Customer conservation combined with a surge in water supplies has prompted East Bay Municipal Utility District directors to vote unanimously to end a drought surcharge that has cost the average household about $8 a month for the past year. Directors approved the 25 percent drought surcharge last June, two months after they declared a stage […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Jewish Journal (Los Angeles)by By David Siegel Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
As we celebrate our water independence, the drought California faces is the worst on record. Hundreds of thousands of farm acres have been left uncultivated, driving up food prices and inhibiting growth. The economic impact has skyrocketed into the billions of dollars. Gov. Jerry Brown has enacted the first mandatory water use reductions in state […]
Reading the news earlier this month that Central Valley wildlife refuges were going to receive 100 percent of their federal water allocations would normally have made us thrilled for the Pacific Flyway birds that depend on wetland habitat. And we weren’t surprised to see this news greeted with outrage by those who have been suffering […]
Southern California’s huge water wholesaler declined to reverse course Tuesday on the purchase of roughly 20,000 acres of land in the Delta, a $175 million deal that has Delta advocates worried. A vote to pull out of the deal failed 54 percent to 29 percent, with another 10 percent abstaining. The decision came despite Stockton-based Restore […]
While Stanford flaunts its lush lawns and recently restored fountains, nearby communities suffer from dried up wells and arsenic-tainted groundwater. We cannot afford to forget about California’s ongoing drought or to dismiss it as a slight annoyance. In this time of severe and prolonged drought — California’s worst in 1200 years — it is the […]
Hillary Clinton says she has been following California’s water issues from “afar” and as president would be open to having the federal government involved in long term solutions to benefit cities and agriculture. But the Democratic Party front-runner declined to specifically address the latest dust-up over water deliveries to the southern part of the state. “We […]
EBMUD Ends Drought Surcharges
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Ramon PatchCustomer conservation combined with a surge in water supplies has prompted East Bay Municipal Utility District directors to vote unanimously to end a drought surcharge that has cost the average household about $8 a month for the past year. Directors approved the 25 percent drought surcharge last June, two months after they declared a stage […]
Water Autonomy: From Israel to California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Jewish Journal (Los Angeles)by By David Siegel Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantAs we celebrate our water independence, the drought California faces is the worst on record. Hundreds of thousands of farm acres have been left uncultivated, driving up food prices and inhibiting growth. The economic impact has skyrocketed into the billions of dollars. Gov. Jerry Brown has enacted the first mandatory water use reductions in state […]
BLOG: OPINION: Central Valley Wildlife Refuges Are Short of Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by By Meghan HertelReading the news earlier this month that Central Valley wildlife refuges were going to receive 100 percent of their federal water allocations would normally have made us thrilled for the Pacific Flyway birds that depend on wetland habitat. And we weren’t surprised to see this news greeted with outrage by those who have been suffering […]
BLOG: Delta Land Buy Still a ‘Go’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /eSanJoaquin.comby By Alex Breitler Mentioned: Keith LewingerSouthern California’s huge water wholesaler declined to reverse course Tuesday on the purchase of roughly 20,000 acres of land in the Delta, a $175 million deal that has Delta advocates worried. A vote to pull out of the deal failed 54 percent to 29 percent, with another 10 percent abstaining. The decision came despite Stockton-based Restore […]
OPINION: Green Lawns, Dry Wells: California’s Drought is an Issue of Equality
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Stanford DailyWhile Stanford flaunts its lush lawns and recently restored fountains, nearby communities suffer from dried up wells and arsenic-tainted groundwater. We cannot afford to forget about California’s ongoing drought or to dismiss it as a slight annoyance. In this time of severe and prolonged drought — California’s worst in 1200 years — it is the […]
Hillary Clinton Speaks Out on CA Water Issues
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Fox&Hounds Daily by By Conan NolanHillary Clinton says she has been following California’s water issues from “afar” and as president would be open to having the federal government involved in long term solutions to benefit cities and agriculture. But the Democratic Party front-runner declined to specifically address the latest dust-up over water deliveries to the southern part of the state. “We […]