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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.
Twin tunnels would irreparably damage Delta region
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Tracy Pressby Don Nottoli and Chuck WinnCalifornia decision makers are at a historic crossroads in the long-standing California water crisis. The outcome will permanently alter the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. Your voice can steer these decisions in the right direction and now is the time to speak up. On Tuesday, the State Water Resources Control Board will begin a series of hearings […]
Israel’s Mediterranean Desalination Plants Shift Regional Water Balance
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Circle of Blue (Traverse City, Mich.)by Brett WaltonThe water that flows into Sorek desalination plant is drawn from near the Mediterranean Sea floor. Pumped inland, the water is cleansed, step by step, of salts and impurities. The transmutation does not take long. Forty minutes after entering the facility, the stuff of sailboats and sunbathers is now drinkable. Sorek is the newest of […]
The Water Footprint of Our Everyday Lives
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tara LohanIn California we commonly debate how much water is used by agriculture, the environment, industry and urban users. We talk about water in terms of acre-feet and entire sectors. But we spend less time thinking about water on the individual level. California’s water conservation mandate helped bring this back into focus, at least for a […]
Heat Wave, Drought Showing No Signs of Slowing Down
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press ( As Published by CNBC - Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)The heat wave gripping parts of the country including Philadelphia, where tens of thousands are descending upon the city for the Democratic National Convention this week, is not going away anytime soon and will hit a peak Monday with temperatures in the city feeling like 108 degrees. Excessive heat warnings will continue Monday, the first day […]
About That $17 Billion Water Project: Delta Tunnels 101
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Lauren SommerThis week, Governor Jerry Brown’s controversial water project is back in the public eye. State officials are launching a marathon series of hearings for the “twin tunnels,” as they’re known, that will ultimately decide the fate of the project. What are the Delta water tunnels? They’re two, 30-mile water tunnels that would be built in the Sacramento-San […]
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta: Battle Continues Against Water Weeds
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury Newsby Lev FacherEvery year, the state battles invasive water weed species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The state Division of Boating and Waterways is at it again in 2016, and the hot, dry conditions created by the ongoing drought continue to make the job even harder. In Discovery Bay, the Port of Stockton and around the […]