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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.
Why Farmers Getting More Water Won’t Lower Produce Prices
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Ben BergmanThanks to a historically wet winter, Central Valley farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta got some long-awaited good news this week from federal water managers. For the first time in more than a decade, they will receive their full allotment of groundwater from the Central Valley Project. It’s a remarkable turnaround from last year, when […]
Sutter County Signs On To Letter On Oroville Dam Concerns
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Chico Enterprise-Recordby Joshua GutierrezThe Sutter County Board of Supervisors approved a letter to be sent to top California officials about concerns surrounding Oroville Dam and its spillways. The “coalition letter” is the result of a pair of meetings guided by Assemblyman James Gallagher and state Sen. Jim Nielsen in the weeks following February’s evacuations. “We convened all these […]
Why Celebrate The Latest Rainstorm? Because Northern California Has Set A New Record
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerWhile you sidestep the puddles and wrestle with your umbrella, be comforted by this: Northern California is going through the wettest rainy season on record. The region broke the 34-year-old record for precipitation in one year, the Department of Water Resources reported early Thursday. The eight-station index for the northern Sierra Nevada, a series of […]
After 63 Feet Of Snow, Northern California Mountains Break Record For Wettest Water Year
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Jason SamenowA mind-boggling 751 inches of snow have pummeled the Sugar Bowl ski area near Lake Tahoe this winter. It’s emblematic of a record season for precipitation in California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountain range, and the abrupt end to a historic drought. As of Thursday morning, the northern Sierra had achieved its wettest water year in recorded history, […]
California’s Water Chief Says He May Release Oroville Dam Documents After Trying To Keep Them Secret
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler and Ryan SabalowCalifornia’s top water official said Thursday he’s considering releasing redacted copies of safety and progress reports at the troubled Oroville Dam after his office had tried to keep them secret because of terrorism concerns. Bill Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, told reporters that his staff met for several hours Thursday […]
Conservation Isn’t the Solution to California’s Water Problems
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /National Reviewby Austin YackIn January, California’s Jerry Brown became the first governor in the state’s history to declare a state of emergency for a drought and a flood simultaneously. On Friday, Brown lifted the drought emergency in all but four counties (Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties). But, rather than lift the burdensome water regulations implemented to cope […]