Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 814 into law to crack down on excessive water use during droughts. The law, effective Jan. 1, 2017, penalizes the state’s biggest water wasters and could result in public disclosure of their names.The new law requires retail water suppliers with more than 3,000 customers to put in place rules […]
Flood control efforts in California’s Central Valley get a boost in sprawling water legislation that reaches the House floor Tuesday. No, it’s not the drought-inspired, California-only bill that has inspired so much wrangling in recent years. That remains stuck. Instead, following the Senate’s lead, the House is taking up its latest version of the Water […]
A new study paints a picture of an Earth that is warmer than it has been in about 120,000 years, and is locked into eventually hitting its hottest mark in more than 2 million years. As part of her doctoral dissertation at Stanford University, Carolyn Snyder , now a climate policy official at the U.S. […]
Farmers in central California are drilling more and deeper wells than ever before to pump water for their fruit orchards and sprawling fields following government imposed limits on surface water. Two years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill designed to limit groundwater pumping, new wells are going in faster and deeper than ever, according […]
A new law requires that virtually all multiple-family complexes built after Jan. 1, 2018, must have water meters on each unit. “Eighty percent of the 15.6 million Californians living in apartments or other multifamily housing are not billed for their water use, meaning nearly a third of the state’s population doesn’t know how much water they’re using […]
The best guess about the weather forecast for the next several months is that its anybody’s guess. There could be more rain and snow, less rain and snow or a neutral amount of precipitation. Up until a month ago, forecasters thought the state might experience a La Niña weather pattern. Predictions are based upon water […]
California Water Wasters to Face New Penalties, Possible Public Disclosure of Names
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Northern California Recordby Tara MapesGov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 814 into law to crack down on excessive water use during droughts. The law, effective Jan. 1, 2017, penalizes the state’s biggest water wasters and could result in public disclosure of their names.The new law requires retail water suppliers with more than 3,000 customers to put in place rules […]
Try Humming ‘When the Levee Breaks’ While Reading About California Flood Control
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Michael DoyleFlood control efforts in California’s Central Valley get a boost in sprawling water legislation that reaches the House floor Tuesday. No, it’s not the drought-inspired, California-only bill that has inspired so much wrangling in recent years. That remains stuck. Instead, following the Senate’s lead, the House is taking up its latest version of the Water […]
Study: Earth’s Roughly Warmest in About 100,000 Years
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /ABC Newsby Seth BorensteinA new study paints a picture of an Earth that is warmer than it has been in about 120,000 years, and is locked into eventually hitting its hottest mark in more than 2 million years. As part of her doctoral dissertation at Stanford University, Carolyn Snyder , now a climate policy official at the U.S. […]
New Wells In California Are Going in Faster and Deeper
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /AGProfessional (Lenexa, Kan.)Farmers in central California are drilling more and deeper wells than ever before to pump water for their fruit orchards and sprawling fields following government imposed limits on surface water. Two years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill designed to limit groundwater pumping, new wells are going in faster and deeper than ever, according […]
Law Requires Meters On New Apartments After 2017
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Daily Republic (Fairfield) by Todd R. HansenA new law requires that virtually all multiple-family complexes built after Jan. 1, 2018, must have water meters on each unit. “Eighty percent of the 15.6 million Californians living in apartments or other multifamily housing are not billed for their water use, meaning nearly a third of the state’s population doesn’t know how much water they’re using […]
La Niña May Arrive, or Just As Likely Stay Away
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Lake County Record-Bee (Lakeport)by Heather Hacking and Dave FariesThe best guess about the weather forecast for the next several months is that its anybody’s guess. There could be more rain and snow, less rain and snow or a neutral amount of precipitation. Up until a month ago, forecasters thought the state might experience a La Niña weather pattern. Predictions are based upon water […]