Outside the window of Helen Dahlke’s office, at the University of California at Davis, the clouds hang low, their edges seeming to brush against the building. It’s raining intensely, an unusual event in a perpetually parched state suffering from a five-year drought. “It looks like the end of the world,” says Dahlke happily.As a hydrologist […]
The confounding statements from the state Department of Water Resources about the Lake Oroville spillway crisis just keep coming.The disaster has been a public-relations nightmare from the beginning, but DWR keeps making matters worse with its words and actions. As the repair bill for the crumbling spillway and the emergency response approached $200 million last week, DWR […]
Californians are more likely to favor beefing up the state’s flood control infrastructure than building Gov. Jerry Brown’s Delta tunnels, according to the latest poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. Sixty-one percent of all adults think it is “very important” that the state spend more money on flood control, in the wake of […]
Over the years, many of the birds that visit Shasta County have found a migratory fuel stop in the richness of the Salton Sea, a short hour’s drive from Palm Springs. The flood that re-created it must have been of almost Biblical proportions. In 1905-07, canal levees were breached, sending the entire flow of the […]
Residents of the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles will get their lake back months early, thanks to the massive Eastern Sierra snowpack. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power drained the 96-acre open-air reservoir in 2015 for construction to divert drinking water to a new, covered reservoir that complies with updated storage regulations. […]
The 2016-17 rainfall season is the ninth wettest on record for Sacramento – and more precipitation is on the way Friday. Nearly 30 inches of rainfall has fallen in Sacramento, 29.93 inches to be exact. Northern California rainfall has swollen rivers, filled reservoirs and ended drought conditions. “The main reason it’s been so wet is […]
How California Is Saving Rainwater For A Sunny Day
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Popular Science (Harlan, IA)by Mary Beth GriggsOutside the window of Helen Dahlke’s office, at the University of California at Davis, the clouds hang low, their edges seeming to brush against the building. It’s raining intensely, an unusual event in a perpetually parched state suffering from a five-year drought. “It looks like the end of the world,” says Dahlke happily.As a hydrologist […]
OPINION: DWR’s Handling Of Oroville Dam Crisis Keeps Getting Worse
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /East Bay Times (San Francisco)by East Bay Times Editorial BoardThe confounding statements from the state Department of Water Resources about the Lake Oroville spillway crisis just keep coming.The disaster has been a public-relations nightmare from the beginning, but DWR keeps making matters worse with its words and actions. As the repair bill for the crumbling spillway and the emergency response approached $200 million last week, DWR […]
Flood Control Trumps Tunnels
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton Recordby Alex BreitlerCalifornians are more likely to favor beefing up the state’s flood control infrastructure than building Gov. Jerry Brown’s Delta tunnels, according to the latest poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. Sixty-one percent of all adults think it is “very important” that the state spend more money on flood control, in the wake of […]
Shrinking Salton Sea Threatens wildlife
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Redding Record Searchlightby Linda AldrichOver the years, many of the birds that visit Shasta County have found a migratory fuel stop in the richness of the Salton Sea, a short hour’s drive from Palm Springs. The flood that re-created it must have been of almost Biblical proportions. In 1905-07, canal levees were breached, sending the entire flow of the […]
Sierra Runoff to Refill LA’s Silver Lake Ahead of Schedule
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /U.S. News & World ReportResidents of the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles will get their lake back months early, thanks to the massive Eastern Sierra snowpack. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power drained the 96-acre open-air reservoir in 2015 for construction to divert drinking water to a new, covered reservoir that complies with updated storage regulations. […]
Sacramento’s Rainfall Year In Top 10 When It Comes To Wettest Ever
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Sacramento Beeby Bill LindelofThe 2016-17 rainfall season is the ninth wettest on record for Sacramento – and more precipitation is on the way Friday. Nearly 30 inches of rainfall has fallen in Sacramento, 29.93 inches to be exact. Northern California rainfall has swollen rivers, filled reservoirs and ended drought conditions. “The main reason it’s been so wet is […]