By many accounts, California’s efforts to manage the strains placed on its water supplies by the recent and unprecedented five-year drought can be considered an unqualified success. Urban water agencies stepped up to meet the challenge posed by a bold state order: Reduce use by 25 percent. Their creative approaches and sustained efforts helped avoid […]
Some of California’s decisions about how to use its water would be relegated to the federal government under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday. Republicans say the bill will bring more water to the parched Central Valley. California’s Democratic senators have promised to fight the bill in the Senate because it weakens California’s […]
So who had the original sin in California water development — Los Angeles or the San Joaquin Valley? While LA’s campaign — devious or otherwise — of snapping up almost all of the Owens Valley groundwater rights and diverting eastern Sierra streams to the point that it dried up Owens Lake that covered 17.5 miles […]
The California drought has been declared over for several months, but some may be surprised to learn there are still watering restrictions in effect in Sacramento. “Conservation in Sacramento remains a way of life,” the city’s website read. The city of Sacramento is continuing a policy of holding residents to watering only two days per week […]
It could be California’s biggest water infrastructure project in two generations – a plan to build two massive, 35 mile-long tunnels deep beneath the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta. Dubbed California WaterFix, it would send water from Northern California to farms and cities in the south, bypassing the fragile delta ecosystem. After years of study and fierce […]
Residents in unincorporated urban areas such as Lincoln Village and parts of Colonial Heights can finally water their lawns a bit more liberally after county supervisors on Tuesday eased water conservation rules that date back to the drought. Most notably, residents can now water three days a week rather than just two. “I can tell […]
How Conservation Helps Keep Water Costs Down
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /News Deeply by Mary Ann DickinsonBy many accounts, California’s efforts to manage the strains placed on its water supplies by the recent and unprecedented five-year drought can be considered an unqualified success. Urban water agencies stepped up to meet the challenge posed by a bold state order: Reduce use by 25 percent. Their creative approaches and sustained efforts helped avoid […]
California Water Bill Passes House, but Democrats Vow to Fight it in the Senate
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Sarah D. WireSome of California’s decisions about how to use its water would be relegated to the federal government under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday. Republicans say the bill will bring more water to the parched Central Valley. California’s Democratic senators have promised to fight the bill in the Senate because it weakens California’s […]
Draining the Delta Like Owens & Tulare Lakes
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Manteca Bulletinby Dennis WyattSo who had the original sin in California water development — Los Angeles or the San Joaquin Valley? While LA’s campaign — devious or otherwise — of snapping up almost all of the Owens Valley groundwater rights and diverting eastern Sierra streams to the point that it dried up Owens Lake that covered 17.5 miles […]
Sacramentans are Still Supposed to Water Only Twice a Week
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA 3 (Sacramento)by Sarah HeiseThe California drought has been declared over for several months, but some may be surprised to learn there are still watering restrictions in effect in Sacramento. “Conservation in Sacramento remains a way of life,” the city’s website read. The city of Sacramento is continuing a policy of holding residents to watering only two days per week […]
PODCAST: Big Decisions Loom On “Twin Tunnels” Delta Water Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Valley Public Radio News (Clovis)by Joe MooreIt could be California’s biggest water infrastructure project in two generations – a plan to build two massive, 35 mile-long tunnels deep beneath the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta. Dubbed California WaterFix, it would send water from Northern California to farms and cities in the south, bypassing the fragile delta ecosystem. After years of study and fierce […]
Watering Rules Ease for Some
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton Recordby Alex BreitlerResidents in unincorporated urban areas such as Lincoln Village and parts of Colonial Heights can finally water their lawns a bit more liberally after county supervisors on Tuesday eased water conservation rules that date back to the drought. Most notably, residents can now water three days a week rather than just two. “I can tell […]