Once thought to be the wave of the future, turning seawater into drinking water is proving to be a tough sell in California. Desalination of ocean water has long held promise, but the dream of sticking a straw in the ocean and getting unlimited clean water by simply opening the spigot of technology — that’s looking […]
Rainfall totals in October in the Sacramento area have reached 4 and one-third inches, a whopping 493 percent above normal. But that doesn’t mean California’s five year drought is over. “One good wet month does not a drought buster make,” said Doug Carlson, spokesperson for the Department of Water Resources. Although in the past a wet October […]
Rains have drenched Northern California, where most of the state’s largest reservoirs are located. The state had the second wettest October since the Department began keeping records in 1921. “We are almost 400 percent of the normal amount of rain in October here in the north and even the San Joaquin and Tulare regions are […]
The western United States set records for low winter snowpack levels in 2015, and a new report blames high temperatures rather than low precipitation levels, according to a new study. Greenhouse gases appear to be a major contributor to the high temperatures, according to the study published Monday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Scientists […]
California is moving forward with rules for how water districts can turn what goes down your toilet back into drinking water. State regulators are taking comments on a kind of water recycling where wastewater sits in a lake before being treated. Next up might be a way to skip the wait. The state already has […]
The blob is back. Since 2014, a mass of unusually warm water has hovered and swelled in the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of North America, playing havoc with marine wildlife, water quality and the regional weather. Earlier this year, weather and oceanography experts thought it was waning. But no: The Blob came back, and […]
Desalination: Why Tapping Seawater Has Slowed to a Trickle in California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by David Gorn Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantOnce thought to be the wave of the future, turning seawater into drinking water is proving to be a tough sell in California. Desalination of ocean water has long held promise, but the dream of sticking a straw in the ocean and getting unlimited clean water by simply opening the spigot of technology — that’s looking […]
Sacramento Region Sees One of Wettest Octobers on Record
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /FOX40 (Sacramento)by Lonnie WongRainfall totals in October in the Sacramento area have reached 4 and one-third inches, a whopping 493 percent above normal. But that doesn’t mean California’s five year drought is over. “One good wet month does not a drought buster make,” said Doug Carlson, spokesperson for the Department of Water Resources. Although in the past a wet October […]
Reservoir Levels Rise In California With Record October Rainfall
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)by Amy QuintonRains have drenched Northern California, where most of the state’s largest reservoirs are located. The state had the second wettest October since the Department began keeping records in 1921. “We are almost 400 percent of the normal amount of rain in October here in the north and even the San Joaquin and Tulare regions are […]
Study Blames High Temperatures For Low 2015 Snowpack
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CBS (San Francisco)The western United States set records for low winter snowpack levels in 2015, and a new report blames high temperatures rather than low precipitation levels, according to a new study. Greenhouse gases appear to be a major contributor to the high temperatures, according to the study published Monday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Scientists […]
California State Considers New Rules For Waste Water Recycling
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)by Daniel PotterCalifornia is moving forward with rules for how water districts can turn what goes down your toilet back into drinking water. State regulators are taking comments on a kind of water recycling where wastewater sits in a lake before being treated. Next up might be a way to skip the wait. The state already has […]
BLOG: ‘The Blob’ Is Back: What Warm Ocean Mass Means for Weather, Wildlife
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserThe blob is back. Since 2014, a mass of unusually warm water has hovered and swelled in the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of North America, playing havoc with marine wildlife, water quality and the regional weather. Earlier this year, weather and oceanography experts thought it was waning. But no: The Blob came back, and […]