California and the U.S.
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.
Bay Area May Be All But Done With Rain Until Fall
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SF Gateby Filipa IoannouThe time to put away the umbrella may have arrived. After a seven-month stretch that set rainfall records in some parts of Northern California, what could be the last rainfall of the season will brush the Bay Area on Wednesday. It will probably be limited to the North Bay, and even there, it doesn’t look […]
California Water Chief: Oroville Emergency Spillway Worked
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by U.S. News)by Jonathan J. CooperThe head of California’s water agency on Tuesday repeated his assertion that an emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam worked, drawing an incredulous response from a state lawmaker who represents tens of thousands of people ordered to evacuate when it was feared erosion at the spillway could lead to catastrophic flooding. Bill Croyle, acting director […]
Jerry Couchman: State Water Policies Are Endangering Our Farmers, Again
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Modesto BeeIn 1994 an immigrant from Thailand purchased 720 acres near Bakersfield. He intended to grow vegetables and began preparing to plant his crops. At that point, federal and state agents descended by air and ground to arrest him and hauled away the equipment. They said he was destroying the environment of the endangered kangaroo rat, […]
Record California Rains Could Drive Up Vegetable Prices
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Weather NetworkRecord rains are a double-edged sword for California’s Salinas Valley: While the recent deluge virtually ended the state’s historic drought, it also created muddy, unworkable fields – sending prices for everything from kale to cauliflower soaring. The famed agricultural region just south of Silicon Valley is usually a springtime sea of green vegetables. But this […]
Editorial: Oroville Is A Model Of How NOT To Deal With A Flood Emergency
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Mercury News (San Jose)A case in point is how the state Department of Water Resources has handled Lake Oroville for years. It continues despite considerable public and political pressure since the spillway collapse. Two developments last week perfectly illustrate the point. One involves awarding a nine-figure bid to a company to fix the spillway without any detail about what the […]
Water Under Oroville Spillway Probably Caused February Collapse, State Consultants Say
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallOfficial reports released Monday say the catastrophic damage to Oroville Dam’s main spillway probably stemmed from swift water flows under the concrete chute, which was cracked and of uneven thickness. The observations, contained in consultants’ reports prepared for the state Department of Water Resources, echo much of an independent assessment made for UC Berkeley’s Center […]