Amid California’s worst drought in recent memory, the city of Shasta Lake is eyeing looking into studying whether to raise water utility rates. “The loss of revenue due to decreased water sales coupled with the rapidly increasing cost of water supply cannot be sustained for a prolonged period of time,” said John Duckett, city […]
Paul G. Peschel has been named the Kings River Conservation District’s new general manager, agency officials announced Monday. Peschel, the planning and engineering manager for the Imperial Irrigation District Energy Department in El Centro, will begin his new job for the Fresno-based agency on Jan. 25. He replaces David Orth. A registered […]
Up to an inch of rain or more could fall on the central San Joaquin Valley on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said, as the first in a series of El Niño-fueled storms arrives in California. Around the Valley, workers were preparing by making sandbags available to residents and pumping water through the basin […]
The kind of rainy weather pattern shaping up for Central California this week has not occurred since 2010, the National Weather Service said Saturday. A series of storms is expected to roll into Central California and will make for the most days with rain since before the drought began. Three separate storms are on […]
Scott Slater, CEO of Cadiz Inc., has a controversial plan. He wants to pump 814 billion gallons of water from the Mojave Desert to Los Angeles, San Diego and other drought-stricken communities in Southern California—making more than $2 billion in the process. Slater’s company owns the water rights to 45,000 acres of land in […]
The ongoing drought has driven interest in using recycled water instead of drinking-quality water wherever possible, but making that happen depends largely on where the “purple pipes” run. Wastewater treatment agencies in the East Bay have been selling (or giving away) the water that runs through those purple pipes — essentially wastewater that has […]
Shasta Lake to Study Whether To Raise Water Rates
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Record Searchlight (Redding)by By Joe SzydlowskiAmid California’s worst drought in recent memory, the city of Shasta Lake is eyeing looking into studying whether to raise water utility rates. “The loss of revenue due to decreased water sales coupled with the rapidly increasing cost of water supply cannot be sustained for a prolonged period of time,” said John Duckett, city […]
Kings River Conservation District Names New General Manager
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby By Marc BenjaminPaul G. Peschel has been named the Kings River Conservation District’s new general manager, agency officials announced Monday. Peschel, the planning and engineering manager for the Imperial Irrigation District Energy Department in El Centro, will begin his new job for the Fresno-based agency on Jan. 25. He replaces David Orth. A registered […]
Hefty Amounts of Rain and Snow Expected In Central San Joaquin Valley, Sierra
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby By Marc BenjaminUp to an inch of rain or more could fall on the central San Joaquin Valley on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said, as the first in a series of El Niño-fueled storms arrives in California. Around the Valley, workers were preparing by making sandbags available to residents and pumping water through the basin […]
New Storms Could Make For Wettest Week in 5 Years in Central California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby By Troy PopeThe kind of rainy weather pattern shaping up for Central California this week has not occurred since 2010, the National Weather Service said Saturday. A series of storms is expected to roll into Central California and will make for the most days with rain since before the drought began. Three separate storms are on […]
How One Man Plans to Make Billions Selling Water from Mojave Desert to Drought-Stricken California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /EcoWatchby By Cole MellinoScott Slater, CEO of Cadiz Inc., has a controversial plan. He wants to pump 814 billion gallons of water from the Mojave Desert to Los Angeles, San Diego and other drought-stricken communities in Southern California—making more than $2 billion in the process. Slater’s company owns the water rights to 45,000 acres of land in […]
Recycled Water in Demand, And Not Just For Parks, Golf Courses
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Contra Costa Timesby By Sam RichardsThe ongoing drought has driven interest in using recycled water instead of drinking-quality water wherever possible, but making that happen depends largely on where the “purple pipes” run. Wastewater treatment agencies in the East Bay have been selling (or giving away) the water that runs through those purple pipes — essentially wastewater that has […]