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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.
OPINION: Craig Cox: Now That Drought Officially Over, Will Water Rates Go Back Down?
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Modesto Beeby Craig CoxCan you believe it? Jerry Brown declared an end to California’s historic drought Friday. No one ever expected this because there is too much money to be made off supporting the drought fantasy! OK. Great! So when are water rates going to drop back to pre-drought levels! Never you say? As far back as I […]
Op-Ed: Jay Lund: California’s Drought And Floods Are Over And Just Beginning
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /YubaNet (Nevada City)by Jay LundCalifornia is a land of extremes – where preparing for extremes must be constant and eternal. The last six years demonstrated California’s precipitation extremes. From 2012-2015, California endured one of its driest years of record. 2016 was an additional near-average year, classified into drought because water storage levels were so low. 2017 will likely be the […]
Winter Storms Raise Reservoir Levels In Nevada County
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Union (Grass Valley)by Alan RiquelmyJust over 4½ inches of rain fell over the weekend in Grass Valley. That’s about three times the normal amount of rain for the entire month of April, the National Weather Service said. The weekend rains are the latest example of precipitation that’s pushed through Nevada County this year, helping fill reservoirs and eliminating a […]
As California Lifts Drought Restrictions, Rural Areas Still Lack Running Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /NPRby Kirk SieglerWhile the deep snowpack in California’s mountains is easing drought concerns, there are still people in the state’s rural Central Valley who don’t have water running from their taps. California Governor Jerry Brown has declared an end to his state’s five-year-long drought. Emergency water restrictions have been lifted for most Californians, but not all. In some […]
Wintry Spring Storm Slams California With Snow, Heavy Winds
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CBS SacramentoA storm that delivered a body blow to Northern California, endangering homes and leaving 40,000 customers without electricity, rolled through the Central Coast Friday toward Los Angeles. The weather system dumped fractions of an inch of rain in San Luis Obispo County but Rocky Butte, a summit near San Simeon, received nearly 5 inches over […]
To Save Water, Some Arizona Farms Temporarily Cut Production
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Arizona Daily Starby Tony Davis Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityFor four Indian tribes that grow melons, wheat, cotton, onions and alfalfa near the Colorado River, fallowing cropland will bring extra money. It will also get the Colorado River Indian Tribes’ name out as a water player, part of the solution to the Southwest’s water shortages. And, says Tribal Councilwoman Amelia Flores, it’s a way […]