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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.
OPINION: If We’re Smart, We Can Find Enough Water For All Of Us
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Modesto Beeby Patrick KoepeleThe Modesto Bee has expressed a strong negative opinion of the State Water Resources Control Board’s proposal to require additional water to be left in the Tuolumne River and other San Joaquin tributaries to improve water quality and the environment. Regrettably, what has received little attention in this debate are the opportunities for improving water […]
California Public Utilities Commission’s Proposed Decision Backs Cal Am Desalination Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Monterey Heraldby Jim JohnsonIn a major development for California American Water’s long-sought desalination project, the California Public Utilities Commission has issued a proposed decision recommending approval of the proposal known as the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project. In a 223-page filing, a three-judge panel found that Cal Am’s desal project is the best option available to provide the […]
Oroville Dam: See Before-and-After Video of Construction Progress
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /East Bay Timesby Paul RogersEighteen months after the dramatic failure of the spillways at Oroville Dam in Northern California, a disaster that led to the evacuation of 188,000 people, construction is on schedule to complete the concrete work in the main spillway by Nov. 1. In recent weeks, 805 workers from Kiewit, the Nebraska-based company that was awarded the […]
Why One Arizona County Could Upend the Southwest’s Drought Plan
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Water Deeplyby Matt WeiserSerious water shortages on the Colorado River could be less than two years away, according to new federal estimates. Yet after 19 years of drought, just 500 farmers in one Arizona county may decide the fate of the entire Southwest: By holding tight to their own temporary water supply, they could stall a conservation plan […]
California’s Biggest Environmental Challengers? Water. Climate Change. Political Hot Air.
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Sacramento Beeby Editorial StaffCalifornia Influencers, a group of the state’s most respected experts in public policy, politics and government, weighed in on this question: What is the biggest environmental challenge facing the state?
In California’s New Wildfire Reality, Facing the Need for Periodic Fires to Clear Fuel
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /San Francisco Chronicleby Curtis AlexanderWhen a wall of flames raced up the hillside at Avalanche Creek on a recent afternoon, firefighters in Yosemite National Park had to act quickly. The giant Ferguson Fire was headed toward the south rim of Yosemite Valley, and if crews didn’t stop it here, the fire would open up on the edge of the […]