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.
California’s Looming Water Pollution Problem
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Pacific Standard Magazine (Santa Barbara)by Kate WheelingIn the winter of 2001, Tom Frantz and a friend were cruising in his pick-up truck along a stretch of Highway 33 in Kern County, California. Known as the Petroleum Highway, this particular stretch of the roadway cuts across some of the state’s largest oil fields. Frantz, a mustachioed man whose wispy white hair is […]
Congress Must Move to Renew Federal Fund Vital For Watershed Protection
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Jay ZieglerFOR MORE THAN 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has protected national parks and open spaces in every corner of the United States. In many ways, it is the most important conservation and recreation program in the U.S. But it will expire at the end of this month, unless Congress acts to reauthorize it prior to that. We need […]
California’s Plan To Store Water Underground Could Risk Contamination
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco) by Amanda HeidtAs California begins handing out $2.5 billion in state funds for several new water management projects, a shift is taking place in the ways officials are considering storing water. To contend with the likelihood of future extreme droughts, some of these new strategies rely on underground aquifers — an approach far removed from traditional dam-based water storage.
Congressman Garamendi Says Delta Tunnels Letter Is Full Of Misrepresentations
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Reporter News (Vacaville)by Melissa MurphyCongressman John Garamendi’s office (D-Solano) confirmed Wednesday he sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler describing the “misrepresentations” present in the Delta Conveyance Finance Authority (DCFA) Letter of Interest (LOI) for the Delta Tunnels project known as California WaterFix. The DCFA submitted a Letter of Interest to the EPA’s Water Infrastructure, Finance and Innovation […]
New Tool For Water Managers Untangles CA’s Groundwater Management Act
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Environmental Leader (Fort Collins, Colo)by Jennifer HermesSustainably managing groundwater is one of the most important and complex challenges that California will face in coming decades, water experts in the state believe. Now, water managers have a new tool to help them understand California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA): the Groundwater Exchange, a free, collaborative online platform that offers tools and resources […]
Record Summer Heat Across Much Of State Retreats; Some Deeper Thoughts On El Niño
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The California Weather Blogby Daniel SwainAfter a truly searing start to summer across most of California, especially in the south, the last several weeks have felt rather mild by comparison. The record-breaking heatwaves of July, followed by record warm ocean temperatures later in the summer in SoCal, made for very uncomfortable conditions across some of California’s most densely populated regions […]