Water managers in a California community say they’re taking advantage of a break in storms to draw down water from behind a dam that is full, causing a creek to overflow and flood parts of San Jose. Jim Fiedler of the Santa Clara Valley Water District said Wednesday that Anderson Dam is full. Releases over […]
Gov. Jerry Brown has visited crews responding to damaged spillways at Lake Oroville in Northern California. Brown’s office sent a tweet Wednesday saying the Democratic governor met with people at the incident command center and surveyed California’s flood control system. Brown’s visit comes after authorities on Feb. 12 ordered 188,000 people to evacuate when water […]
As a kid growing up in the Southland, I got my weather tips on the television from a mustached meteorologist named Dr. George. He would get quite excited when a big rainstorm was heading our way, breathlessly drawing pressure gradients and furiously waving a wand as if commanding a symphony. It felt like something epic and […]
In January 2014, acting after two successive dry years, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. declared a State of Emergency for the entire state of California. He cited the extreme and prolonged drought. Seven executive orders followed from April 2014 to May and California remains to the present day in a state of what amounts to […]
After six years of drought and a few months of flooding, California’s decades-long political commitment to ideology of being either for the environment or against progress has endangered the state’s water supply system and is threatening public safety, environmental health and economic stability. Rather than upgrade California’s water collection and delivery systems, for 50 years […]
State government leaders are making a push to turn recycled toilet, shower and other treated wastewater into the newest source of drinking water for Arizona residents. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is planning to lift a 2001 prohibition. If it happens, some residents could be drinking recycled wastewater water from their tap by the […]
The Latest: California Dam With Earthquake Concerns Is Full
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)Water managers in a California community say they’re taking advantage of a break in storms to draw down water from behind a dam that is full, causing a creek to overflow and flood parts of San Jose. Jim Fiedler of the Santa Clara Valley Water District said Wednesday that Anderson Dam is full. Releases over […]
The Latest: Governor Tours Damaged California Dam
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by The Washington Times)Gov. Jerry Brown has visited crews responding to damaged spillways at Lake Oroville in Northern California. Brown’s office sent a tweet Wednesday saying the Democratic governor met with people at the incident command center and surveyed California’s flood control system. Brown’s visit comes after authorities on Feb. 12 ordered 188,000 people to evacuate when water […]
BLOG: California Needs Water Management That Matches The Weather
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tom PhilpAs a kid growing up in the Southland, I got my weather tips on the television from a mustached meteorologist named Dr. George. He would get quite excited when a big rainstorm was heading our way, breathlessly drawing pressure gradients and furiously waving a wand as if commanding a symphony. It felt like something epic and […]
Governor Brown’s Never-Ending Drought Emergency
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Western FarmPressby Aubrey BettencourtIn January 2014, acting after two successive dry years, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. declared a State of Emergency for the entire state of California. He cited the extreme and prolonged drought. Seven executive orders followed from April 2014 to May and California remains to the present day in a state of what amounts to […]
OPINION: Eight Water Bonds Passed Since 2000, And We Still Have The Oroville Disaster
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Aubrey BettencourtAfter six years of drought and a few months of flooding, California’s decades-long political commitment to ideology of being either for the environment or against progress has endangered the state’s water supply system and is threatening public safety, environmental health and economic stability. Rather than upgrade California’s water collection and delivery systems, for 50 years […]
Would You Drink Treated Toilet Water? You May Get The Chance
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Cronkite News (Phoenix, Ariz.)by Ethan Millman and Morgan WheelerState government leaders are making a push to turn recycled toilet, shower and other treated wastewater into the newest source of drinking water for Arizona residents. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is planning to lift a 2001 prohibition. If it happens, some residents could be drinking recycled wastewater water from their tap by the […]