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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
OPINION: Why A Bill Before Congress Is Such A Big Threat To The Delta
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby John GaramendiIf you care about the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or protecting California water rights, you should be very alarmed by something that just happened 3,000 miles away in the halls of Congress. Backed by southern California interests, the House Appropriations Committee just unveiled the fiscal year 2019 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. It includes […]
Earth Just Had Its 400th Straight Warmer-Than-Average Month Thanks To Global Warming
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /USA Today (McLean, Va.)by Doyle RiceIt was December 1984, and President Reagan had just been elected to his second term, Dynasty was the top show on TV and Madonna’s Like a Virgin topped the musical charts. It was also the last time the Earth had a cooler-than-average month. Last month marked the planet’s 400th consecutive month with above-average temperatures, federal scientists from the National Oceanic and […]
Another Dry Year In The Colorado River Basin
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Moab Sun News (Moab, UT)2018 has brought record-low snowpack levels to many locations in the Colorado River Basin, making this the driest 19-year period on record. With the depressed snowpack and warming conditions, experts indicate that runoff from the Rocky Mountains into Lake Powell this spring will yield only 42 percent of the long-term average. With drought and low […]
OPINION: Should California Borrow $4 Billion More For Parks And Water?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby Jay Ziegler and Tim QuinnCalifornia’s safe drinking water and natural resources are increasingly threatened by drought, wildfires, floods and mudslides. Proposition 68 is designed to help make our communities more resilient to the impacts of climate change. The measure was placed on the June 5 ballot by a bipartisan, two-thirds vote of the Legislature to make much-needed investments to […]
OPINION: No: State Can’t Afford To Take On More Debt
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby John MoorlachIt’s time, Californians, to hold on to our collective wallets. “It does NOT raise taxes,” proponents of Proposition 68 insist in the official state voters’ guide. Then where do they think the money will come from to repay the $4 billion inbonds that are supposed to go for parks and “climate adaptation,” whatever that is? […]
How Much Water Should California Cities Use? New Data Could Help
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Water Deeply (New York)by Erik PorseThe relatively dry 2017-18 winter in California resurfaced recent memories of drought conservation mandates. From 2013-16, urban water utilities complied with voluntary, then mandatory, water use limits as part of Executive Order B-37-16. Urban water utilities met a statewide 25 percent conservation target, helping the state weather severe drought. Winter rains in 2016-17 led to a reprieve from […]