Complaints are flooding City Hall as word spreads that San Francisco’s beloved Hetch Hetchy drinking water is being mixed with less pristine groundwater. So many, in fact, that Supervisor Norman Yee was compelled to call Wednesday’s hearing to ask the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to address the myriad of concerns, from the safety of […]
Ventura County may have survived the worst of the state’s drought, but if a severe dry spell returns and lasts more than five years, most local cities will be back in serious trouble. That’s the finding of a report issued this week by the Ventura County grand jury that evaluated plans of the county’s 10 […]
The emergency is over, the construction now begins. Demolitions are going to increase, the bottom of the broken spillway will be taken out, two concrete-creating factories are being built and new concrete will be laid beginning in mid-June. The Department of Water Resources gave an update Wednesday in a media conference call on the construction […]
California’s public lands and resources are under siege by a powerful corporation and its allies in Washington. Congressional Republicans used a recent must-pass government spending bill to pave the way for the Cadiz water extraction project, a particularly destructive project in California’s Mojave Desert. Cadiz seeks to create a loophole in an 1875 railroad law […]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, on Wednesday, May 24, called on the Trump administration to continue rules that now prevent the use of a Mojave Desert railroad right-of-way for a water extraction project. Los Angeles-based Cadiz company wants to pump large volumes of water from wells it owns in the Cadiz Valley between Barstow and Needles […]
In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to the atmosphere through the evaporation and plant uptake of lawns and trees. Lawns accounted for 70 percent of the water loss, while trees accounted for 30 percent, according to a University of Utah study published in Water Resources […]
City Hall Flooded with Complaints Over SF’s New Mixed Drinking Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco ExaminerComplaints are flooding City Hall as word spreads that San Francisco’s beloved Hetch Hetchy drinking water is being mixed with less pristine groundwater. So many, in fact, that Supervisor Norman Yee was compelled to call Wednesday’s hearing to ask the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to address the myriad of concerns, from the safety of […]
Grand Jury Finds Cities Under-Prepared for Another Major Water Emergency
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Thousand Oaks Acornby Hector GonzalezVentura County may have survived the worst of the state’s drought, but if a severe dry spell returns and lasts more than five years, most local cities will be back in serious trouble. That’s the finding of a report issued this week by the Ventura County grand jury that evaluated plans of the county’s 10 […]
Oroville Dam: Spillway’s Bottom Being Demolished for Replacement
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury NewsThe emergency is over, the construction now begins. Demolitions are going to increase, the bottom of the broken spillway will be taken out, two concrete-creating factories are being built and new concrete will be laid beginning in mid-June. The Department of Water Resources gave an update Wednesday in a media conference call on the construction […]
Water Extraction Project Would Be Destructive to California’s Mojave Desert
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento BeeCalifornia’s public lands and resources are under siege by a powerful corporation and its allies in Washington. Congressional Republicans used a recent must-pass government spending bill to pave the way for the Cadiz water extraction project, a particularly destructive project in California’s Mojave Desert. Cadiz seeks to create a loophole in an 1875 railroad law […]
Mojave Desert Feinstein Asks Trump Administration to Protect Desert Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Bernardino County Sunby David DanelskiSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, on Wednesday, May 24, called on the Trump administration to continue rules that now prevent the use of a Mojave Desert railroad right-of-way for a water extraction project. Los Angeles-based Cadiz company wants to pump large volumes of water from wells it owns in the Cadiz Valley between Barstow and Needles […]
LA Lawns Lose Lots of Water: 70B Gallons a Year
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Phys.OrgIn summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to the atmosphere through the evaporation and plant uptake of lawns and trees. Lawns accounted for 70 percent of the water loss, while trees accounted for 30 percent, according to a University of Utah study published in Water Resources […]