In a significant step for the largest reservoir project in the Bay Area in 20 years, workers have finished building the spillway — a massive concrete channel as wide as eight lanes of freeway and a quarter mile long — at Calaveras Dam near the Alameda-Santa Clara county line. The $810 million project to replace […]
Never one to shy away from controversial water policy, Wolk, a Davis Democrat whose district formerly included Stockton, is pushing a bill that would require local agencies to place conditions on new well construction — in some cases, at least. The state is already implementing new laws regulating the use of precious groundwater for the […]
Predictions that La Nina conditions may deepen the drought in California this winter would be more alarming if the results of a Field poll released last week has 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 […]
Big economic interests have invested heavily in convincing residents of California, and Santa Barbara in particular, that we are running out of water. The policies they have pushed create a feeling of anxiety that rises to panic in many people. Imposition of 20% to 35% reductions on urban water use have led to the belief that […]
The sometimes-ferocious rainstorms that hit California in March were likely the beginning of the end for El Nino, as the warm ocean system that produced a wet winter in many parts of the West is continuing to fade. Any storms that remain on tap this spring will likely be mild and not contribute much to […]
Six years ago, a bill to force a legislative vote on the peripheral canal went before a state Assembly committee. It died there without a vote. Four years ago, the same bill got five votes. And on Tuesday a similar bill — this time calling for a vote of the public — got eight votes, […]
New Bay Area Dam Project Reaches Major Milestone
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Monterey Heraldby By Paul RogersIn a significant step for the largest reservoir project in the Bay Area in 20 years, workers have finished building the spillway — a massive concrete channel as wide as eight lanes of freeway and a quarter mile long — at Calaveras Dam near the Alameda-Santa Clara county line. The $810 million project to replace […]
Too Many Water Straws in the Ground?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton RecordNever one to shy away from controversial water policy, Wolk, a Davis Democrat whose district formerly included Stockton, is pushing a bill that would require local agencies to place conditions on new well construction — in some cases, at least. The state is already implementing new laws regulating the use of precious groundwater for the […]
OPINION: Stopping Southern California’s Delta Water Grab
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury NewsPredictions that La Nina conditions may deepen the drought in California this winter would be more alarming if the results of a Field poll released last week has 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 […]
BLOG: OPINION: California Water Lies
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Edhat (Santa Barbara) by By Glen MowrerBig economic interests have invested heavily in convincing residents of California, and Santa Barbara in particular, that we are running out of water. The policies they have pushed create a feeling of anxiety that rises to panic in many people. Imposition of 20% to 35% reductions on urban water use have led to the belief that […]
March Storms Were Likely Swan Song for El Niño
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Press (Salem, Ore.)The sometimes-ferocious rainstorms that hit California in March were likely the beginning of the end for El Nino, as the warm ocean system that produced a wet winter in many parts of the West is continuing to fade. Any storms that remain on tap this spring will likely be mild and not contribute much to […]
Pushing for tunnels vote
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Recort (Stockton)by Alex BreitlerSix years ago, a bill to force a legislative vote on the peripheral canal went before a state Assembly committee. It died there without a vote. Four years ago, the same bill got five votes. And on Tuesday a similar bill — this time calling for a vote of the public — got eight votes, […]