Nervous investors, concerned about their nest eggs, will check the financial markets. Is the New York Stock Exchange up? What direction is the NASDAQ moving? For people living in the American Southwest, water levels in reservoirs play the same role. And Lake Mead is the blue chip, the biggest, most consequential, most widely watched piece […]
Legislation to prevent ongoing drinking water contamination like that seen in Flint, Mich., from harming families in disadvantaged communities throughout California was approved Monday on a 4-2 vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill will be heard next by the full Senate. Senate Bill 1318, authored by state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, would help protect hundreds […]
Wedged between Arizona and Utah, less than 20 miles up river from the Grand Canyon, a soaring concrete wall nearly the height of two football fields blocks the flow of the Colorado River. There, at Glen Canyon Dam, the river is turned back on itself, drowning more than 200 miles of plasma-red gorges and replacing […]
If item number one on your summer to-do list is to witness the booming waterfalls of Yosemite National Park, you’re in for a treat. Water levels appear to have rebounded from four years of drought and we’re now in a window of peak waterfall conditions. United States Geological Survey numbers indicate water under the Pohono […]
I want to be absolutely clear that whatever it takes, we cannot allow the twin tunnels to ever be built. Sized for a capacity of 15,000 cubic feet per second, they are capable of taking all the water that flows down the Sacramento River for half of every year. The tunnels are the ultimate vampire […]
Those tasked with keeping gritty stormwater from reaching Lake Tahoe are looking into whether the roads are actually a problem. “Pavement wear” is what Russ Wigart, with El Dorado County, called it. “We completely annihilate our roads on an annual basis,” Wigart said. “Fifteen to 25 percent of fine sediment is from pavement. Maybe we could […]
Lake Mead Record Low Reflects Changing American West
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Circle of Blue (Traverse City, Mich.) by Brett WaltonNervous investors, concerned about their nest eggs, will check the financial markets. Is the New York Stock Exchange up? What direction is the NASDAQ moving? For people living in the American Southwest, water levels in reservoirs play the same role. And Lake Mead is the blue chip, the biggest, most consequential, most widely watched piece […]
Clean Drinking Water Bill Advances
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Davis EnterpriseLegislation to prevent ongoing drinking water contamination like that seen in Flint, Mich., from harming families in disadvantaged communities throughout California was approved Monday on a 4-2 vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill will be heard next by the full Senate. Senate Bill 1318, authored by state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, would help protect hundreds […]
How the Water Crisis in the West Renewed the Debate About the Effectiveness of Major Dams
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Truthdig (Santa Monica) by Abrahm LustgartenWedged between Arizona and Utah, less than 20 miles up river from the Grand Canyon, a soaring concrete wall nearly the height of two football fields blocks the flow of the Colorado River. There, at Glen Canyon Dam, the river is turned back on itself, drowning more than 200 miles of plasma-red gorges and replacing […]
Yosemite Waterfalls Roaring Following Four Years of Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate (San Francisco)by Bill DisbrowIf item number one on your summer to-do list is to witness the booming waterfalls of Yosemite National Park, you’re in for a treat. Water levels appear to have rebounded from four years of drought and we’re now in a window of peak waterfall conditions. United States Geological Survey numbers indicate water under the Pohono […]
Guest view: ‘No twin tunnels,’ but legislation would help temper many concerns
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton Recordby Rep. John GaramendiI want to be absolutely clear that whatever it takes, we cannot allow the twin tunnels to ever be built. Sized for a capacity of 15,000 cubic feet per second, they are capable of taking all the water that flows down the Sacramento River for half of every year. The tunnels are the ultimate vampire […]
Stormwater Collection in Tahoe Keeps Evolving
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Lake Tahoe NewsThose tasked with keeping gritty stormwater from reaching Lake Tahoe are looking into whether the roads are actually a problem. “Pavement wear” is what Russ Wigart, with El Dorado County, called it. “We completely annihilate our roads on an annual basis,” Wigart said. “Fifteen to 25 percent of fine sediment is from pavement. Maybe we could […]