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Arizona Considers Desalination Options For Future Water Supply
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Jerry Redfern Mentioned: Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination PlantNot if, but when. That’s the future of water desalination plants in Arizona, according to the head of the state’s water department. They are controversial and expensive, but Arizona’s current leadership views desalinated water – or “desal” – as key to the state’s long-term water plans. Arizona sits atop an estimated 600 million acre-feet of brackish water.
Arizona Considers Desalination Options For Future Water Supply
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Jerry Redfern Mentioned: Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination PlantNot if, but when. That’s the future of water desalination plants in Arizona, according to the head of the state’s water department. They are controversial and expensive, but Arizona’s current leadership views desalinated water – or “desal” – as key to the state’s long-term water plans. Arizona sits atop an estimated 600 million acre-feet of brackish water. […]
Last California Drought One Of The Worst Since Columbus Landed In The New World
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerJust how bad was California’s last drought? For most of Southern California, it was either the worst or second worst since the century Columbus landed in the New World, the Ottoman empire was started and Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. In other words, it was one of the worst since the 1400s, […]
BLOG: “March Mitigation” Commences As Unusually Cold Late-Season Storm Sequence Arrives
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The California Weather Blog (Los Angeles)by Daniel SwainIn my last post, I mentioned that upcoming storms would (finally!) start to chip away at the huge seasonal precipitation deficit that has accumulated this year throughout California–but that this storm series would be far from a “Miracle March.” So far, that expectation has largely been borne out: fairly prodigious multi-foot snow accumulations did occur […]
This Week’s Storms Could Drop 100 Inches Of Snow In The Sierra Nevada
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Benjy EgelTwo storms are projected to dump up to 100 inches — that’s more than eight feet — of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains Tuesday through Saturday, according to new projections from the National Weather Service. Sacramento is expected to get two to three inches of rain by Saturday, including a half-inch to an inch-and-a-half […]
Storm Triggers Evacuations In Santa Barbara County: ‘Don’t Be Fooled Into Thinking That This Can’t Happen Again’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Alene TchekmedyianSanta Barbara County authorities ordered mandatory evacuations Monday for residents below fire-ravaged mountains ahead of a “fast-approaching” storm that could cause flooding and mudflows. “Those hills are filled with silt, with rocks, with boulders, there’s plenty more up there that could come down,” Sheriff Bill Brown told reporters Monday, adding that conditions may be more […]