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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: Proposition 3 Will Pay For A Multitude Of Water Needs
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby Jerry MeralCalifornia needs clean, safe and reliable water supplies. We also would greatly benefit from the improved flood management Proposition 3 would provide. The measure on the Nov. 6 ballot includes $400 million to implement the Central Valley Flood Control Plan and repair Oroville Dam. Climate change is worsening the threat of floods. Sacramento is the nation’s second […]
Trump Signs Bill Requiring Independent Inspection Of Oroville Dam
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Oroville Mercury Registerby Risa JohnsonPresident Donald Trump recently signed into law a bill which requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to conduct an independent review of the Oroville Dam facility. The 2019 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill requires that the licensee of the Oroville Dam request the U.S. Society on Dams to nominate independent consultants to prepare a risk analysis. […]
$3 Billion Hoover Dam Project Hopes To Bring Power Plant Into 21st Century
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CBS News (San Francisco)Hoover Dam is one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century. Built during the Great Depression, it was the biggest public works project in the country. Now, as California and the West expand into renewable energy, there’s a $3 billion plan to bring the power plant into the 21st century.
Water Works: Diverse Support of Proposition 3 Water Bond
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AgNet West (Fresno)In today’s Water Works, brought to you by AquiMax, there will be another water proposition on the ballot for Californians this November. Proposition 3, the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018, would authorize $8.877 billion in general obligation bonds for various types of water projects. The proposition’s broad spending categories include watershed lands, water […]
The Science Is Clear: Dirty Farm Water Is Making Us Sick
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Wired (San Francisco)by Elizabeth Shogren, Susie NeilsonWilliam Whitt suffered violent diarrhea for days. But once he began vomiting blood, he knew it was time to rush to the hospital. His body swelled up so much that his wife thought he looked like the Michelin Man, and on the inside, his intestines were inflamed and bleeding. For four days last spring, doctors […]
Replacement Dam At Calaveras Reservoir Has Reached Full Height
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Hydro Review (Tulsa, Okla.)by Elizabeth IngramThe replacement dam at Calaveras Reservoir has reached its full height, marking a major milestone in the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project in California. According to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, California Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams and Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, the earth and rock fill dam […]