As she stood at the edge of the Embarcadero on Tuesday, the bay waters surging high but rarely spilling toward her feet, Lori Lambertson stated the obvious. “Tides are real tricky,” said Lambertson, a staff teacher at the Exploratorium science museum. She was explaining the phenomenon known as king tides, when the oceans’ water levels reach […]
Water regulators plan to allow a lake in Northern California to fill to the brim this winter for the first time since using chemicals to kill off non-native fish. The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2hli5sQ ) that the Department of Water Resources lowered Lake Davis in the 1990s to prevent storms from washing predatory northern pike […]
As what’s expected to be the biggest storm of the season batters Northern California on Thursday, rivers throughout the region are expected to swell. Creeks and streams in the Bay Area will likely rise only a few feet and won’t come close to flooding, but some flows on the North Coast and in the Sierra […]
The Sierra Nevada is getting soaked this year, and Lake Tahoe is one of the biggest beneficiaries. The sixth-largest lake in the United States, which straddles California and Nevada, reached its natural rim after weekend storms dumped 12.5 billion gallons of water into the lake. A trickle is now flowing through the dam and into […]
There was big, very big, ground water news for California in 2016, but almost no one paid attention because it came in the midst of the most heated presidential campaign in modern memory. For those who did notice, it seemed almost like Christmas came early, at midyear. The news was this: A Stanford University study […]
The Bureau of Reclamation is preparing for a rare event in recent drought years — to release water from Folsom Lake. Outflow at Folsom Lake will more than double from 3,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 8,000 cfs by Wednesday, according to Justin Moore with the Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region. Here’s what you […]
King tides expected to have more impact as sea levels rise
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby John KingAs she stood at the edge of the Embarcadero on Tuesday, the bay waters surging high but rarely spilling toward her feet, Lori Lambertson stated the obvious. “Tides are real tricky,” said Lambertson, a staff teacher at the Exploratorium science museum. She was explaining the phenomenon known as king tides, when the oceans’ water levels reach […]
California’s Lake Davis to refill, 20 years after pike disaster started
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by The San Jose Mercury News)Water regulators plan to allow a lake in Northern California to fill to the brim this winter for the first time since using chemicals to kill off non-native fish. The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2hli5sQ ) that the Department of Water Resources lowered Lake Davis in the 1990s to prevent storms from washing predatory northern pike […]
Storms could see Northern California river surging up to 24 feet
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate (San Francisco)by Amy GraffAs what’s expected to be the biggest storm of the season batters Northern California on Thursday, rivers throughout the region are expected to swell. Creeks and streams in the Bay Area will likely rise only a few feet and won’t come close to flooding, but some flows on the North Coast and in the Sierra […]
Lake Tahoe filling up, what does that mean for Calif. drought?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate (San Francisco)by Amy GraffThe Sierra Nevada is getting soaked this year, and Lake Tahoe is one of the biggest beneficiaries. The sixth-largest lake in the United States, which straddles California and Nevada, reached its natural rim after weekend storms dumped 12.5 billion gallons of water into the lake. A trickle is now flowing through the dam and into […]
OPINION: Big ground water find not a Christmas gift after all
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Napa Valley Registerby Thomas D. EliasThere was big, very big, ground water news for California in 2016, but almost no one paid attention because it came in the midst of the most heated presidential campaign in modern memory. For those who did notice, it seemed almost like Christmas came early, at midyear. The news was this: A Stanford University study […]
What you need to know about Folsom Lake water releases
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA Sacramentoby Vicki GonzalezThe Bureau of Reclamation is preparing for a rare event in recent drought years — to release water from Folsom Lake. Outflow at Folsom Lake will more than double from 3,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 8,000 cfs by Wednesday, according to Justin Moore with the Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region. Here’s what you […]