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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.
EPA Recognizes 2018 WaterSense Partners
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Finance and Management (Brecksville, Ohio)by WFM StaffThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring 20 water utilities, manufacturers, builders and organizations for protecting the environment by creating and promoting WaterSense-labeled fixtures, homes and programs. EPA’s WaterSense partners have helped Americans save more than 2.7 trillion gallons of water and $63.8 billion on utility bills since 2006.
In Colorado, Water Bosses Begin To Accept Climate Change Impacts
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Brent Gardner-SmithThe phrase “climate change” did not appear on the agenda of a recent three-day meeting of the Colorado Water Congress, but the topic was often front and center at the conference, as it increasingly is at water meetings around the state and the region. Amy Haas, the new executive director of the Upper Colorado River […]
A Look At California’s Proposition 3: Water Infrastructure An Watershed Conservation Bonds
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ABC30 (Fresno)In the November election, California voters will decide on 11 propositions. Here’s everything you need to know about Proposition 3. Proposition 3 authorizes bonds to fund projects for water supply and quality, watershed, fish, wildlife, water conveyance, and groundwater sustainability and storage. A YES vote authorizes the State to issue $8.877 Billion in general obligation bonds for water […]
Major Climate Report Describes A Strong Risk Of Crisis As Early As 2040
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The New York Timesby Coral DavenportA landmark report from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding the damage requires transforming the world economy at a speed and scale that has “no documented historic precedent.”
Deeply Talks: Drought on the Colorado – Can We Adapt to Changing Runoff?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserSnowmelt is shrinking and runoff is coming earlier on the Upper Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of water for 40 million people in the West. This is leading to vegetation changes, water quality issues and other concerns. But it may be possible to operate reservoirs differently to ease some of these effects. In September’s […]
California Water Woes: Ballot Measure Aims at Solutions, but at a Steep Cost
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderThe biggest ticket item on California’s November ballot, tucked between the governor’s race and local elections, is $8.9 billion in bonds to help modernize California’s sprawling waterworks. The measure, which was authored by a former state water director, would fund scores of projects, from shiny new desalination plants to upgrades of old dams and aqueducts […]