Heavy attention on California’s sustained and severe drought, recent coverage of water sharing agreements in the Lower Colorado River Basin, and most recently an insightful piece in this newspaper from Colorado River Water Conservation District General Manager Eric Kuhn (Sixteen years of drought in the Colorado River Basin: Reality or talking point? May 12) might […]
This is no time for California to significantly drop its water conservation targets, despite the wet winter that eased but by no means ended the state’s five-year drought. It’s irresponsible for Gov. Jerry Brown to ask the State Water Resources Control Board to allow cities, water districts and private companies from San Diego to Yreka […]
If you haven’t been outside the Bay Area bubble this spring, the sight of the high-water levels at recreation lakes across Northern California will make your jaw drop. Memorial Day weekend is two weeks off, and dozens of lakes are filling in time for the start of the vacation season. Many lakes will hit their peak […]
The state is getting ready for what is expected to be another hot, dry summer. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed an executive order saying drought is, quote, “becoming a regular occurrence,” unquote, for Californians. At the same time, some parts of the state have had rain this spring, and so water authorities have been allowing […]
An NBC Bay Area analysis of projects funded by California’s $7.5 billion water bond found little high-tech, innovative projects that some say are needed to upgrade the State’s aging water infrastructure. NBC Bay Area’s analysis also discovered that no money has, so far, gone to fund drought solutions included in the bond such as desalination […]
A mix of rising global temperatures, mysteriously warmed waters off Baja California and unusually far-reaching storms in the western Pacific Ocean blocked this year’s El Nino storms from hitting Southern California, the National Weather Service said. Despite plenty of indicators suggesting that the 2015-16 El Nino rains would be as strong, if not stronger, than […]
OPINION: Meeting the Demands of the Colorado River
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.)by By James EklundHeavy attention on California’s sustained and severe drought, recent coverage of water sharing agreements in the Lower Colorado River Basin, and most recently an insightful piece in this newspaper from Colorado River Water Conservation District General Manager Eric Kuhn (Sixteen years of drought in the Colorado River Basin: Reality or talking point? May 12) might […]
OPINION: California Water Conservation Should Continue
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Vallejo Times HeraldThis is no time for California to significantly drop its water conservation targets, despite the wet winter that eased but by no means ended the state’s five-year drought. It’s irresponsible for Gov. Jerry Brown to ask the State Water Resources Control Board to allow cities, water districts and private companies from San Diego to Yreka […]
Northern California Lakes Brim with Chances for Fun on the Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGate (San Francisco)by By Tom StienstraIf you haven’t been outside the Bay Area bubble this spring, the sight of the high-water levels at recreation lakes across Northern California will make your jaw drop. Memorial Day weekend is two weeks off, and dozens of lakes are filling in time for the start of the vacation season. Many lakes will hit their peak […]
California Agencies Send Mixed Signals On Drought Conditions
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NPRThe state is getting ready for what is expected to be another hot, dry summer. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed an executive order saying drought is, quote, “becoming a regular occurrence,” unquote, for Californians. At the same time, some parts of the state have had rain this spring, and so water authorities have been allowing […]
Water Bond Not Designed to Fund Cutting Edge Projects, Officials Say
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NBC Bay Area (San Jose)by By Stephen Stock, MIchael Bott and Jeremy CarrollAn NBC Bay Area analysis of projects funded by California’s $7.5 billion water bond found little high-tech, innovative projects that some say are needed to upgrade the State’s aging water infrastructure. NBC Bay Area’s analysis also discovered that no money has, so far, gone to fund drought solutions included in the bond such as desalination […]
Rising Temperatures, Warm Air and Water, and Western Pacific Storms Kept El Nino Out of Southern California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Reading Eagle (Reading, Pa.)by By Joseph SernaA mix of rising global temperatures, mysteriously warmed waters off Baja California and unusually far-reaching storms in the western Pacific Ocean blocked this year’s El Nino storms from hitting Southern California, the National Weather Service said. Despite plenty of indicators suggesting that the 2015-16 El Nino rains would be as strong, if not stronger, than […]