The state water board released new water-cutback goals Thursday afternoon, April 7, easing conservation numbers for many Inland suppliers. The announcement comes in the wake of this week’s Eastern Municipal Water District vote to ease drought restrictions, which may have been among the region’s first to make such changes. Now the State Water Resources Control Board’s […]
Fisherman, boaters, and campers are eager to return to popular lakes for recreation as Central California reservoirs are filling up thanks to the recent storms and incoming snow melt. Pardee Lake in Amador County is 97 percent full and Camanche Reservoir in Calaveras County has refilled to almost 70 percent of capacity. Lake Don Pedro […]
In May, California’s water authority is set to soften water conservation requirements for certain areas of the state, including the North Coast. While this announcement was met with a favorable response by local water officials, the State Water Resources Control Board’s Chairwoman Felicia Marcus said earlier this week that nobody will be off the hook […]
Arizona and California are arguing over Colorado River water again — this time over whether it should be inscribed in law that California can’t take Arizona’s share of river water that’s left in Lake Mead to prop up lake levels. The dispute is over whether it would benefit the troubled river system to guarantee in […]
Endangered salmon blocked for nearly a century from hundreds of miles of the Klamath River in Oregon and California are expected to return en masse under unusual agreements signed Wednesday to tear down four hydroelectric dams. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who signed agreements with the governors of both states, said the plan would bring […]
The April 1 federal allocation of irrigation water to California farmers is no joking matter for those south of the Delta who were slapped across the face with the announced 5 percent allotment. How much better 5 percent is than zero is a matter of degree akin to choosing your death slowly and painfully, or […]
DROUGHT: State Water Board’s New Goals Ease Conservation Numbers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Press-Enterprise (Riverside)by By Alejandra MolinaThe state water board released new water-cutback goals Thursday afternoon, April 7, easing conservation numbers for many Inland suppliers. The announcement comes in the wake of this week’s Eastern Municipal Water District vote to ease drought restrictions, which may have been among the region’s first to make such changes. Now the State Water Resources Control Board’s […]
Central California Reservoirs Filling Up Due to Recent Storms
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)by By Rich IbarraFisherman, boaters, and campers are eager to return to popular lakes for recreation as Central California reservoirs are filling up thanks to the recent storms and incoming snow melt. Pardee Lake in Amador County is 97 percent full and Camanche Reservoir in Calaveras County has refilled to almost 70 percent of capacity. Lake Don Pedro […]
California Water-Saving Rules to Ease, but Nobody’s Off the Hook
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Eureka Times Standard by By Will HoustonIn May, California’s water authority is set to soften water conservation requirements for certain areas of the state, including the North Coast. While this announcement was met with a favorable response by local water officials, the State Water Resources Control Board’s Chairwoman Felicia Marcus said earlier this week that nobody will be off the hook […]
Arizona Wants Legal Assurances California Won’t Take its Stored Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Arizona Daily Star (Tuscon)by By Tony DavisArizona and California are arguing over Colorado River water again — this time over whether it should be inscribed in law that California can’t take Arizona’s share of river water that’s left in Lake Mead to prop up lake levels. The dispute is over whether it would benefit the troubled river system to guarantee in […]
Unusual Pact Will Tear Down California Hydroelectric Dams Blocking Fish Migration
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CBS (Sacramento)Endangered salmon blocked for nearly a century from hundreds of miles of the Klamath River in Oregon and California are expected to return en masse under unusual agreements signed Wednesday to tear down four hydroelectric dams. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who signed agreements with the governors of both states, said the plan would bring […]
Water decision another nail in agriculture’s coffin
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Western Farm Pressby Todd FitchetteThe April 1 federal allocation of irrigation water to California farmers is no joking matter for those south of the Delta who were slapped across the face with the announced 5 percent allotment. How much better 5 percent is than zero is a matter of degree akin to choosing your death slowly and painfully, or […]