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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.
More Rain On The Way; Flood Watch Issued
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Eureka Times-StandardMore rain is on the way. A lot more rain. “That’s really the theme now,” said National Weather Service Eureka meteorologist William Iwasko on Sunday. “… Nice sunny skies probably are not going to happen this week.” So much rain is expected, a flood watch was issued by the weather service for parts of Humboldt, […]
Study: Media Coverage of Drought Spurred California Water Conservation
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)When the California drought began to take hold in 2011, a mysterious thing happened: People began cutting back drastically on their water consumption – even before mandatory conservation was ordered by their local water agencies and state government. Newsha Ajami, director of Urban Water Policy with Stanford University’s Water in the West program, started hearing about this from […]
Recent Storms Raise Lake Oroville Water Level About 4 Feet
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Chico Enterprise-RecordThe storms that blew through Northern California this week raised the water level of Lake Oroville about 4 feet, but it’s a long way from where the spillways might need to be used. The lake started rising about noon on Wednesday, according to the Department of Water Resources website, and in the next 48 hours […]
Timeline: The Long History Of California’s Delta Tunnels Plan
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tara LohanIt’s been more than half a century since Californians started talking seriously about building a new conveyance system – canals or tunnels – to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta to south Delta pumps for export to farms and cities in the south. California’s Department of Water Resources’ California Water Plan suggested a “Trans-Delta System” […]
Atmospheric River Brings Heavy Rain To Parts Of California As Feet Of Snow Pile Up In The Sierra Nevada
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Weather Undergroundby Chris DolceA storm system tapping an atmospheric river of moisture is bringing heavy rain to portions of California, including some burn areas through Thursday as heavy snow potentially snarls travel in the Sierra Nevada. The stream of moisture piping its way toward the West Coast from the Pacific Ocean can be seen in the yellow and orange shadings […]
Toxic Algae: Once A Nuisance, Now A Severe Nationwide Threat
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /AP NewsCompeting in a bass fishing tournament two years ago, Todd Steele cast his rod from his 21-foot motorboat — unaware that he was being poisoned. A thick, green scum coated western Lake Erie. And Steele, a semipro angler, was sickened by it. Driving home to Port Huron, Michigan, he felt lightheaded, nauseous. By the next […]