Predictions that La Nina conditions may deepen the drought in California this winter would be more alarming if the results of a Field poll released last week has been different. Fortunately, the poll showed an overwhelming majority of Californians continue to believe that the state faces an extremely serious water shortage and are continuing to […]
Big economic interests have invested heavily in convincing residents of California, and Santa Barbara in particular, that we are running out of water. The policies they have pushed create a feeling of anxiety that rises to panic in many people. Imposition of 20% to 35% reductions on urban water use have led to the belief that […]
The sometimes-ferocious rainstorms that hit California in March were likely the beginning of the end for El Nino, as the warm ocean system that produced a wet winter in many parts of the West is continuing to fade. Any storms that remain on tap this spring will likely be mild and not contribute much to […]
Six years ago, a bill to force a legislative vote on the peripheral canal went before a state Assembly committee. It died there without a vote. Four years ago, the same bill got five votes. And on Tuesday a similar bill — this time calling for a vote of the public — got eight votes, […]
Treating sewage and effluent currently discharging to the Pacific Ocean is an excellent idea for combating the drought, because millions gallons of clarified water is discharged annually to the Pacific Ocean from California and has been for some time. And I thought the oceans were rising because the ice caps were melting! There were many […]
A California Assembly committee on Tuesday moved to force a public vote on a controversial water conveyance project. The $15.5 billion plan to construct two massive water conveyance tunnels in the heart of California’s water circulatory system has driven the latest round of a decades-long battle over exporting water from wetter Northern California to more populous […]
OPINION: Stopping Southern California’s Delta Water Grab
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury NewsPredictions that La Nina conditions may deepen the drought in California this winter would be more alarming if the results of a Field poll released last week has been different. Fortunately, the poll showed an overwhelming majority of Californians continue to believe that the state faces an extremely serious water shortage and are continuing to […]
BLOG: OPINION: California Water Lies
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Edhat (Santa Barbara) by By Glen MowrerBig economic interests have invested heavily in convincing residents of California, and Santa Barbara in particular, that we are running out of water. The policies they have pushed create a feeling of anxiety that rises to panic in many people. Imposition of 20% to 35% reductions on urban water use have led to the belief that […]
March Storms Were Likely Swan Song for El Niño
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Press (Salem, Ore.)The sometimes-ferocious rainstorms that hit California in March were likely the beginning of the end for El Nino, as the warm ocean system that produced a wet winter in many parts of the West is continuing to fade. Any storms that remain on tap this spring will likely be mild and not contribute much to […]
Pushing for tunnels vote
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Recort (Stockton)by Alex BreitlerSix years ago, a bill to force a legislative vote on the peripheral canal went before a state Assembly committee. It died there without a vote. Four years ago, the same bill got five votes. And on Tuesday a similar bill — this time calling for a vote of the public — got eight votes, […]
OPINION: Israeli Water Solutions Won’t Defeat California’s Red Tape
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The San Luis Obispo TribuneTreating sewage and effluent currently discharging to the Pacific Ocean is an excellent idea for combating the drought, because millions gallons of clarified water is discharged annually to the Pacific Ocean from California and has been for some time. And I thought the oceans were rising because the ice caps were melting! There were many […]
Delta Tunnels Bill Mandating Voter Approval Advances
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by By Jeremy B. WhiteA California Assembly committee on Tuesday moved to force a public vote on a controversial water conveyance project. The $15.5 billion plan to construct two massive water conveyance tunnels in the heart of California’s water circulatory system has driven the latest round of a decades-long battle over exporting water from wetter Northern California to more populous […]