Efforts to stretch the overused Colorado River appear to be working: The total amount of water used across Nevada, California and Arizona is the lowest it’s been in 40 years. The reduction is the result of several factors, including a good snowpack year allowing for more use of groundwater, increased conservation efforts and millions of […]
Legal rights to use water — particularly those obtained prior to 1914 — lie at the heart of California’s perpetual wrangling over the allocation of increasingly limited water supplies. For years state officials have been trying, with limited success, to reduce farmers’ diversions, increase river flows and restore declining numbers of fish, particularly salmon, and other wildlife.
After a year of dominance, El Niño’s wrath has come to end — but its climate-churning counterpart, La Niña, is hot on its heels and could signal a return to dryness for California. El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, sometimes referred to as ENSO. The climate pattern in the […]
In a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on May 8, Westlands Water District, Metropolitan Water District, and Friant Water Authority agreed to improve collaborations on surface, groundwater, transfers, and exchanges of water from the San Joaquin Valley to Southern California. Furthermore, a second MOU was signed between Metropolitan and Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin […]
In the three years that Adel Hagekhalil has led California’s largest urban water supplier, the general manager has sought to focus on adaptation to climate change — in part by reducing reliance on water supplies from distant sources and investing in local water supplies.
An honest-to-goodness map of the American West would show L.A.’s tentacles everywhere. You’d see canals — the Los Angeles Aqueduct, running along the base of the Sierra Nevada, carrying water from the Owens River; the State Water Project, meandering through the San Joaquin Valley, supplying many Southern California cities and farms; and the Colorado River […]
Nevada Leads as 40-year Low is Reached in Colorado River Water Use
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Las Vegas Review Journalby Alan HalalyEfforts to stretch the overused Colorado River appear to be working: The total amount of water used across Nevada, California and Arizona is the lowest it’s been in 40 years. The reduction is the result of several factors, including a good snowpack year allowing for more use of groundwater, increased conservation efforts and millions of […]
OPINION: In rain, Snow and Drought, California’s Fights Over Water Rights, Supplies Persist
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Cal Mattersby Dan WaltersLegal rights to use water — particularly those obtained prior to 1914 — lie at the heart of California’s perpetual wrangling over the allocation of increasingly limited water supplies. For years state officials have been trying, with limited success, to reduce farmers’ diversions, increase river flows and restore declining numbers of fish, particularly salmon, and other wildlife.
El Niño Makes an Exit, but La Niña Could Bring Dry Conditions Back to California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /Los Angeles Times by Hayley SmithAfter a year of dominance, El Niño’s wrath has come to end — but its climate-churning counterpart, La Niña, is hot on its heels and could signal a return to dryness for California. El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, sometimes referred to as ENSO. The climate pattern in the […]
‘Collaboration for the Sake of Success’ is Critical to Water Resilience
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kylie Capuano /AgNet West Radio Network by Lauren McEwenIn a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on May 8, Westlands Water District, Metropolitan Water District, and Friant Water Authority agreed to improve collaborations on surface, groundwater, transfers, and exchanges of water from the San Joaquin Valley to Southern California. Furthermore, a second MOU was signed between Metropolitan and Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin […]
As California Water Agency Investigates Top Manager, Some Worry Progress Could Be Stymied
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesIn the three years that Adel Hagekhalil has led California’s largest urban water supplier, the general manager has sought to focus on adaptation to climate change — in part by reducing reliance on water supplies from distant sources and investing in local water supplies.
Column: DWP’s New Leader Wants to Shake Things Up. It Won’t Be Easy
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Sammy RothAn honest-to-goodness map of the American West would show L.A.’s tentacles everywhere. You’d see canals — the Los Angeles Aqueduct, running along the base of the Sierra Nevada, carrying water from the Owens River; the State Water Project, meandering through the San Joaquin Valley, supplying many Southern California cities and farms; and the Colorado River […]