The good news is that Santa Barbara County has programs in place that address food insecurity and care for seniors, but the bad news is that climate change will make them more needed than ever. Doom and gloom dominate a new California Public Health study on the social ills that the changing climate will bring […]
Recent high-profile failures of critical water infrastructure, such as the Oroville Dam in California, are bringing increasing awareness to the current state of the nation’s flood infrastructure. In fact, ASCE and ASDSO have estimated that it will take over $160 billion to fix our aging dam and levee flood infrastructure alone. In this webinar, sponsored […]
The largest floating photovoltaic (PV) solar power facility on earth has been connected to a local power grid in China. Located in the city of Huainan in the Anhui province, the 40-megawatt facility was created by PV inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Supply. The lake supporting the facility was created by rain after the surrounding land subsided after […]
As we see our rainy season come to a close the early signs for next year are getting more muted. Long range forecasting is always a challenge but past El Niño and La Niña events have helped nudge the forecast along. Warmer water in the middle of the Pacific indicate an El Niño event but […]
Donald Trump was elected to the drain the swamp, not the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The president’s choice of David Bernhardt to serve as deputy Interior Department secretary would be a disaster for California’s environment and water quality. The former lobbyist for the mammoth, water-sucking Westlands Water District is the last person the state should want representing […]
A parcel tax, if approved by voters sometime next year, would fund projects to capture more rain and percolate it underground so it can be used to augment drinking water supplies. Last winter was the second wettest winter in California history. But only a fraction of the rain that fell in Los Angeles County is […]
Doom and Gloom Report Looks at Climate Change
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Santa Barbara Independentby Jean YamamuraThe good news is that Santa Barbara County has programs in place that address food insecurity and care for seniors, but the bad news is that climate change will make them more needed than ever. Doom and gloom dominate a new California Public Health study on the social ills that the changing climate will bring […]
How Aging Infrastructure, Sea Level Rise, and Growing Public Concern Create Opportunities and Challenges for Water Managers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /WaterWorldRecent high-profile failures of critical water infrastructure, such as the Oroville Dam in California, are bringing increasing awareness to the current state of the nation’s flood infrastructure. In fact, ASCE and ASDSO have estimated that it will take over $160 billion to fix our aging dam and levee flood infrastructure alone. In this webinar, sponsored […]
World’s Largest Floating Solar Facility Operational
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Maritime Executive (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)The largest floating photovoltaic (PV) solar power facility on earth has been connected to a local power grid in China. Located in the city of Huainan in the Anhui province, the 40-megawatt facility was created by PV inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Supply. The lake supporting the facility was created by rain after the surrounding land subsided after […]
El Niño is Fizzling
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /ABC10 (Sacramento)by Rob CarlmarkAs we see our rainy season come to a close the early signs for next year are getting more muted. Long range forecasting is always a challenge but past El Niño and La Niña events have helped nudge the forecast along. Warmer water in the middle of the Pacific indicate an El Niño event but […]
EDITORIAL: Trump Pick Would Drain Delta Water Supply
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury NewsDonald Trump was elected to the drain the swamp, not the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The president’s choice of David Bernhardt to serve as deputy Interior Department secretary would be a disaster for California’s environment and water quality. The former lobbyist for the mammoth, water-sucking Westlands Water District is the last person the state should want representing […]
LA County Voters Could Be Asked to Approve New Tax for Water Projects
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Los Angeles)A parcel tax, if approved by voters sometime next year, would fund projects to capture more rain and percolate it underground so it can be used to augment drinking water supplies. Last winter was the second wettest winter in California history. But only a fraction of the rain that fell in Los Angeles County is […]