Three environmentalist groups filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that to increase water flowing to farms and cities, state and federal regulators in the drought have repeatedly relaxed water-quality standards on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the detriment of its wild fish species. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco claims the U.S. […]
The City of Santa Barbara released an update on a future possible agreement with the Montecito Water District for the sale of desalinated water. In the press release, the City says: “In response to inaccurate information in today’s Santa Barbara News Press concerning the assertion of an agreement between the City of Santa Barbara and […]
Predictions that La Nia conditions may deepen the drought in California this winter would be more alarming if the results of a Field poll released last week had been different. Fortunately, the poll showed an overwhelming majority of Californians continue to believe that the state faces an extremely serious water shortage and are continuing to […]
A Juneau entrepreneur is asking the state to approve his plan to collect fresh water from the Pacific Ocean south of Ketchikan and transport it to drought-stricken California. Steven Bowhay’s application to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, which he filed four years ago, has gone through two public comment periods. The second ends Wednesday, […]
As El Nino was producing some powerful storms this winter, officials from a water district serving farms just outside of Sacramento got an idea. They opened the gates of a swelling Cache Creek and let the flood waters flow into the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District’s system of irrigation canals. The canals’ dirt […]
The U.S. Drought Monitor says extreme and exceptional drought was reduced slightly in California last week and for the first time since the week of July 2013, there is no exceptional drought in Nevada. “Little or no precipitation fell on the areas of dryness and drought in the Far West from the southeastern fringes of […]
Lawsuit Accuses Regulators of Loosening Sacramento Delta Water Rules
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by By Ryan SabalowThree environmentalist groups filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that to increase water flowing to farms and cities, state and federal regulators in the drought have repeatedly relaxed water-quality standards on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the detriment of its wild fish species. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco claims the U.S. […]
City of Santa Barbara Sets Record Straight on Desalination Misinformation
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KEYT (Santa Barbara)The City of Santa Barbara released an update on a future possible agreement with the Montecito Water District for the sale of desalinated water. In the press release, the City says: “In response to inaccurate information in today’s Santa Barbara News Press concerning the assertion of an agreement between the City of Santa Barbara and […]
OPINION: Must Fight Metropolitan Water’s Purchase of Islands
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Marin Independent JournalPredictions that La Nia conditions may deepen the drought in California this winter would be more alarming if the results of a Field poll released last week had been different. Fortunately, the poll showed an overwhelming majority of Californians continue to believe that the state faces an extremely serious water shortage and are continuing to […]
Plan Would Pipe Alaska Water to California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by Capital Press - Salem, Ore.)A Juneau entrepreneur is asking the state to approve his plan to collect fresh water from the Pacific Ocean south of Ketchikan and transport it to drought-stricken California. Steven Bowhay’s application to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, which he filed four years ago, has gone through two public comment periods. The second ends Wednesday, […]
Putting Every Drop of Water to Use
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Press (Salem, Ore.)by By Sean EllisAs El Nino was producing some powerful storms this winter, officials from a water district serving farms just outside of Sacramento got an idea. They opened the gates of a swelling Cache Creek and let the flood waters flow into the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District’s system of irrigation canals. The canals’ dirt […]
Extreme and Exceptional Drought Decline in California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)by By Ed JoyceThe U.S. Drought Monitor says extreme and exceptional drought was reduced slightly in California last week and for the first time since the week of July 2013, there is no exceptional drought in Nevada. “Little or no precipitation fell on the areas of dryness and drought in the Far West from the southeastern fringes of […]