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.
DWR Increases Water Allocations By 5 Percent
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Oroville Mercury newsState Water Project contractors got a slight uptick Monday in the amount of water they will be getting this year. The Department of Water Resources increased the allocation from the 15 percent announced in December to 20 percent of the amount of water requested. The allocations always start low, and usually rise as the rainy […]
Specter Of Drought Looms As California’s Weather Turns Dry Again
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler and Ryan SabalowThe storms have passed and California’s dry winter has returned, raising the specter that the state could be entering another drought less than a year after the last one officially ended. After a brief spell of rain and snow improved California’s water conditions last week, the National Weather Service said Monday it’s forecasting at least […]
OPINION: What Is The Benefit Of Sites Reservoir?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Daily Democrat (Woodland)by Duane Chamberlain and Matt RexroadLast week, state regulators released their initial findings for potential dam and reservoir projects that could receive funds from Proposition 1, the $7.5 billion water bond passed by voters in 2014 in response to California’s record drought. The bond was approved with the promise of at least $2.7 billion for increased water storage but based […]
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. […]