Our urban areas have lost their ability to naturally recycle stormwater due to the impervious nature of infrastructure engineering over the past 100 years. We have been building roadways and streets to capture the runoff and send it somewhere else, usually to the river or ocean. For decades in California, controlling stormwater was the main goal […]
California’s “exceptional drought” isn’t exceptionally bad any more. Winter storms have been good for the state, pulling it out of the worst rating from the U.S. Drought Monitor. However, this “huge improvement” barely registered with the broadcast networks that had blamed “climate change” for the crisis.
The pros in charge of California’s water system were exultant Thursday after precise measurements in the Sierra Nevada confirmed what everyone can see — heaping mounds of frozen water known as snow. The Sierra snowpack, otherwise known as the state’s frozen water supply, came in at 173 percent of normal for this point in the […]
Clambering through a snowy meadow with drifts up to the tree branches, California’s water managers measured the state’s vital Sierra Nevada snowpack Thursday at a drought-busting and welcome 173 percent of average. Runoff from the overall Sierra snowpack, which provides arid California with a third of its water in a good year, stood at the highest […]
After five years of drought, could California really have so much rain and snow there’s no room to store all the water?The answer – as the state’s water picture careens from bust to boom – is yes. One month into an exceptionally stormy 2017, river flows though the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been so powerful […]
It’s Groundhog Day and Punxsatawney Phil saw his shadow this morning and called for six more weeks of winter, which is pretty appropriate since we woke up to rain in California once again. But the biggest headline of the day is that the latest drought report was released this morning, and once again we have […]
BLOG: How We Can Better Plan Our Cities To Utilize Stormwater
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Rinaldo VeselizaOur urban areas have lost their ability to naturally recycle stormwater due to the impervious nature of infrastructure engineering over the past 100 years. We have been building roadways and streets to capture the runoff and send it somewhere else, usually to the river or ocean. For decades in California, controlling stormwater was the main goal […]
BLOG: Media Slow To Admit California’s ‘Probably Forever’ Drought Almost Over
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /News Bustersby Julia A. SeymourCalifornia’s “exceptional drought” isn’t exceptionally bad any more. Winter storms have been good for the state, pulling it out of the worst rating from the U.S. Drought Monitor. However, this “huge improvement” barely registered with the broadcast networks that had blamed “climate change” for the crisis.
Surveyors ‘Ecstatic’ As Sierra Snowpack Measures 173% Of Normal
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate (San Francisco)by Peter FimriteThe pros in charge of California’s water system were exultant Thursday after precise measurements in the Sierra Nevada confirmed what everyone can see — heaping mounds of frozen water known as snow. The Sierra snowpack, otherwise known as the state’s frozen water supply, came in at 173 percent of normal for this point in the […]
California Snowpack At Drought-Busting Level, Water Managers Say
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As published by CBS News)Clambering through a snowy meadow with drifts up to the tree branches, California’s water managers measured the state’s vital Sierra Nevada snowpack Thursday at a drought-busting and welcome 173 percent of average. Runoff from the overall Sierra snowpack, which provides arid California with a third of its water in a good year, stood at the highest […]
Water, Water Everywhere In California – And Not Enough Reservoir Space To Store It
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler and Phillip ReeseAfter five years of drought, could California really have so much rain and snow there’s no room to store all the water?The answer – as the state’s water picture careens from bust to boom – is yes. One month into an exceptionally stormy 2017, river flows though the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been so powerful […]
Kern County’s Drought Ranking Improves Again, Now Considered “Moderate”
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /23ABC (Bakersfield)by Elaina Rusk Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIt’s Groundhog Day and Punxsatawney Phil saw his shadow this morning and called for six more weeks of winter, which is pretty appropriate since we woke up to rain in California once again. But the biggest headline of the day is that the latest drought report was released this morning, and once again we have […]