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.
Largest Bay Area Dam Built In 20 Years Is Finally Finished
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Paul RogersAfter toiling away in the remote hills east of Interstate 680 on the Alameda-Santa Clara county line for seven years, hundreds of construction workers have finally finished the largest dam built in the Bay Area in 20 years. The 220-foot tall dam at Calaveras Reservoir — as high as the roadway on the Golden Gate […]
$823 Million, 31 Billion-Gallon Calaveras Reservoir Dam Ready For Debut
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /San Francisco Chronicleby Dominic FracassaAfter nearly two decades of planning and construction in the rolling, sun-baked hills of the Sunol Valley, crews are finishing a new, $823 million dam that will be the showpiece of a major overhaul to the Bay Area’s water delivery system. At the northernmost tip of the Calaveras Reservoir, the clatter and roar of heavy […]
Data Collection Begins Toward Raising Shasta Dam
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Paradise Post (Paradise, Calif.)Geologists are beginning take core samples to collect data for a proposal to raise Shasta Dam by 18 1/2 feet. The Bureau of Reclamation says the samples will be taken over the next few months from on, around and deep within the dam, in order to characterize concrete and geology conditions. The federal government has […]
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.