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: Congress Drops Ball On Basin Water Plan
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Yakima Herald (Wash.)Hope blossomed last spring in Washington, D.C., when federal money appeared headed to the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. Sadly, with the approach of winter, those hopes have been put on ice, at least for this year. Back in April, largely through the bipartisan efforts of Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the […]
Fake Sales, Changing Banks And California’s Latest Water Fight
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)by Phil DirkxI have three topics today: 1. Discounted prices may be mythical. 2. Banks are changeable. 3. In California, “Whiskey’s for drinking and water’s for fighting,” as the old adage goes. First, the mythical discounts: Last week, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office sued four major department stores for allegedly issuing misleading advertising. They are JCPenney, Sears, Kohl’s, and […]
OPINION: Protect Salmon, Drinking Water, And The San Francisco Bay-Delta
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby John McManusScience tells us the world is experiencing a sixth extinction. For California, one of the most environmentally aware places on the planet, to give up on protecting our salmon runs, upon which tens of thousands of jobs depend, rather than conserve and recycle water, would not just be a disaster for salmon communities, it would […]
Study Warns Of World’s Groundwater Depletion By 2050
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /YahooGroundwater resources could be depleted in the next few decades in dry areas of the world where people use lots of water for drinking and irrigating crops, researchers said Thursday. The research was presented at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. “While many aquifers remain productive, economically exploitable groundwater is […]
OPINION: Californians Could Soon Be Drinking Recycled Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /East Bay Times (Walnut Creek)by Colin SabolKale or quinoa? Free range chicken or seasonal veggie medley? Pellegrino or … recycled water? Californians could soon start drinking purified wastewater. In response to a five-year drought, the state Water Resources Control Board recently informed legislators that regulating recycled, drinkable water is perfectly feasible. California would be the first state in the nation to […]
Feinstein Explains Calif. Drought Legislation
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Tri-State Livestock News (Belle Fourche, S.D.)Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., stayed off the Senate floor on Friday evening while her California Democratic colleague, Sen. Barbara Boxer, opposed a water resources bill. Boxer and senators from Washington and Oregon said the bill contains provisions to deal with the California drought that could damage the salmon industry and reduce the power of the […]