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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.
Congressman: State Put Delta Tunnels Ahead Of Oroville Dam Spillway
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /CBS Sacramentoby Kelly RyanJust days before the last repair work begins on the Oroville Dam spillway, the federal government is balking at whether or not it will pay for the repairs. Rep. John Garamendi (D-Davis) and Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Oroville) have been speaking with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for months to cover up to 75 percent of […]
Temperance Flat Reservoir Project Far From Key State Funding Despite Valley Backing
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Fresno Beeby Robert RodriguezThe California Water Commission on Thursday put in serious doubt the future of building a reservoir at Temperance Flat in east Fresno County. Meeting in Sacramento, the commission appeared to be headed toward preventing the massive water storage project to move forward. Commission members spent three days reviewing the public benefit portion of all 11 […]
OPINION: Address State’s Drinking Water Crisis While Protecting Farming
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Bakersfield.comby Nicholas Ortiz and Beatris SandersSeveral years ago, California farmers, including many in the Valley, began receiving threatening letters from the State Water Resources Control Board. The demand? Provide clean drinking water to local residents with nitrate contaminated private wells or face punitive legal action. The logic? Years of fertilizer application by farmers led to excess nitrates in the drinking […]
OPINION: More Water Storage Doesn’t Mean Build More Dams
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /San Francisco ChronicleThe California Water Commission has been meeting this week to discuss how to invest $2.7 billion in water storage funds approved by voters under Proposition 1. The commission — and all Californians — should bear in mind that water storage doesn’t necessarily mean a dam with water behind it. The commission’s charge is not to fund the […]
Santa Clara Valley Water District Delays $650 Million Vote On Brown’s Delta Tunnels Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Paul RogersAfter a five-hour packed public hearing, the board of Silicon Valley’s largest water provider late Wednesday night put off a closely watched vote until next week on whether to provide up to $650 million to support Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion plan to build two giant tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to make […]
Pressure Mounts To Solve California’s Toxic Farmland Drainage Problem
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserMany Americans know the name Kesterson as the California site where thousands of birds and fish were discovered with gruesome deformities in 1983, a result of exposure to selenium-poisoned farm runoff. Thirty-five years later, it is one of the oldest unresolved water problems in the state. Selenium, a naturally occurring element, is essential to people and animals […]