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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.
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.
This Map Explains The Weather We Had In 2016
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Angela Fritz, Laris Karklis and Tim MekoWeather over the past year was extreme. It ranged from a historic blizzard to record-breaking heat. At times, it was deadly. This map explains nearly all of it: rain and drought — the yin and yang of U.S. weather in 2016. Even with a very strong El Niño, the vast majority of the West ended […]
California Snowpack Surveyed as Indicator of Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Phys.Orgby Scott SmithSurveyors will plunge poles into the Sierra Nevada snowpack near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, taking the season’s first measurement by hand of the snow’s water content as California flirts with a sixth year of drought. What they find in the snowpack between now and April 1 will guide state water managers in the nation’s most […]
Fitzgerald: A Drought Complete With Flooding
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Record Net (Stockton)by Michael FitzgeraldWelcome to Drought Denier Corner, a home for crackpots like me who think the “drought,” at least as defined by the powers that be, is a bunch of baloney. Here. Put on this tin foil hat and hear me out. The dictionary defines drought as, “a period of dry weather, especially a long one that […]
First Snow Survey Of The Season Begins Tuesday
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KTVU (Oakland)The first snow survey of the season will take place in the Lake Tahoe area Tuesday morning. It’s viewed as a critical test of California’s water supply, after five years of drought. Surveyors will plunge poles into the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly one third of California’s water. Tuesday’s snow survey comes amid hopes […]
Here’s What 2017’s First Snow Survey Really Means
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA 3 (Sacramento)by Vicki GonzalezThe first snowpack survey of 2017 found below average numbers on Tuesday. The Phillips station in El Dorado County reported just 53 percent of the average for this time of the year, according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Here’s what Tuesday’s measurement means.The state is measuring the water content in the snowpack, […]