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.
BLOG: How One California Tribe Is Coping With Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserCalifornia’s Native American tribes have not been immune to the drought. In some cases, the effects have been worse because some tribes have limited resources to manage their water shortage problems. Case in point: The La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians in northern San Diego County was recently awarded $605,000 from the Indian Community Development Block […]
Bay Area Rain Hits Santa Cruz Mountains Hard
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /East Bay Times (Walnut Creek)by Sharon NoguchiThe last in a series of “October surprise” storms drenched the Bay Area on Sunday, filling reservoirs, downing power lines, and causing flash flood warnings in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Though the water was welcome to much of the parched region, the deluge brought more trials and misery to the hardy folk who survived the devastating Loma fire […]
Snow Continues To Fall In Sierra As Valley Dries Out
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA (Sacramento)by Sarah HeiseSnow flurries are continuing to fall in the Sierra as the Sacramento Valley is expected to remain mainly dry Monday after a very soggy weekend. Two inches of fresh powder had already fallen at Donner Summit by 6 a.m., prompting chains to be required up Interstate 80. Another 1 to 2 inches of snow is […]
BLOG: Recycled Drinking Water: The Next Frontier
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Public Policy Institute of California (San Francisco)by Lori PottingerCalifornia is poised to become an early adopter of the direct reuse of purified wastewater as a source of drinking water. The State Water Board recently released a report for public comment that indicates it is feasible to regulate direct potable reuse to produce safe and reliable drinking water (comments are due by noon on […]
UCR Professor Explores New Method Of Water Purification
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Highlander (University of California Riverside)by Som ChaturvediUCR Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Haizhou Liu was recently awarded a competitive National Science Foundation grant this past summer to study and improve the current approach used to purify water for reuse. Through the utilization and study of compounds known as chloramines, Liu hopes to optimize the current model of water purification […]
OPINION: Are We Trying To Thrive Or Survive?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Calaveras Enterprise (San Andreas)by John KingsburyAs California recovers from the drought, it is troubling that there is a push by certain interest groups to establish permanent water conservation regulations beyond this emergency. It seems like these groups are focused more on their ideologies or political agendas than on the real impacts that such a permanent state of emergency will have […]