California’s tireless water warriors have something fresh to fight over, with the introduction of a bill to resolve an irrigation drainage dispute that affects three modest-sized San Joaquin Valley water districts, as well as the much bigger Westlands Water District. The bill by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, would relieve the federal government of its duty […]
Lake Mead is expected to surpass its historic low after next Wednesday. By the end of June, it is expected to have dropped to its lowest level since the man-made reservoir was created by the completion of the Hoover Dam in 1935. And as the elevation drops, Nevada, Arizona and California are working out a […]
Customer conservation combined with a surge in water supplies has prompted East Bay Municipal Utility District directors to vote unanimously to end a drought surcharge that has cost the average household about $8 a month for the past year. Directors approved the 25 percent drought surcharge last June, two months after they declared a stage […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Jewish Journal (Los Angeles)by By David Siegel Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
As we celebrate our water independence, the drought California faces is the worst on record. Hundreds of thousands of farm acres have been left uncultivated, driving up food prices and inhibiting growth. The economic impact has skyrocketed into the billions of dollars. Gov. Jerry Brown has enacted the first mandatory water use reductions in state […]
Reading the news earlier this month that Central Valley wildlife refuges were going to receive 100 percent of their federal water allocations would normally have made us thrilled for the Pacific Flyway birds that depend on wetland habitat. And we weren’t surprised to see this news greeted with outrage by those who have been suffering […]
Southern California’s huge water wholesaler declined to reverse course Tuesday on the purchase of roughly 20,000 acres of land in the Delta, a $175 million deal that has Delta advocates worried. A vote to pull out of the deal failed 54 percent to 29 percent, with another 10 percent abstaining. The decision came despite Stockton-based Restore […]
California Irrigation-Drainage Disputes Targeted in New Bill
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Bee by By Michael DoyleCalifornia’s tireless water warriors have something fresh to fight over, with the introduction of a bill to resolve an irrigation drainage dispute that affects three modest-sized San Joaquin Valley water districts, as well as the much bigger Westlands Water District. The bill by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, would relieve the federal government of its duty […]
Nevada Prepared for More Lake Mead Cuts Without ‘Drastic Steps’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Las Vegas Sun by By Daniel RothbergLake Mead is expected to surpass its historic low after next Wednesday. By the end of June, it is expected to have dropped to its lowest level since the man-made reservoir was created by the completion of the Hoover Dam in 1935. And as the elevation drops, Nevada, Arizona and California are working out a […]
EBMUD Ends Drought Surcharges
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Ramon PatchCustomer conservation combined with a surge in water supplies has prompted East Bay Municipal Utility District directors to vote unanimously to end a drought surcharge that has cost the average household about $8 a month for the past year. Directors approved the 25 percent drought surcharge last June, two months after they declared a stage […]
Water Autonomy: From Israel to California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Jewish Journal (Los Angeles)by By David Siegel Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantAs we celebrate our water independence, the drought California faces is the worst on record. Hundreds of thousands of farm acres have been left uncultivated, driving up food prices and inhibiting growth. The economic impact has skyrocketed into the billions of dollars. Gov. Jerry Brown has enacted the first mandatory water use reductions in state […]
BLOG: OPINION: Central Valley Wildlife Refuges Are Short of Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by By Meghan HertelReading the news earlier this month that Central Valley wildlife refuges were going to receive 100 percent of their federal water allocations would normally have made us thrilled for the Pacific Flyway birds that depend on wetland habitat. And we weren’t surprised to see this news greeted with outrage by those who have been suffering […]
BLOG: Delta Land Buy Still a ‘Go’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /eSanJoaquin.comby By Alex Breitler Mentioned: Keith LewingerSouthern California’s huge water wholesaler declined to reverse course Tuesday on the purchase of roughly 20,000 acres of land in the Delta, a $175 million deal that has Delta advocates worried. A vote to pull out of the deal failed 54 percent to 29 percent, with another 10 percent abstaining. The decision came despite Stockton-based Restore […]