As I write this opinion from my home in the Sacramento Valley, our rivers are at or near flood stage and the reservoirs are continuing to fill. The bad news is that the water not being captured in our reservoir system is mostly blowing out under the Golden Gate Bridge with little diverted south of […]
Recent rain has refilled reservoirs and replenished ground water, but it’s also created a new problem. The plants people bought to help conserve, don’t like all the extra water. March has been a very wet month. For those who tried to conserve water with drought tolerant plants, all the rain on the Central Coast may […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Water Desalination Report Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority Water Resources Director Bob Yamada
State regulators certified the water supply from the Carlsbad Desal Plant as drought-resilient, reducing the regional impacts of emergency water-use mandates the state imposed in June 2015. The State Water Resources Control Board’s certification lowers the regional aggregate water conservation goal from 20 percent to about 13 percent, though water-use targets will continue to vary […]
Hopes that El Nino will end California’s drought are withering. It appears they’re being replaced with high hopes for the science of cloud-seeding. Southern California in particular has been suffering from a lack of precipitation and now Los Angeles County officials are reviving its cloud-seeding program for $550,000 a year. The program was abandoned in […]
Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District has commissioned Xylem as part of a project at its FE Weymouth Water Treatment Plant to retrofit biologically active filtration and ozone. Xylem will supply its Leopold Type XA underdrains with IMS 200 media retainers and Leopold dual media sand and anthracite to the 75-year-old plant which treats water from […]
While they’re giving informal updates to water districts, federal water officials in California have put off announcing Central Valley Project allocations until they see what this month’s storms will bring. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spokesman Shane Hunt didn’t flinch when asked if the “March Miracle” of abundant rain and snow that many had hoped for […]
OPINION: Linking Water Rights to the Train a Horrible Idea
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Modesto Beeby By Charlie HoppinAs I write this opinion from my home in the Sacramento Valley, our rivers are at or near flood stage and the reservoirs are continuing to fill. The bad news is that the water not being captured in our reservoir system is mostly blowing out under the Golden Gate Bridge with little diverted south of […]
Recent Storms Cause Problem for Drought Tolerant Plants
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KION TV (Salinas)by By Brandon CastilloRecent rain has refilled reservoirs and replenished ground water, but it’s also created a new problem. The plants people bought to help conserve, don’t like all the extra water. March has been a very wet month. For those who tried to conserve water with drought tolerant plants, all the rain on the Central Coast may […]
SWRO Water Declared ‘Drought-Resilient’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Desalination Report Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority Water Resources Director Bob YamadaState regulators certified the water supply from the Carlsbad Desal Plant as drought-resilient, reducing the regional impacts of emergency water-use mandates the state imposed in June 2015. The State Water Resources Control Board’s certification lowers the regional aggregate water conservation goal from 20 percent to about 13 percent, though water-use targets will continue to vary […]
California Revives Cloud-Seeding Effort as El Nino Disappoints
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Total Landscape Careby By Jill OdomHopes that El Nino will end California’s drought are withering. It appears they’re being replaced with high hopes for the science of cloud-seeding. Southern California in particular has been suffering from a lack of precipitation and now Los Angeles County officials are reviving its cloud-seeding program for $550,000 a year. The program was abandoned in […]
Xylem Gets Contract for Underdrain at Plant Retrofit
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Desalination & Water Reuse (West Sussex, England)Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District has commissioned Xylem as part of a project at its FE Weymouth Water Treatment Plant to retrofit biologically active filtration and ozone. Xylem will supply its Leopold Type XA underdrains with IMS 200 media retainers and Leopold dual media sand and anthracite to the 75-year-old plant which treats water from […]
March Storms in Calif. Could Boost CVP Water Deliveries
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Press (Salem, Ore.)by By Tim HeardenWhile they’re giving informal updates to water districts, federal water officials in California have put off announcing Central Valley Project allocations until they see what this month’s storms will bring. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spokesman Shane Hunt didn’t flinch when asked if the “March Miracle” of abundant rain and snow that many had hoped for […]