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.
Northern California Sees Showers After Lengthy Dry Spell
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /The Associated PressRain showers moved across Northern California on Tuesday after months of extremely dry weather. “What’s that on the radar? Yep, it’s rain!” the Sacramento National Weather Service office tweeted. Showers were reported from the coast inland to the state capital and the San Joaquin Valley, but rainfall rates varied greatly. The 0.01 inch (0.25 millimeter) […]
OPINION: Marina Bears Heavy Burden in Desalination Dispute
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Capitol Weekly (Sacramento)by Bruce DelgadoIn parched, drought-stricken California, where water is considered liquid gold, the politics of power and wealth are playing out in real-time. The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) recent decision to allow the California American Water Company (Cal-Am) to proceed with its Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project desalination plant is great news – that is, if […]
California Ends Another Dry Water Year
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CBS SacramentoCalifornia began a new water year Monday with some rain falling or in the immediate forecast after 12 months of below-average precipitation. The Department of Water Resources said the Oct.1-Sept. 30 water year that ended Sunday was marked by hot and dry conditions, except for sporadic significant precipitation. During the period, the statewide snowpack was […]
Tropical Storm Rosa Brings Flood Threat To 12 Million People In The Southwest
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Detroit Free Pressby Doyle RiceThe remnants of Hurricane Rosa are forecast to bring heavy rain and the threat of flash flooding to the Southwest over the next few days. The now-tropical storm – which had been as strong as a Category 4 hurricane – is poised to make landfall along Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Monday evening, where heavy rain was […]
OPINION: California Prop. 3 — Vote Yes To Pay For Watershed, Water Supply And Water Projects
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby David LewisFlint, Mich., isn’t the only place where tap water is poisonous. Shockingly, more than 1 million California residents are exposed to unsafe tap water each year in our homes, schools and public buildings. Latino and low-income communities are suffering the most. At the same time, longer droughts and shrinking Sierra snowpack endanger the water supplies […]
OPINION: California Prop. 3 Shifts Water Project Costs But Not Benefits To All Taxpayers
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Jim BlickenstaffWhat’s being sold as commonality between Republicans and Democrats on environmental concerns based on support for Proposition 3 is a false premise. Prop. 3 is not what it appears to be. There are several bad ideas incorporated in this $8.9 billion bond statewide bond measure. A shift of the fiscal burden for water delivery systems from […]