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, […]
Dozens of people made their way toward Oroville Dam to see water surge down the dam’s controlled spillway Thursday. It’s the first time the spillway has been in opened in five years to maintain storage space in Lake Oroville for flood control. Over the past 10 years, the spillway has been open for flood control […]
As lingering El Niño rains swell the state’s rivers, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein joined California House Republicans on Thursday to demand that President Obama order more water to be pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farms in the San Joaquin Valley. Feinstein and the Republicans sent separate, similar letters to Obama timed to […]
The city of Santa Barbara won’t pursue a subsurface ocean intake for its desalination plant after a study revealed that the process would either be infeasible or fail to meet the city’s needs. Like most desalination plants, the city’s plant has an open water intake pipe in the ocean, but environmentalists say that process kills microorganisms 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, […]
Oroville Dam Spillway Gates Open for First Time in Years
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Chico Enterprise-Recordby By Ryan OlsonDozens of people made their way toward Oroville Dam to see water surge down the dam’s controlled spillway Thursday. It’s the first time the spillway has been in opened in five years to maintain storage space in Lake Oroville for flood control. Over the past 10 years, the spillway has been open for flood control […]
Feinstein, GOP press Obama administration on delta water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate by By Carolyn LochheadAs lingering El Niño rains swell the state’s rivers, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein joined California House Republicans on Thursday to demand that President Obama order more water to be pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farms in the San Joaquin Valley. Feinstein and the Republicans sent separate, similar letters to Obama timed to […]
Santa Barbara Rejects Subsurface Water Intake For Desalination Plant
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Noozhawk (Santa Barbara)by By Joshua MolinaThe city of Santa Barbara won’t pursue a subsurface ocean intake for its desalination plant after a study revealed that the process would either be infeasible or fail to meet the city’s needs. Like most desalination plants, the city’s plant has an open water intake pipe in the ocean, but environmentalists say that process kills microorganisms and […]