Now in the fifth year of an epic drought, Californians have explored ways to save water and wring it out of typical and atypical sources. The search has spanned the gamut from funding research, investing in expensive solutions like desalination plants, toying with the idea of recycling wastewater, imposing water-use restrictions, letting lawns go dry […]
Sure enough, Clinton sprinkled a number of mentions of water into her standard stump speech, promising the crowd that if she’s elected president, “we’re going to get to work on water.” Her proposals were vague. She noted the “water systems here [were] built before our time,” before pledging to invest anew in infrastructure. New water projects […]
Last month, state water officials eased conservation mandates in response to slightly above-average winter rain and snow in much of California, leading many to speculate that the state’s long-running drought has tapered off.If only.The El Niño winter that forecasters said could drench the state with rain and snow veered north instead, striking mostly the Pacific […]
No surprise here, but an annual spring survey that is an important indicator of the Delta smelt’s ability to spawn shows the species has hit another record low. “I am not optimistic that the smelt can make it through the next year or two. Love to be proved wrong,” California native fish expert Peter Moyle […]
Will Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion Delta tunnels divert water to Southern California that belongs to northern Californians? No, according to papers filed this week by state and federal officials — an assertion challenged by environmentalists, who are filing their own paperwork. Months of contentious public hearings start July 27. This first set of hearings […]
Sites Reservoir could be built sooner than anticipated — if it ever receives public funding, Accelerating the construction timeline for the long-proposed reservoir project, as well as other proposed dams in the state, is the focus of a bill co-authored by Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Plumas Lake. Assembly Bill 2551 recently passed the Assembly and will head […]
BLOG: The Drought Solution That’s Under Our Feet
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Padma NagappanNow in the fifth year of an epic drought, Californians have explored ways to save water and wring it out of typical and atypical sources. The search has spanned the gamut from funding research, investing in expensive solutions like desalination plants, toying with the idea of recycling wastewater, imposing water-use restrictions, letting lawns go dry […]
Hillary Clinton in drought-plagued Fresno: ‘We’re going to get to work on water’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby MELANIE MASONSure enough, Clinton sprinkled a number of mentions of water into her standard stump speech, promising the crowd that if she’s elected president, “we’re going to get to work on water.” Her proposals were vague. She noted the “water systems here [were] built before our time,” before pledging to invest anew in infrastructure. New water projects […]
Thanks to La Niña, drought could get worse this winter
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby AARON ORLOWSKILast month, state water officials eased conservation mandates in response to slightly above-average winter rain and snow in much of California, leading many to speculate that the state’s long-running drought has tapered off.If only.The El Niño winter that forecasters said could drench the state with rain and snow veered north instead, striking mostly the Pacific […]
BLOG: More Bad News for Delta Smelt
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /eSan Joaquin by Alex BreitlerNo surprise here, but an annual spring survey that is an important indicator of the Delta smelt’s ability to spawn shows the species has hit another record low. “I am not optimistic that the smelt can make it through the next year or two. Love to be proved wrong,” California native fish expert Peter Moyle […]
Delta tunnels won’t take northern California’s water, say officials
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The San Jose Mercury Newsby Lisa KriegerWill Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion Delta tunnels divert water to Southern California that belongs to northern Californians? No, according to papers filed this week by state and federal officials — an assertion challenged by environmentalists, who are filing their own paperwork. Months of contentious public hearings start July 27. This first set of hearings […]
Bill Could Accelerate Sites Reservoir Timeline
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Appeal Democrat (Marysville)by Andrew CreaseySites Reservoir could be built sooner than anticipated — if it ever receives public funding, Accelerating the construction timeline for the long-proposed reservoir project, as well as other proposed dams in the state, is the focus of a bill co-authored by Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Plumas Lake. Assembly Bill 2551 recently passed the Assembly and will head […]