The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced funding to five institutions to research human and ecological health impacts associated with water reuse and conservation practices. “Increasing demand for water resources is putting pressure on the finite supply of drinking water in some areas of the United States,” said Thomas A. Burke, EPA Science Advisor […]
In a development that casts significant doubt on whether Silicon Valley’s largest water district will help pay for Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion Delta tunnels plan, a majority of Santa Clara Valley Water District board members now say they want to put the issue to a public vote. The district, which provides 1.9 million residents […]
California’s snowpack usually reaches its peak in the early spring each year near the first of April. Melting of the snowpack increases as the sun’s path across the sky moves a little northward each day and solar radiation intensifies on the ground. Snowpack surveys by the Department of Water Resource (DWR) in late March and […]
The old dam has once more been swallowed up by the rising lake, it’s no longer such a long hike from the campground to the shore, and — can you believe it? — boat ramps actually lead to water. Yes, after a 23-foot rise there during the month of March, New Hogan is in much […]
As noted in a March 18 Reuters article by Karen Braun, the very strong El Niño event is showing signs that it is rapidly unwinding, and when it does, there could be some major changes in global temperature. El Niño is a periodic weakening—or even a reversal, as is the case with this one—of the […]
California lawmakers from both sides of the aisle called on President Barack Obama to direct federal agencies to pump more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, which has been replenished by rainfall, to bring drought relief to the agriculturally intense San Joaquin Valley. A letter by a coalition of 11 California Republican House members, […]
BLOG: EPA Announces $3.3 Million in Funding for Water Reuse and Conservation Research
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /WaterWorld (Tulsa, Okla.)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced funding to five institutions to research human and ecological health impacts associated with water reuse and conservation practices. “Increasing demand for water resources is putting pressure on the finite supply of drinking water in some areas of the United States,” said Thomas A. Burke, EPA Science Advisor […]
Gov. Brown’s $17 Billion Delta Tunnels Plan Faces New Hurdle — a Leading Taxpayers Organization
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury Newsby By Paul RogersIn a development that casts significant doubt on whether Silicon Valley’s largest water district will help pay for Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion Delta tunnels plan, a majority of Santa Clara Valley Water District board members now say they want to put the issue to a public vote. The district, which provides 1.9 million residents […]
DWR Says March 30, 2016 Snow Survey Will Help Reveal California’s Water Health
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Sierra Sun Times (Mariposa)California’s snowpack usually reaches its peak in the early spring each year near the first of April. Melting of the snowpack increases as the sun’s path across the sky moves a little northward each day and solar radiation intensifies on the ground. Snowpack surveys by the Department of Water Resource (DWR) in late March and […]
Water Picture Brightens
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Record (Stockton)by By Alex BreitlerThe old dam has once more been swallowed up by the rising lake, it’s no longer such a long hike from the campground to the shore, and — can you believe it? — boat ramps actually lead to water. Yes, after a 23-foot rise there during the month of March, New Hogan is in much […]
The Lessons From El Nino
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Townhall.com (Arlington, Va.)by By Patrick MichaelsAs noted in a March 18 Reuters article by Karen Braun, the very strong El Niño event is showing signs that it is rapidly unwinding, and when it does, there could be some major changes in global temperature. El Niño is a periodic weakening—or even a reversal, as is the case with this one—of the […]
Bipartisan Push on California Drought Relief
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Roll Call (Washington, D.C.)by By Jeremy DillonCalifornia lawmakers from both sides of the aisle called on President Barack Obama to direct federal agencies to pump more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, which has been replenished by rainfall, to bring drought relief to the agriculturally intense San Joaquin Valley. A letter by a coalition of 11 California Republican House members, […]