U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein recalls Gov. Jerry Brown pitching her to support his costly twin-tunnels water plan. He showed her the environmental analysis and she was shocked. Shocked not at the contents, but at the documents’ size. “He had the environmental impact reports on his picnic table in his office,” she told me last week. […]
The clear waters of the Colorado River flow gently through the Headgate Rock diversion dam while boaters and Jet Skiers play upstream in front of the Blue Water Resort and Casino. The dam quietly siphons off almost one fourth of Arizona’s share of Colorado River water and sends it to nearby fields of alfalfa and cotton […]
The state of California is asserting landownership rights along a proposed pipeline’s path that would help carry groundwater from a remote part of the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County to Orange County and other communities. The California Lands Commission asked Cadiz Inc. to fill out an application for a lease permit on a 200-foot-wide […]
Many people in Santa Clara County don’t realize that over half the water they use is imported. Even with local dams and percolation ponds to keep groundwater at sustainable levels, the county must import 55 percent of its water to meet the needs of residents, businesses and growers.
While I was walking back to my seat in the Metropolitan Water District Board Room after having made comments in support of the California Water Fix, a stubbly dude in a porkpie hat looked up and sneered loudly at me, “A**hole!” One might think that I had just completed a tirade against Pabst Blue Ribbon […]
Climate change is all around us. Extreme weather conditions including recent Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria demonstrate the intensity and impact of climate change on our environment. We’ve seen California and other parts of the West Coast fight large, uncontrollable wildfires and our neighbors in Mexico hit with violent and destructive earthquakes. Earthquakes of that […]
Brown should compromise and settle for just one delta tunnel
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles TimesU.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein recalls Gov. Jerry Brown pitching her to support his costly twin-tunnels water plan. He showed her the environmental analysis and she was shocked. Shocked not at the contents, but at the documents’ size. “He had the environmental impact reports on his picnic table in his office,” she told me last week. […]
Western Arizona tribes could lease Colorado River water to areas thirsty for development
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Arizona RepublicThe clear waters of the Colorado River flow gently through the Headgate Rock diversion dam while boaters and Jet Skiers play upstream in front of the Blue Water Resort and Casino. The dam quietly siphons off almost one fourth of Arizona’s share of Colorado River water and sends it to nearby fields of alfalfa and cotton […]
New obstacle in the Cadiz water project in the Mojave Desert? The company says no
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The (San Bernardino) SunThe state of California is asserting landownership rights along a proposed pipeline’s path that would help carry groundwater from a remote part of the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County to Orange County and other communities. The California Lands Commission asked Cadiz Inc. to fill out an application for a lease permit on a 200-foot-wide […]
Opinion: WaterFix is Santa Clara County’s best solution
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)Many people in Santa Clara County don’t realize that over half the water they use is imported. Even with local dams and percolation ponds to keep groundwater at sustainable levels, the county must import 55 percent of its water to meet the needs of residents, businesses and growers.
OPINION: Piercing the Veil of Opposition to the California WaterFix
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Fox & Houndsby John MirischWhile I was walking back to my seat in the Metropolitan Water District Board Room after having made comments in support of the California Water Fix, a stubbly dude in a porkpie hat looked up and sneered loudly at me, “A**hole!” One might think that I had just completed a tirade against Pabst Blue Ribbon […]
Opinion: Desalination plant in Southern California is important to water security
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)Climate change is all around us. Extreme weather conditions including recent Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria demonstrate the intensity and impact of climate change on our environment. We’ve seen California and other parts of the West Coast fight large, uncontrollable wildfires and our neighbors in Mexico hit with violent and destructive earthquakes. Earthquakes of that […]