The state of California is asserting landownership rights along a proposed pipeline’s path that would help carry groundwater from a remote part of the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County to Orange County and other communities. The California Lands Commission asked Cadiz Inc. to fill out an application for a lease permit on a 200-foot-wide […]
Many people in Santa Clara County don’t realize that over half the water they use is imported. Even with local dams and percolation ponds to keep groundwater at sustainable levels, the county must import 55 percent of its water to meet the needs of residents, businesses and growers.
While I was walking back to my seat in the Metropolitan Water District Board Room after having made comments in support of the California Water Fix, a stubbly dude in a porkpie hat looked up and sneered loudly at me, “A**hole!” One might think that I had just completed a tirade against Pabst Blue Ribbon […]
Climate change is all around us. Extreme weather conditions including recent Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria demonstrate the intensity and impact of climate change on our environment. We’ve seen California and other parts of the West Coast fight large, uncontrollable wildfires and our neighbors in Mexico hit with violent and destructive earthquakes. Earthquakes of that […]
Trust. That is the essence of the $17 billion Delta tunnels project. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted 28-6 Tuesday to move forward with the project, known as the California WaterFix, which would re-engineer the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to send water south to cities and farms. Three out of five representatives from the […]
Local water officials have endorsed a plan to fix the system which delivers water to the Santa Clarita Valley from Northern California at a cost to mom-and-pop SCV ratepayer of $20 a month. The project hammered out by state officials these past 10 years to repair the water conveyance system is called the California WaterFix. […]
New obstacle in the Cadiz water project in the Mojave Desert? The company says no
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The (San Bernardino) SunThe state of California is asserting landownership rights along a proposed pipeline’s path that would help carry groundwater from a remote part of the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County to Orange County and other communities. The California Lands Commission asked Cadiz Inc. to fill out an application for a lease permit on a 200-foot-wide […]
Opinion: WaterFix is Santa Clara County’s best solution
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)Many people in Santa Clara County don’t realize that over half the water they use is imported. Even with local dams and percolation ponds to keep groundwater at sustainable levels, the county must import 55 percent of its water to meet the needs of residents, businesses and growers.
OPINION: Piercing the Veil of Opposition to the California WaterFix
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Fox & Houndsby John MirischWhile I was walking back to my seat in the Metropolitan Water District Board Room after having made comments in support of the California Water Fix, a stubbly dude in a porkpie hat looked up and sneered loudly at me, “A**hole!” One might think that I had just completed a tirade against Pabst Blue Ribbon […]
Opinion: Desalination plant in Southern California is important to water security
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)Climate change is all around us. Extreme weather conditions including recent Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria demonstrate the intensity and impact of climate change on our environment. We’ve seen California and other parts of the West Coast fight large, uncontrollable wildfires and our neighbors in Mexico hit with violent and destructive earthquakes. Earthquakes of that […]
Trust is dubious in the Delta tunnels project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton RecordTrust. That is the essence of the $17 billion Delta tunnels project. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted 28-6 Tuesday to move forward with the project, known as the California WaterFix, which would re-engineer the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to send water south to cities and farms. Three out of five representatives from the […]
CLWA Backs Plan To Secure Delivery Of Northern California Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Signal Santa Clarita Valleyby Jim HoltLocal water officials have endorsed a plan to fix the system which delivers water to the Santa Clarita Valley from Northern California at a cost to mom-and-pop SCV ratepayer of $20 a month. The project hammered out by state officials these past 10 years to repair the water conveyance system is called the California WaterFix. […]