California Democrats in Congress launched challenges Thursday to a proposed Obama administration settlement with a powerful California water district, including announcing their own probe of the deal. The multi-front assault by the deal’s opponents comes as the U.S. Department of Interior and other federal agencies near conclusion on negotiations related to the settlement with Central […]
Dramatic photographs showing California’s diminishing, drought-ravaged reservoirs circulated all over news sites and social media last year. Images of exposed lake beds with parched, cracked earth became symbols of the Golden State’s water crisis. The story changed this winter. After four solid drought years, a series of storms walloped the state and the Sierra Nevada. The […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /The American Spectator (Arlington, Va.)by By Steven Greenhut Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
One of the state’s driest regions has long been flush with water, a reminder that — even in the current, ridiculous system — it’s possible to have plenty of water if the bureaucrats plan ahead and (repeat slowly) build water-storage facilities. Furthermore, while desalination is one critical piece of the state’s long-term water puzzle, the […]
Declaring that the Delta “will not be the next Owens Valley,” San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties — along with farmers and environmental groups — sued Thursday to block a Southern California water district from buying more than 20,000 acres of farmland in the heart of the estuary. The lawsuit, filed in San Joaquin County […]
The San Diego County Water Authority has filed its fourth lawsuit against the Los Angeles based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, alleging that MWD’s newly adopted rates for 2017 and 2018 violate California law, the state Constitution and common law. San Diego contends that increases require rates to be set based upon cost of […]
Officials fighting plans by the state to build two giant tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to send water south took their case to court Thursday, seeking to block one of the project’s main backers from finalizing a key land deal. San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties say Metropolitan Water District of Southern California […]
Congressional Challenge to Obama Water Deal in California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by Redding Record Searchlight)California Democrats in Congress launched challenges Thursday to a proposed Obama administration settlement with a powerful California water district, including announcing their own probe of the deal. The multi-front assault by the deal’s opponents comes as the U.S. Department of Interior and other federal agencies near conclusion on negotiations related to the settlement with Central […]
Before-and-After Photos of California Reservoirs Show Impact of Drought, El Niño
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate by By Amy GraffDramatic photographs showing California’s diminishing, drought-ravaged reservoirs circulated all over news sites and social media last year. Images of exposed lake beds with parched, cracked earth became symbols of the Golden State’s water crisis. The story changed this winter. After four solid drought years, a series of storms walloped the state and the Sierra Nevada. The […]
Dumping Water in the Middle of a Drought Recovery
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The American Spectator (Arlington, Va.)by By Steven Greenhut Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityOne of the state’s driest regions has long been flush with water, a reminder that — even in the current, ridiculous system — it’s possible to have plenty of water if the bureaucrats plan ahead and (repeat slowly) build water-storage facilities. Furthermore, while desalination is one critical piece of the state’s long-term water puzzle, the […]
Striking Back on Delta Land Buy
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton RecordDeclaring that the Delta “will not be the next Owens Valley,” San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties — along with farmers and environmental groups — sued Thursday to block a Southern California water district from buying more than 20,000 acres of farmland in the heart of the estuary. The lawsuit, filed in San Joaquin County […]
San Diego-Los Angeles Water War Boils Over
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Central Valley Business Times (Stockton) Quoted: Mark WestonThe San Diego County Water Authority has filed its fourth lawsuit against the Los Angeles based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, alleging that MWD’s newly adopted rates for 2017 and 2018 violate California law, the state Constitution and common law. San Diego contends that increases require rates to be set based upon cost of […]
Land Purchase in Northern California Delta Challenged
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.)Officials fighting plans by the state to build two giant tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to send water south took their case to court Thursday, seeking to block one of the project’s main backers from finalizing a key land deal. San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties say Metropolitan Water District of Southern California […]