It’s about taking water and not about fish. South San Joaquin Irrigation District General Manager Peter Rietkerk made it clear that is the district’s view of the State Water Board move to mandate unimpaired flows of 40 percent on the Stanislaus, Merced, and Tuolumne rivers between February and June. Rietkerk spoke before the Ripon Rotary […]
Remember the California drought? It was all over the news a year ago, when the state took the unprecedented step of mandating statewide water cutbacks. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was at its lowest recorded level. Rivers and reservoirs were getting shallower and shallower. Wells in rural towns were literally running dry. That drought is still […]
The drought is not going away. Adam Nagourney, the Los Angeles bureau chief, traveled to a Central Valley farming community that became a national symbol of the drought. He wrote on Wednesday about a setback in Californians’ efforts to conserve water that has some experts worried. While the situation has improved since last year, meteorologists […]
For those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds. Take Michael Burry, for instance, the […]
Two growing seasons after the engineered spring flood of the Colorado River Delta in 2014, the delta’s birds, plants and groundwater continue to benefit, according to the latest monitoring report prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission by a binational University of Arizona-led team. “This short-term event has had lasting consequences. This really demonstrates […]
We are far from out of the woods when it comes to California’s historic drought. But forecasters gave a glimmer of hope with the first winter weather prediction of the season.The forecast doesn’t bode well for seeing major drought relief and actually may expand the drought a bit in the southeast. But while we have […]
SSJID: Plan Is About Taking Water, Period
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Manteca Bulletinby Glenn KahlIt’s about taking water and not about fish. South San Joaquin Irrigation District General Manager Peter Rietkerk made it clear that is the district’s view of the State Water Board move to mandate unimpaired flows of 40 percent on the Stanislaus, Merced, and Tuolumne rivers between February and June. Rietkerk spoke before the Ripon Rotary […]
California’s Dire Drought Message Wanes, Conservation Levels Drop
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NPRby Nathan RottRemember the California drought? It was all over the news a year ago, when the state took the unprecedented step of mandating statewide water cutbacks. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was at its lowest recorded level. Rivers and reservoirs were getting shallower and shallower. Wells in rural towns were literally running dry. That drought is still […]
California Today: The Drought Isn’t Going Away. What You Can Do.
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The New York Timesby Mike McPhateThe drought is not going away. Adam Nagourney, the Los Angeles bureau chief, traveled to a Central Valley farming community that became a national symbol of the drought. He wrote on Wednesday about a setback in Californians’ efforts to conserve water that has some experts worried. While the situation has improved since last year, meteorologists […]
BLOG: The Big Shortage: How Drought Is Impacting Water Investment Markets
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tara LohanFor those with a financial stake in water, drought can mean boom or bust, depending on the investment. And even without a specific market to trade water, there are numerous ways to invest in it – from buying land with water rights to stocks in water-dependent companies to municipal bonds. Take Michael Burry, for instance, the […]
Colorado River Delta Flows Help Birds, Plants, Groundwater
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Phys.org (United Kingdom)Two growing seasons after the engineered spring flood of the Colorado River Delta in 2014, the delta’s birds, plants and groundwater continue to benefit, according to the latest monitoring report prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission by a binational University of Arizona-led team. “This short-term event has had lasting consequences. This really demonstrates […]
Does Wet Start To Season Bode Well For California’s Drought?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CBS Sacramentoby Lisa MeadowsWe are far from out of the woods when it comes to California’s historic drought. But forecasters gave a glimmer of hope with the first winter weather prediction of the season.The forecast doesn’t bode well for seeing major drought relief and actually may expand the drought a bit in the southeast. But while we have […]