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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.
Obama Administration Aids Giant California Water Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (as published by The Press Democrat - Santa Rosa)by Ellen KnickmeyerThe outgoing Obama administration on Wednesday tried to nudge forward Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to build two giant north-south water tunnels for California. In an executive order, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell directed federal wildlife officials on Wednesday to release by Jan. 17 a preliminary environmental opinion that directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]
Obama Speeds Up Review Of Twin Delta Tunnels
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Denis CuffIn its last weeks in power, the Obama administration is helping speed up environmental review of California’s plan to build twin tunnels through the Delta in an effort to overhaul the state’s water delivery system. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Wednesday issued an executive order directing federal wildlife regulators to issue an initial opinion […]
California Today: What The Snow In The Sierra Nevada Tells Us
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The New York Timesby Mike McPhateOn Tuesday, state water officials trudged into the Sierra Nevada for the first snowpack survey of 2017. Snowpack levels are crucial indicators of whether California will have enough water after the winter, as the melting snow flows into the state’s reservoirs. The reading at Phillips Station, near Lake Tahoe, however, is a largely ceremonial exercise, […]
Incoming Storms, Sierra Snow Expected To Help California Battle Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NBC Bay Areaby Peggy BunkerThe several feet of snow expected in the Sierra this week is expected to considerably change the look of California’s drought map. At this time last year, 45 percent of the state was in an exceptional drought, which is the worst possible rating. Officials said only 18 percent of California currently remains dry. “Our biggest […]
California Pummeled By Multiple Atmospheric Rivers Bringing Flooding Rain, Feet Of Sierra Snow Into Next Week
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Weather Channelby Jon ErdmanThe multi-day siege of flooding rain and Sierra snow has begun in California, which may eventually prove to be too much of a good thing for residents still thirsting for relief from a five-year drought. Several landslides were reported in parts of northern California Tuesday night and early Wednesday, particularly in Santa Cruz County. Up […]
Yosemite Faces Possible Closure Amid Rain, Possible Flooding
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /myMotherLode.com by Sabrina BiehlYosemite National Park expects so much rain, snow and possible flooding over the next several days and into the weekend park officials say they may close the whole park. Citing visitor and employee safety amid predictions for significant rainfall in Yosemite Valley that put the Merced river well above flood stage, park officials say that […]