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.
California Water Board Delays Affordability Report
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Circle of Blue (Traverse City, Mich.)by Brett WaltonCiting the need for more deliberation, California regulators delayed publication of a report that will outline their preferred plan to fund and manage a statewide program to help poor residents pay their water bills. As water rates increase in the United States, governments and utilities are exploring new forms of financial aid. Some utilities run water bill […]
U.S. Drought At Worst Level In Nearly 4 Years
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /USA Todayby Doyle RiceThe dry times are back. Drought has returned with a vengeance across much of the United States, with the worst conditions across southern and western parts of the nation. As of Thursday, 38.4% of the continental U.S. is in a drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. That is the highest percentage since the 40% recorded in […]
California Today: Hot Winter Means Snowpack Is Far Below Normal
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The New York TimesThe torrential rains that ripped through the state earlier the state earlier this year and created the destructive and deadly mudslides in Montecito may make California’s drought seem like ancient history. But much of California has, in reality, suffered through an unusually hot — and somewhat dry — winter. A heat wave baked Southern California […]
Voters OK’d $2.7 Billion For New Reservoirs. Critics Say California Won’t Spend It
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento BeeIt’s a tantalizing pot of money, $2.7 billion for new dams and reservoirs approved by California voters during the worst of the drought. But is the state willing to spend it? The California Water Commission, the obscure state agency in charge of allocating the money, stunned the California water world recently by giving a decidedly […]
California State Superintendent Announces New Drinking Water Testing for Lead in Schools
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Sierra Sun Times (Mariposa)State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced on Thursday that California public schools built before 2010 must test for lead in drinking water. Last year, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 746, which requires community water systems statewide to complete lead testing in these older schools by July 1, 2019. “Students need fresh water, nutritious […]
OPINION: Oversight Needed Of Delta Tunnel, High Speed Rail
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Carmichael Times (Sacramento)by Ken CooleyTucked away in a book in my Capitol office is a letter addressed to Kenneth William Cooley whose return address is stated simply as The White House. A 4 cent stamp on the envelope shows a Mercury space capsule floating above a luminous Earth with the words “US Man in Space.” Its cancellation mark shows […]