Increased rainfall, with a growing chance for heavy precipitation over Christmas, is expected across much of California, beginning next week and lasting through the rest of December.
The seven states that share the Colorado River’s water celebrated some conservation wins at their annual meeting here this week but quickly began sparring over who will bear the brunt of future pain that they agree a drying climate will dole out.
The Biden administration has announced new water-saving agreements with California water agencies intended to shore up supplies on the overburdened Colorado River.
State authorities are set to vote next week on regulations for turning sewage into drinking water across California. The State Water Resources Control Board’s “toilet to tap” resolution would create, as a means of protecting public health, uniform recycling criteria for the direct reuse of treated wastewater as potable water, according to the agency.
The story of California’s water wars begins, as so many stories do in the Golden State, with gold. The prospectors who raced westward after 1848 scoured fortunes out of mountainsides using water whisked, manically and in giant quantities, out of rivers.
‘Calm Before the Storm’: California Bracing for Stream of Late December Rains
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Grace TooheyIncreased rainfall, with a growing chance for heavy precipitation over Christmas, is expected across much of California, beginning next week and lasting through the rest of December.
Opinion: California Will Get $295 Million From Feds to Use Less Colorado River Water. Here’s Why Some Utahns Aren’t Happy.
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Salt Lake Tribuneby Anastasia HufhamCalifornia just agreed to significantly cut its Colorado River water use, but the deal might not be the conservation boon that it seems.
Who Must Give Up Colorado River Water? As Conservation Talks Start, Tensions Rise
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /AZ Centralby Brandon LoomisThe seven states that share the Colorado River’s water celebrated some conservation wins at their annual meeting here this week but quickly began sparring over who will bear the brunt of future pain that they agree a drying climate will dole out.
California Water Agencies Announce Conservation Plans to Ease Strains on Colorado River
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesThe Biden administration has announced new water-saving agreements with California water agencies intended to shore up supplies on the overburdened Colorado River.
CA ‘Toilet To Tap’ Proposal Could Be Approved Next Week
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Patchby Anna SchierState authorities are set to vote next week on regulations for turning sewage into drinking water across California. The State Water Resources Control Board’s “toilet to tap” resolution would create, as a means of protecting public health, uniform recycling criteria for the direct reuse of treated wastewater as potable water, according to the agency.
Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First.
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The New York Timesby Raymond ZhongThe story of California’s water wars begins, as so many stories do in the Golden State, with gold. The prospectors who raced westward after 1848 scoured fortunes out of mountainsides using water whisked, manically and in giant quantities, out of rivers.