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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.
Temperance Flat Dam Hits hurdle
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sentinel (Hanford)by Julissa ZavalaWhile the Temperance Flat Reservoir Project hit a speedbump recently, local officials still have hope the project will get funded and bring more water storage to the Valley. “I hope in 10 years we can all get together and celebrate a new dam,” said Doug Verboon, Kings County supervisor and county representative on the San […]
State Now Facing Cascade Of Litigation Over Oroville Dam
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerMore than 40 farmers and business owners in the Oroville area sued the state Wednesday over the effects of the Oroville Dam crisis, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The giant lawsuit against the California Department of Water Resources was filed by the same law firms representing the city of Oroville in a suit it […]
Jerry Brown’s Science-Based Approach To The Proposed California State Budget
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Pacific Standard (Santa Barbara)by Alastair BlandFor California Governor Jerry Brown and his administration, 2017 was a water year to remember, and one that would figure into the drafting of the state’s 2018–19 budget, which was released early this month. The $190 billion proposed spending plan names California’s drought and the “extreme natural events of 2017” as determining factors in how the […]
Governor Signs Bill To Provide Tax Savings For Water Conservation
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /East County Today (Antioch)I want to thank Gov. Jerry Brown for signing SB 558, which allows the Secretary of State to place my rainwater recycling measure on the June 2018 ballot. The measure, SCA 9, would allow property owners to install rainwater capture systems without triggering a reassessment of the value of their property and an increase in their property […]
California May Be Returning To Drought Again And Sierra Snow Droughts May Become More Common
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Weather Channelby Jonathan ErdmanDespite a recent blanket of 1 to 2 feet of snow, snow cover in the Sierra is at its lowest point in late January since the peak of the state’s multi-year drought in 2014 and 2015, according to an analysis from NOAA’s National Operational Hyrdologic Remote Sensing Center. Tahoe City, along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, had […]
California Drought Returning? Sierra Nevada Snowpack at 30 Percent as Forecast Calls for Two More Weeks of Warm, Dry Weather
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)Hampered by hot weather and a stubborn high-pressure ridge that has blocked winter storms, California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack — a key source of the state’s water supply — on Tuesday was a paltry 30 percent of normal. The last time there was so little Sierra snow at the end of January was in 2015, when […]