Poseidon Water has announced it is working on an agreement with state permitting agencies to streamline the approval process for the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Project. The Coastal Commission originally planned to consider the Project’s Coastal Development Permit on September 9; however, Poseidon and Commission staff agreed to defer consideration of the Project’s CDP in […]
The California Drought is now in its fifth year, but we still know little about how it has affected public health. A half-million acres of farmland were fallowed in 2015, leaving thousands of agricultural workers jobless. More than a thousand families saw their drinking water wells go dry. Many more were forced to ration water, either […]
The latest controversial proposal to weaken protections for the striped bass, a popular Delta sport fish, is scheduled to be heard on Thursday by the California Fish and Game Commission.Water users mostly south of the estuary asked the commission earlier this year to allow more of the fish to be caught, in order to reduce […]
Governments often take actions — or fail to act — in ways that would be treated as crimes if committed by an individual or a company. Take the scandalous U.S. Education Department’s Teach Grant program that defrauds idealistic young teachers. Or compare the way federal and California agencies treated Volkswagen’s use of emission cheaters with the way they treat […]
There’s good news and bad news for the drought-stricken Colorado River system, according to projections just released in a new federal report from the Bureau of Reclamation, manager of dams, powerplants and canals. The report predicts that Lake Mead — the river system’s largest reservoir, supplying water to millions of people in Nevada, Arizona, California and Mexico — […]
A measure to expand public disclosure of commercial, industrial and other institutional water uses in California fell far short of passage in the state Senate on Friday. Assembly Bill 1520, which would have removed exemptions to the Public Records Act for business customers of local water agencies, garnered only 15 votes on the floor, well […]
Poseidon Working on Interagency Agreement to Streamline Permitting for Huntington Beach Desalination Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /WaterWorld (Tulsa, Okla.)Poseidon Water has announced it is working on an agreement with state permitting agencies to streamline the approval process for the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Project. The Coastal Commission originally planned to consider the Project’s Coastal Development Permit on September 9; however, Poseidon and Commission staff agreed to defer consideration of the Project’s CDP in […]
California Professor Launches Study on Drought’s Health Impact
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED Science (San Francisco)by Matt WeiserThe California Drought is now in its fifth year, but we still know little about how it has affected public health. A half-million acres of farmland were fallowed in 2015, leaving thousands of agricultural workers jobless. More than a thousand families saw their drinking water wells go dry. Many more were forced to ration water, either […]
Delta Fishermen Gear up for Another Fight
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton Recordby Alex BreitlerThe latest controversial proposal to weaken protections for the striped bass, a popular Delta sport fish, is scheduled to be heard on Thursday by the California Fish and Game Commission.Water users mostly south of the estuary asked the commission earlier this year to allow more of the fish to be caught, in order to reduce […]
California’s Salton Sea becoming a toxic witches’ brew, Boxer warns
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Consumer Affairs (Lake Tahoe, Nev.)by James R. HoodGovernments often take actions — or fail to act — in ways that would be treated as crimes if committed by an individual or a company. Take the scandalous U.S. Education Department’s Teach Grant program that defrauds idealistic young teachers. Or compare the way federal and California agencies treated Volkswagen’s use of emission cheaters with the way they treat […]
‘Climate change is water change’ — why the Colorado River system is headed for major trouble
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Chelsea HarveyThere’s good news and bad news for the drought-stricken Colorado River system, according to projections just released in a new federal report from the Bureau of Reclamation, manager of dams, powerplants and canals. The report predicts that Lake Mead — the river system’s largest reservoir, supplying water to millions of people in Nevada, Arizona, California and Mexico — […]
Water-use disclosure bill sinks in California Senate
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Alexei KoseffA measure to expand public disclosure of commercial, industrial and other institutional water uses in California fell far short of passage in the state Senate on Friday. Assembly Bill 1520, which would have removed exemptions to the Public Records Act for business customers of local water agencies, garnered only 15 votes on the floor, well […]