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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.
Water Reuse and Reclamation Projects in California get $30M Boost from Interior Department
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /WaterWorld (Tulsa, Okla.)More than $30 million in funding through the Bureau of Reclamation’s Title XVI program were awarded today by Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor. The money will support seven projects that will provide clean water to California communities and promote water and energy efficiency. “With California in its fifth year of drought, these […]
So Long, El Nino! Hello, La Nina?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Mateo PatchThe winter El Nino, once described as a “Godzilla” weather pattern threatening to drench the coast with rains and put a dent in the Southland’s years-long drought, is officially over, forecasters announced Thursday. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center said the El Nino pattern, characterized by warming ocean temperatures, dissipated […]
Water Board to Refine Enforcement Procedures After Ruling
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Press (Salem, Ore.)by Tim HeardenCalifornia water regulators will re-examine the way they determine water rights violations in the wake of the State Water Resources Control Board’s dismissal of a proposed $1.5 million fine to a water district east of the San Francisco Bay area. Officials issued the fine to the Byron Bethany Irritation District at the height of the […]
Phil Isenberg: What’s Next for the Delta?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tara LohanSpeaking on May 18 to the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association, Phil Isenberg said, “I have learned the hardest thing in public life to do is change human behavior. It’s a lot easier to pass a law than to get people to like it and to pay attention to it.” With 50 years of public […]
El Nino Has Runs its Course. But Did it End California’s Drought?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass.)by Lucy SchoutenEl Niño has passed on its merry way after 17 months of unusual warmth, wet weather, and unusual storms from the Pacific Ocean around the world. The big story for this El Niño has been whether it would aid dry California’s comeback from a drought. The answer is mixed. “In California, it’s all about location, location, location,” Jan […]
BLOG: A Weatherman Explains California’s Volatile Climate
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Public Policy Institute of California (San Francisco)by Lori PottingerWhat does the future hold for California’s weather and climate? Is drought the new normal? And what about La Niña? We talked to Daniel Swain—founder of the popular California Weather Blog and a Stanford University climate scientist—about our volatile climate.