El Niño gave Sacramento its biggest rainstorm in more than a year Tuesday, overwhelming gutters and snarling traffic but putting another small dent in the drought. The second straight day of El Niño storms meant snow chain controls for much of the Sierra Nevada and occasional traffic accidents throughout the Sacramento region. A pre-dawn […]
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 […]
El Niño Delivers Rainiest Sacramento Day in 13 Months
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby By Dale Kasler, Phillip Reese and Bill LindelofEl Niño gave Sacramento its biggest rainstorm in more than a year Tuesday, overwhelming gutters and snarling traffic but putting another small dent in the drought. The second straight day of El Niño storms meant snow chain controls for much of the Sierra Nevada and occasional traffic accidents throughout the Sacramento region. A pre-dawn […]
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 […]