El Niño is here, but California isn’t seeing the impact, at least not yet. Joe Sirard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Los Angeles, says precipitation for the current water year is generally lagging behind averages.
California’s legislative advisers on Friday lambasted the state’s ambitious proposal to regulate urban water conservation, calling the measures costly and difficult to achieve, “in many cases without compelling justifications.”
California’s Central Coast is an expensive place to grow food. The Pajaro Valley, which stretches for 10 miles along the coast of Monterey Bay, charges farmers for irrigation water from wells, a system that’s far different from elsewhere in the nation, where growers typically water their crops by freely pumping groundwater.
With precipitation and snowpack falling behind normal levels for this time of year, the 40 million people served by the Colorado River have last year’s wet winter to thank for the Basin’s relative stability. Right now, the entire American West is struggling with snow drought. Snowpack for the Upper Colorado River Basin — which includes […]
California’s statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack—the source of nearly one-third of the state’s water supply—is at its lowest level in a decade, a major turnaround from last year when huge storms ended a three-year drought and buried ski resorts in massive amounts of snow.
What will California’s water picture look like in the next 12 months? The predictions are literally all over the map. After a measurement of the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada on Tuesday, Jan. 2 found only 7.5 inches of snow — 30 percent of the average depth — the state Department of Water Resources (DWR) put out […]
El Niño Not Living Up To Billing In California So Far
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /KRON4by Marc SternfieldEl Niño is here, but California isn’t seeing the impact, at least not yet. Joe Sirard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Los Angeles, says precipitation for the current water year is generally lagging behind averages.
California’s Proposed Water Conservation Rules Too Stringent And Costly, Analysts Say
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /Bakersfield Californianby Rachel BeckerCalifornia’s legislative advisers on Friday lambasted the state’s ambitious proposal to regulate urban water conservation, calling the measures costly and difficult to achieve, “in many cases without compelling justifications.”
Some California Farmers Pay for Groundwater. Is That Workable?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /The New York Timesby Soumya KarlamanglaCalifornia’s Central Coast is an expensive place to grow food. The Pajaro Valley, which stretches for 10 miles along the coast of Monterey Bay, charges farmers for irrigation water from wells, a system that’s far different from elsewhere in the nation, where growers typically water their crops by freely pumping groundwater.
How Last Year’s Winter Continues to Bail Out the Colorado River
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /The Salt Lake Tribuneby Anastasia HufhamWith precipitation and snowpack falling behind normal levels for this time of year, the 40 million people served by the Colorado River have last year’s wet winter to thank for the Basin’s relative stability. Right now, the entire American West is struggling with snow drought. Snowpack for the Upper Colorado River Basin — which includes […]
Sierra Nevada Snowpack at Lowest Level in 10 Years: What it Means for California’s Water Supply
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /Phys.orgby Paul RogersCalifornia’s statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack—the source of nearly one-third of the state’s water supply—is at its lowest level in a decade, a major turnaround from last year when huge storms ended a three-year drought and buried ski resorts in massive amounts of snow.
Snowpack Levels Leave Experts Unsure of Wet Winter for Southern California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /Los Angeles Daily Newsby Steve ScauzilloWhat will California’s water picture look like in the next 12 months? The predictions are literally all over the map. After a measurement of the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada on Tuesday, Jan. 2 found only 7.5 inches of snow — 30 percent of the average depth — the state Department of Water Resources (DWR) put out […]