In February, 1914, the rainfall in the Mojave Desert region exceeded by nearly fifty per cent in three days the average annual precipitation. Where the steel siphon crosses Antelope valley at the point of greatest depression, an arroyo or run-off wash indicated that fifteen feet was the extreme width of the flood stream, and the […]
A judge has refused to block a Southern California water agency’s controversial purchase of five islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Judge Barbara Kronlund in San Joaquin Superior Court declined to grant a temporary restraining order Friday to officials from San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties, who sued two weeks ago to keep the Metropolitan […]
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, speaking at the state Republican Party Convention, dug into the state’s complex water policies Saturday, suggesting that it might be possible to replenish the Delta smelt population with a little romantic music and a disco ball. More than a trillion gallons of fresh water have been dumped into the Pacific […]
California faces major changes in its water supply. The sooner everyone realizes these changes are coming, the better the state will be able to cope with what lies ahead. Today’s changes are driven by efforts to end groundwater depletion, by sea level rise and loss of snowpack, salts and nitrate accumulating in groundwater, new invasive […]
Ready or not, California’s new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (“SGMA”) is here and mine operators should be vigilant in monitoring and actively participating in developments under the law. Previously, the use of groundwater was largely unregulated. Now local agencies are in the driver’s seat when it comes to addressing a very complex problem: managing groundwater […]
A judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the city of San Francisco to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, a key part of the water system for 2.6 million residents of Bay Area cities stretching from Hayward to San Jose to San Francisco. The ruling, by Tuolumne County Superior Court Judge Kevin Seibert, is […]
BLOG: The Collapse of Water Exports – Los Angeles, 1914
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /California WaterBlog (Davis)by By Jay LundIn February, 1914, the rainfall in the Mojave Desert region exceeded by nearly fifty per cent in three days the average annual precipitation. Where the steel siphon crosses Antelope valley at the point of greatest depression, an arroyo or run-off wash indicated that fifteen feet was the extreme width of the flood stream, and the […]
Judge Refuses to Halt Delta land Sale to Southern California Agency
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by By Dale KaslerA judge has refused to block a Southern California water agency’s controversial purchase of five islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Judge Barbara Kronlund in San Joaquin Superior Court declined to grant a temporary restraining order Friday to officials from San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties, who sued two weeks ago to keep the Metropolitan […]
Ted Cruz Has a Delta Smelt Plan: Disco Ball, a Little Barry White
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by By Christopher CadelagoRepublican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, speaking at the state Republican Party Convention, dug into the state’s complex water policies Saturday, suggesting that it might be possible to replenish the Delta smelt population with a little romantic music and a disco ball. More than a trillion gallons of fresh water have been dumped into the Pacific […]
OPINION: Inevitable Changes in California’s Water Supply
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby By Jay LundCalifornia faces major changes in its water supply. The sooner everyone realizes these changes are coming, the better the state will be able to cope with what lies ahead. Today’s changes are driven by efforts to end groundwater depletion, by sea level rise and loss of snowpack, salts and nitrate accumulating in groundwater, new invasive […]
Why California’s New Groundwater Management Law is a Game Changer for Mine Operators
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /JD Supra Business Advisor (Sausalito) by By Thomas HenryReady or not, California’s new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (“SGMA”) is here and mine operators should be vigilant in monitoring and actively participating in developments under the law. Previously, the use of groundwater was largely unregulated. Now local agencies are in the driver’s seat when it comes to addressing a very complex problem: managing groundwater […]
Court Rejects Lawsuit to Drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury News by By Paul RogersA judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the city of San Francisco to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, a key part of the water system for 2.6 million residents of Bay Area cities stretching from Hayward to San Jose to San Francisco. The ruling, by Tuolumne County Superior Court Judge Kevin Seibert, is […]