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.
From Extreme Drought To Record Rain: Why California’s Drought-To-Deluge Cycle Is Getting Worse
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin II and Paige St. JohnCalifornia’s climate has long been dominated by cycles of intense dry conditions followed by heavy rain and snow. But never before in recorded history has the state seen such an extreme drought-to-deluge swing. Experts and state water officials say California is seeing more of these intense weather swings as temperatures warm, which has profound implications […]
VIDEO: With More Snow Ahead, Northern Sierra On Pace To Set Record
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Weather Network USby Dalia IbrahimCalifornia’s Northern Sierra could be breaking a record this week as additional precipitation moves onshore across the West Coast. The region — which supplies water for the rest of the state — is expected to surpass its record for the wettest year.
See California Reservoirs Fill Up In These Before-And-After Images
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /San Francisco Chronicleby Amy GraffAt the height of the California drought, images of empty reservoirs became the poster children of a state that desperately needed water. Their low water levels revealed massive swaths of dry, cracked lake beds. Now that the state has finally moved out of the drought with a rainy season marked by ceaseless moisture-packed storms, these […]
Conservation Group Lists Lower Colorado as America’s ‘Most-Endangered’ River
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Las Vegas Review-Journal by Brooke WanserThe lower Colorado is the most-threatened river in America, a conservation advocacy group said in its annual report published Tuesday. The nonprofit American Rivers had placed the entire Colorado River and upper river atop its list of “most-endangered rivers” in previous years. But this is the first time the lower Colorado, which supplies Las Vegas […]
California Groundwater Supplies Remain A Mystery
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Ventura County Starby Tom EliasIn this remarkable water year, which ended more than five years of severe drought in most areas of California, there are still plenty of noteworthy water questions to contemplate and act upon. Here’s the central one: Three years after California passed what’s often called a landmark groundwater regulation law, no one knows how much under-surface […]
As California Recovers From Drought, Environmentalists Focus Efforts On Santa Ana Sucker Over Groundwater Replenishment
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /InsideSources (Washington, D.C.)by Erin MundahlOver the past five years, California slowly wilted, then parched and crisped. The state went through a period of severe drought, which hurt the state’s agricultural industry and necessitated harsh cutbacks in residential water use. At last, rain has come. Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Friday that the state of emergency was officially over. The […]