California and the U.S.
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.
OPINION: Don’t Mess With Washington Water and Fish, California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)Are we going to decide to kill fish tonight? It was a question Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell brought to the Senate floor last Friday as she implored colleagues to vote no on a controversial water bill that would increase water flow to San Joaquin farmers and away from fish habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. […]
Storm Drenches Sacramento, North State, Puts A Dent In Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan Sabalow and Dale KaslerAnother rainstorm pounded much of the state Thursday, causing minor havoc in some areas but putting another dent in California’s five-year drought.The storm was expected to continue into Friday, bringing rain in low-lying areas and snow to the Sierra Nevada. Rain gauges and reservoirs were filling up as California continued to experience one of the […]
December Deluge Delivers Even More Rain and Mess Than Promised
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Dan BrekkeThe drying out starts … now. The storm that swamped the Bay Area and prompted flash flood warnings, inundated roads and triggered rock and mud slides from Sonoma County into Monterey County has moved south. After a few showers late Thursday and early Friday, the region is in for what appears to be at least […]
Large Regions of U.S. Damaged By Drought In 2016
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Wall Street Journalby Cameron Mcwhirter and Jim CarltonDroughts sparked deadly wildfires, killed tens of millions of trees and damaged crops and livestock in large regions of the U.S. in 2016. Major regional droughts hit the U.S. this year in the Southeast, California and New England—and all developed differently.
Donald Trump Was Right: Tiny Fish Can Cause Big Water Supply Problems
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /EnviroMedia, Inc. (Austin, Texas) by Valerie Salinas-DavisThat’s not Police Chief Martin Brody of Amity Islands from the 1975 movie Jaws. Wrong coast. Wrong century. Curt Schmutte, a consultant to the Metropolitan Municipal Water District of Southern California, recently saw a shark warning on a sign at a bait shop along the Sacramento River – easily a good 30 miles inland from […]
Massive ‘Rivers In The Sky’ Will Bring More Deadly Floods Due Global Warming
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Independentby Ian JohnstonGiant ‘rivers in the sky’ – that can carry up to 15 times the amount of water in the Mississippi River – can virtually wipe out species when they dump vast amounts of rain over a short period, causing some of the world’s worst floods, according to new research.And the problem is set to get […]