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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
California State Officials Voice Concerns Over A Federal Plant To Raise The Shasta Dam
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Pacific Standard Magazine (Santa Barbara)by Alastair BlandIn a March of 2018 letter, John Laird, the secretary for the California Natural Resources Agency, asked members of Congress to “not pursue the Shasta Dam enlargement project,” primarily because heightening the dam would violate the McCloud’s Wild and Scenic protections. But the feds don’t seem to be listening. “Congress hasn’t yet given permission [to the […]
Man-Made Fabrics Have State Lawmakers Vying For Warning Tags
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Bloomberg Business (New York City, N.Y.)by Lindsey RuppYour polyester shirt may soon come with a warning label. Lawmakers in California and New York have proposed state bills this year to raise awareness of a problem few consumers may have heard of — synthetic fabrics shedding microfibers into the water system. Reminiscent of the plastic microbeads that were banned from cosmetics, garments made […]
The Great California Laundry And Shower Meme, Explained
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Mother Jones (San Francisco)by Kevin DrumLast night I received the following peculiar tweet: Off-topic, but do you know if a new California law prohibits taking a shower and doing laundry on the same day? A lot of conservative sites are claiming that, but they’re not known for their factual accuracy. It just so happens that on Monday I took a shower and did a […]
Another Danger From Overpumping Groundwater: Arsenic
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /KQED (San Francisco)by Amel AhmedSinking land caused by intensive groundwater pumping in the San Joaquin Valley is releasing trapped arsenic — a known carcinogen — into aquifers that supply irrigation and drinking water for a million people, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. Arsenic, a naturally occurring chemical in the Earth’s crust, is undetectable by the human […]
Why Emergency Drought Assistance Will Be Needed In California For Years
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Water Deeply (New York)by Tess TownsendGov. Jerry Brown declared the end of California’s five-year drought in April 2017 after a wet winter replenished shrinking reservoirs. But the lingering impact of the drought, especially on groundwater supplies, means some still rely on emergency water tanks while they wait for long-term solutions. This is particularly true in the San Joaquin Valley, where more than 300 domestic well users […]
OPINION: This Is California. We Should Be Able To Drink The Water. Lawmakers, Fix This Disgrace
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Fresno BeeIn the world’s fifth-largest economy, in the richest state in the richest nation, some 360,000 Californians have water that is unsafe to drink. That’s the equivalent of about three and a half Flint, Michigans, and it’s an outrage. Worse, it’s a fixable outrage, and the fix is being blocked by vested interests. This stalemate has gone on […]