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The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
California Congressman Jim Costa Crosses Party Lines To Bring More Water To The Central Valley
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Sierra Sun TImes (Mariposa)On Wednesday, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) again crossed party lines in the House Natural Resources Committee to support two bills that could dramatically improve the reliability and quantity of Valley water supplies. The first bill – introduced by Representatives Ken Calvert (CA-42) and Costa (CA-16) – aims to bring all Endangered Species Act regulation of species that have a […]
Twin Satellites Circling The Globe Find California’s Losing Groundwater At A Steady Pace
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /KPCC (Pasadena)by Sharon McNaryThe earth’s wet regions are getting wetter, and dry ones, like California, are getting drier, according to a first-of-its-kind study that used NASA satellites to track 14 years of change in how water is moving around the globe. Southern California loses the groundwater equivalent of the volume of Lake Mead every 15 years due to drought […]
Water Planners Work To Enhance Snowpack Data
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AgAlert (Sacramento)by Christine SouzaAccess to precise, real-time data about the amount of water in the Sierra Nevada snowpack has become more critical than ever, California water managers say, in order to assist them in making informed decisions about an ever-less-predictable supply of water. That’s why water managers came to a panel discussion about advancements in snow-measurement technology during […]
Hemp Legalization Poised To Transform Agriculture In Arid West
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserAmid all the excitement around marijuana legalization in America, another newly legal crop has received comparatively little attention: hemp. And yet hemp may prove to be even more transformative, especially in the West’s arid landscapes. Hemp is a variety of the cannabis sativa plant that is not psychoactive. Whereas marijuana plants can produce both the psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol […]
This Zombie Dam Project Underscores California’s Dilemma Over Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Michael HiltzikDespite what you may have gleaned from television and the movies, zombies aren’t always constituted of flesh and blood. Sometimes they come in concrete and rock. Exhibit A is a $3-billion dam proposal on the San Joaquin River known as Temperance Flat. The project’s beneficiaries, chiefly growers in the San Joaquin Valley, have struggled for […]
NASA Finds ‘Human Fingerprint’ In Many Areas Of Water-Supply Change Worldwide
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /13WMAZ (Macon, Ga.)by Ian JamesHumans are dramatically altering water supply in many places worldwide, say NASA scientists who have been tracking regional changes via satellite. The researchers analyzed 14 years of data from NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites, which the space agency has dubbed GRACE. They studied areas with large increases or decreases in freshwater — including water stored in […]