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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.
Supreme Court Won’t Hear California Water Agencies’ Appeal in Tribe’s Groundwater Case
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear an appeal by California water agencies in the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians’ landmark lawsuit asserting rights to groundwater beneath the tribe’s reservation. The Desert Water Agency and the Coachella Valley Water Disitrict had appealed to challenge a decision by the Ninth Circuit […]
Feds Ask State to Explain Cracks in New Oroville Spillway Concrete
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED News (San Francisco)Federal regulators have asked the officials who operate Oroville Dam — and who are in charge of the $500 million-plus effort to rebuild and reinforce the facility’s compromised spillways — to explain small cracks that have appeared in recently rebuilt sections of the dam’s massive concrete flood-control chute. In a previously undisclosed October letter, the […]
Chance of Rain Monday as Temperatures Drop From Record-Setting Holiday Period
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /LA Daily NewsAfter a record-hot Thanksgiving weekend, a one-day cold front is expected to move into Southern California on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters gave about a 30 to 40 percent chance that rain falling in the Central Coast area Sunday night would extend into Southern California on Monday morning. If precipitation does arrive, […]
Multibillion-Dollar Water Measures Heading To State Ballot
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco ChronicleWith a five-year drought and then a winter of floods having exposed the limits of California’s vast network of reservoirs, dams and canals, voters are likely to have the chance next year to decide whether to pay for major upgrades to the state’s waterworks. Two multibillion-dollar bonds are expected to go before voters that promise […]
Rising Reservoirs: Less Room for Error This Winter on San Joaquin River
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Record (Stockton)It was our saving grace: Last winter, a mostly empty New Melones Lake swallowed up torrents of water that otherwise would have had to be dumped into a lower watershed that already was flooding. Without all of that room at New Melones, the damage along the lower San Joaquin River and in the Delta could […]
Where Westerners Agree And Disagree On Key Water Issues
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Mitch TobinWhat do westerners think about water issues? What worries them? What policies do they support? Where is there consensus and division? To answer these questions, the Water Foundation recently commissioned a wide-ranging public opinion survey of voters in 12 Western states. The poll covered diverse topics, including general awareness of water issues, opinions on policy measures, perceptions about the […]