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.
OPINION: In California, Prop. 3 Is a Billion-Dollar Fix for Stubborn Water Woes
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Water Deeply (New York)by Jerry MeralIn 2012, the California Legislature passed a law stating that it is a human right to have safe drinking water. But it provided only meager funds for that purpose. Proposition 3, a water bond on the November ballot, includes $750 million for safe drinking water and safe wastewater disposal in disadvantaged communities, and to eliminate lead […]
Plan to Revive Rivers Pits SF Against California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderThe rivers that once poured from the Sierra Nevada, thick with snowmelt and salmon, now languish amid relentless pumping, sometimes shriveling to a trickle and sparking a crisis for fish, wildlife and the people who rely on a healthy California delta. A state plan to improve these flows and avert disaster, however, has been mired in conflict […]
OPINION: Farms, Food Producers Taking Strides To Save Water – And The Climate
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Kirsten JamesWater and agriculture go hand in hand. Growing food for the planet’s people consumes 70 percent of its freshwater sources. Therefore, water is not only life-giving, it is life-sustaining. Yet with climate change, population growth and development on watersheds, an estimated 2 billion people globally face limited access to clean water. And demand for water is […]
Gavin Newsom Says He Would Scale Back The Bullet Train And Twin Tunnels If Elected
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby George SkeltonIf Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is elected governor as expected, he’ll keep building the state’s two contentious public works projects: the bullet train and twin water tunnels. But he’ll scale back both. He’ll be more cautious, realistic and practical about the super-expensive projects than termed-out Gov. Jerry Brown.Newsom will concentrate on completing a high-speed rail […]
El Niño Conditions Growing Increasingly Likely This Winter
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Paul RogersThe likelihood this winter of an El Niño — the weather pattern marked by warm Pacific Ocean waters that can affect California’s rainfall — is increasing. The probability of El Niño conditions being present by December is now 70 to 75 percent, up from 50 percent five months ago, according to a new report Thursday from the […]
California Might See Construction On Water Storage
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ABC30 (Fresno)For the first time in decades California may see construction of new water storage. The legislation would pay for new water storage projects as part of America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. It now goes to President Trump to sign it into law after the U.S. Senate approved the measure yesterday. The legislation provides financing […]