California and the U.S.
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.
Rain’s Below Average and Snowpack Is Meager; But Don’t Worry — Things Are Going to Get Worse
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED News (San Francisco)This Thursday, a crew from the California Department of Water Resources will drive up to a meadow above Lake Tahoe to measure how much snow is there. Media will be on hand to record the ritual, staged once a month between early January and May. The assembled reporters and camera-people will hear DWR’s official pronouncement […]
California Water: Desalination Projects Move Forward With New State Funding
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Paul Rogers Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantCalifornia water officials have approved $34.4 million in grants to eight desalination projects across the state, including one in the East Bay city of Antioch, as part of an effort to boost the water supply in the wake of the state’s historic, five-year drought. The money comes from Proposition 1, a water bond passed by state voters […]
State scores Temperance Flat dam project at a big fat zero. Boosters are pushing back
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno BeeAn application for $1 billion of state bond money to build Temperance Flat dam east of Fresno scored a dismal zero from the California Water Commission on the cost-benefit ratio, potentially jeopardizing its construction. Supporters of the dam expressed shock and dismay and are blaming the commission staff for the low score. They’re got company. […]
Warmer winters spell more floods for northern California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Union (Grass Valley)Floods likely will surge more often across northern California, as wintertime temperatures rise in the Sierra Nevada and snow shifts to rain, scientists predict. When precipitation falls as snow, the water stays longer on the mountain as snowpack, then slowly flows out as snowmelt over the spring and summer. The ground has more time to […]
OPINION: Don’t give Southern California control of Delta water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)Seven years into Jerry Brown’s final tour as governor, his promise to create a reliable water delivery system that protects the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is in shambles. His twin-tunnel fixation was ill-conceived and, for Northern California at least, unacceptable, and he is not giving up.
How Trump’s pumping plan is dividing California over water – again
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento BeeThey gathered this week at Sacramento’s federal building on Capitol Mall, carrying protest signs and vowing to resist the Trump administration’s plan to pump more of Northern California’s water through the Delta to the southern half of the state. The government “wants to suck our lifeblood dry,” said Noah Oppenheim, leader of a group representing […]