For decades, San Francisco has been blissfully removed from California’s water wars. The city’s pristine reservoirs in and around Yosemite National Park have been not only plentiful but also largely outside the reach of regulators. But plans by the state to mandate an increase in the amount of water flowing down rivers between the Sierra […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)by Elliot Spagat Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration on Thursday proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinking of the state’s largest lake just as it is expected to evaporate an accelerated pace.The plan involves building ponds on the northern and southern ends of the Salton Sea, a salty, desert lake that has suffered […]
Mitch Brown jammed the blade of his loader into a two-story pile of snow outside Donner Ski Shop, the sports rental store he runs in Soda Springs. From there, Old Highway 40 toward bustling ski resorts was lined with walls of snow more than 20 feet high. “It snowed nearly 24 feet in 12 days,” […]
California, long burdened by a severe drought, is coming off one if its wettest winters in almost 20 years — but that doesn’t mean its water woes will be left behind. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides 60 percent of the state’s water, held an unusually immense amount of snow in January, according to data […]
In the weeks and months to come, investigators will no-doubt probe many potential reasons for the near-catastrophic failures at Oroville Dam in February. Those will range from decisions made more than 50 years ago, to the truly extraordinary weather of 2017. But for the moment, the emergency at Oroville Dam has largely passed. The 180,000 […]
Air-quality officials are working with repair crews at California’s damaged Oroville Dam spillway after the discovery of naturally occurring asbestos there. The California Department of Water Resources said Thursday that authorities found the asbestos in what it said were limited areas at the site. Work crews currently are removing tons of rocks, earth and other […]
San Francisco Pitches Plan For Future Of California Rivers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderFor decades, San Francisco has been blissfully removed from California’s water wars. The city’s pristine reservoirs in and around Yosemite National Park have been not only plentiful but also largely outside the reach of regulators. But plans by the state to mandate an increase in the amount of water flowing down rivers between the Sierra […]
California: $400 Million Plan To Slow Largest Lake Shrinkage
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)by Elliot Spagat Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration on Thursday proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinking of the state’s largest lake just as it is expected to evaporate an accelerated pace.The plan involves building ponds on the northern and southern ends of the Salton Sea, a salty, desert lake that has suffered […]
Sierra Snowpack: As World’s Climate Warms, California’s Most Important Water Source Becomes Less Reliable
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Sierra Sun (Truckee, Calif.)Mitch Brown jammed the blade of his loader into a two-story pile of snow outside Donner Ski Shop, the sports rental store he runs in Soda Springs. From there, Old Highway 40 toward bustling ski resorts was lined with walls of snow more than 20 feet high. “It snowed nearly 24 feet in 12 days,” […]
California Drought Update: Water Source At Sierra Snowpack Becoming Less Reliable As Climate Warms
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /International Business Times (New York)by Juliana Rose PignataroCalifornia, long burdened by a severe drought, is coming off one if its wettest winters in almost 20 years — but that doesn’t mean its water woes will be left behind. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides 60 percent of the state’s water, held an unusually immense amount of snow in January, according to data […]
VIDEO: What Happened At Oroville Dam, And What Could Still Go Wrong
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED Science (San Francisco)In the weeks and months to come, investigators will no-doubt probe many potential reasons for the near-catastrophic failures at Oroville Dam in February. Those will range from decisions made more than 50 years ago, to the truly extraordinary weather of 2017. But for the moment, the emergency at Oroville Dam has largely passed. The 180,000 […]
Oroville Dam Repair Crews Deal With Naturally Occurring Asbestos
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As Published by CBS SF Bay Area- San Francisco)Air-quality officials are working with repair crews at California’s damaged Oroville Dam spillway after the discovery of naturally occurring asbestos there. The California Department of Water Resources said Thursday that authorities found the asbestos in what it said were limited areas at the site. Work crews currently are removing tons of rocks, earth and other […]