On Wednesday morning, while facing the Yolo Bypass brimming with water, a group of water district managers, farmers and fish biologists stood atop Wallace Weir and delivered what seemed almost unthinkable at the end of February — good news about the California water supply. A string of storms in March has inundated the North State’s […]
Reduziert is the German word for “reduced.” You could use to it to refer to any kind of reduction: of light, mass, calories. But if you’ve ever walked through a German mall after Christmas, you’ll also have seen the word splashed across signs and windows of stores desperately offloading their merchandise. It’s the German equivalent […]
A contract for a pilot program that would leave some of Pueblo’s water on the Western Slope was approved Tuesday by the Pueblo Board of Water Works. Pueblo Water will leave 200 acre-feet (65 million gallons) of water from the Ewing Ditch for a fee of about $134,000 as part of an $11 million pilot […]
The drought isn’t over, but the recent storms that many hope are part of a “March miracle” have put California a lot further down the road to recovery. By Monday, seasonal rainfall jumped above the historic average across much of the state — uncommon territory over the past four years — with San Francisco notching […]
Rick Williams stood on his dead front lawn near Sacramento, California, wondering why he still pays a drought surcharge on his water bill and cannot run his sprinklers as often as he needs when a nearby reservoir is so full it could overflow come spring. After four years of catastrophic drought and nearly a year […]
The snowpack is back and the water is rising. Between last weekend’s storms and this weekend’s forecast, drought-weary California appears to have gotten the March miracle we were all hoping for. That’s the good news. The bad news is that, between this state’s natural climate and global warming, drought is now perpetually around the corner, […]
Water outlook: From ‘doom and gloom’ to ‘pretty positive’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Appeal-Democrat (Marysville)by Andrew CreaseyOn Wednesday morning, while facing the Yolo Bypass brimming with water, a group of water district managers, farmers and fish biologists stood atop Wallace Weir and delivered what seemed almost unthinkable at the end of February — good news about the California water supply. A string of storms in March has inundated the North State’s […]
Photographing California at Its Most Diminished
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CityLab (Washington, D.C.)by Laura BlissReduziert is the German word for “reduced.” You could use to it to refer to any kind of reduction: of light, mass, calories. But if you’ve ever walked through a German mall after Christmas, you’ll also have seen the word splashed across signs and windows of stores desperately offloading their merchandise. It’s the German equivalent […]
Pueblo board approves plan to leave some of its water on Western Slope as part of study
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colo.)by BY CHRIS WOODKAA contract for a pilot program that would leave some of Pueblo’s water on the Western Slope was approved Tuesday by the Pueblo Board of Water Works. Pueblo Water will leave 200 acre-feet (65 million gallons) of water from the Ewing Ditch for a fee of about $134,000 as part of an $11 million pilot […]
Rain Fills Reservoirs, But California Still Suffers Drought’s Effects
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGateby By Kurtis AlexanderThe drought isn’t over, but the recent storms that many hope are part of a “March miracle” have put California a lot further down the road to recovery. By Monday, seasonal rainfall jumped above the historic average across much of the state — uncommon territory over the past four years — with San Francisco notching […]
California Water Cutbacks Draw Flood of Complaints as Reservoirs Rise
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Reuters (As Published by Yahoo News)by By Sharon BernsteinRick Williams stood on his dead front lawn near Sacramento, California, wondering why he still pays a drought surcharge on his water bill and cannot run his sprinklers as often as he needs when a nearby reservoir is so full it could overflow come spring. After four years of catastrophic drought and nearly a year […]
OPINION: Saving for When California’s March Miracle Goes Away
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento BeeThe snowpack is back and the water is rising. Between last weekend’s storms and this weekend’s forecast, drought-weary California appears to have gotten the March miracle we were all hoping for. That’s the good news. The bad news is that, between this state’s natural climate and global warming, drought is now perpetually around the corner, […]