groundwater trading project that could help farmers in the area with state restrictions for over pumping groundwater aquifers.
The California Senate on Monday sent legislation to Gov Gavin Newsom’s desk that will spend $130 million a year over the next decade to improve drinking water for about a million people.
We haven’t published many ten-part editorials in the Daily Post over the past 15 years. But we also don’t come across many political issues — local, state, or national — as complicated or as perplexing as the declining lake levels in the two largest reservoirs situated on the Colorado River: Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
A local water district is developing a novel, market-based groundwater trading program that, if successful, could be expanded or copied to help Central Valley farmers cope with new state restrictions against over-pumping the region’s aquifers.
If Robert P. McCulloch had not flown over the beautiful waters of Lake Havasu, there would never have been a Lake Havasu City. But if Parker Dam didn’t exist, there would never have been a Lake Havasu in the first place. It’s a bit like the riddle of the chicken and the egg. That’s all […]
California’s aging water infrastructure desperately needs an upgrade. Shorter, more intense rain storms, less snowpack and more prolonged stretches of drought reflect the reality of climate change. There’s no one project, no single action, that will save California from a dry and unreliable water future.
California Groundwater Program Could Help Farmers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Water & Wastes Digestby StaffA California water district developed a groundwater trading project that could help farmers in the area with state restrictions for over pumping groundwater aquifers.
California Senate Approves Clean Drinking Water Fund
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Associated Pressby Adam BeamThe California Senate on Monday sent legislation to Gov Gavin Newsom’s desk that will spend $130 million a year over the next decade to improve drinking water for about a million people.
OPINION: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Ten
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Pagosa Daily Postby Bill HudsonWe haven’t published many ten-part editorials in the Daily Post over the past 15 years. But we also don’t come across many political issues — local, state, or national — as complicated or as perplexing as the declining lake levels in the two largest reservoirs situated on the Colorado River: Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
Market-based Program Would Encourage Farmers to Buy, Sell Local Groundwater
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Bakerfield.comby John CoxA local water district is developing a novel, market-based groundwater trading program that, if successful, could be expanded or copied to help Central Valley farmers cope with new state restrictions against over-pumping the region’s aquifers.
No Dam? No Lake! No Lake? No City?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /RiverScene Magazineby Becky MaxedonIf Robert P. McCulloch had not flown over the beautiful waters of Lake Havasu, there would never have been a Lake Havasu City. But if Parker Dam didn’t exist, there would never have been a Lake Havasu in the first place. It’s a bit like the riddle of the chicken and the egg. That’s all […]
OPINION: California Needs Sites Reservoir. Here’s Why
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /CALmattersby Frist Durst and Douglas HeadrickCalifornia’s aging water infrastructure desperately needs an upgrade. Shorter, more intense rain storms, less snowpack and more prolonged stretches of drought reflect the reality of climate change. There’s no one project, no single action, that will save California from a dry and unreliable water future.