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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.
Food and Farm News — Drought Still Influences Plant Sales Trends
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /East Valley Times (Palo Cedro) by JudyDrought still influences plant sales trends. Despite the demise of the California drought, plant nurseries say their customers remain interested in drought-tolerant landscaping. Nursery operators say Californians want to remain water conscious while livening up their yards by planting fresh annuals. Demand for what nurseries call “edibles”–such as fruit trees, blueberry bushes and vegetable gardens–has […]
The Drought May Be Over, But Many Water-Use Restrictions Remain
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Gateby Michelle RobertsonFor the last five years, Californians have adjusted to a new reality when it comes to water usage. Not much will change now that the drought emergency is officially over. After unprecedented rainfall and the development of a robust Sierra-Cascades snowpack, Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to the drought emergency on April 7. Brown […]
Expert Performed Autopsy on Oroville Spillway Collapse. Here’s What He Found.
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan Sabalow and Dale KaslerAs state officials clamp down on records at Oroville Dam, one of the country’s foremost experts on catastrophic engineering failures has used state inspection reports, photographs and historical design specifications to piece together an autopsy detailing why the spillway at the country’s tallest dam failed so spectacularly this winter. The independent analysis by Robert Bea, […]
New Report Shows Thousands of California Jobs Lost Due to Water Cuts
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /23 ABC News Bakersfield by Justin SullivanA report released today by the Southern California Water Committee and the Committee for Delta Reliability exposes the unintended consequences of nearly two decades of water cuts caused by environmental regulation – showing the hardest hit are those who rely on agriculture to survive, such as farmworkers, food processors, truck drivers and warehouse workers, among […]
Why California’s Wet Winter Doesn’t Solve Its Long-Term Water Problems
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /WBUR (Boston, Mass.)Gov. Jerry Brown declared an end to California’s drought this month, lifting emergency water restrictions in all but a few counties across the state. This winter has been the wettest on record for Northern California, but that doesn’t mean California’s problems are over. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Jay Lund (@JayLund113), professor of civil and […]
One Key Way Soggy California Could Save Water For The Next Dry Spell
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallThe water spread into every corner of the fields, beckoning wading ibises and egrets as it bathed long rows of sprouting grapevines. Several inches had covered the vineyard ground for a couple of months. But rather than draining it, Don Cameron was pouring more on. “This is not about irrigation,” the sprawling farm’s manager kept telling […]