California’s historic drought has forced the state to rely on underground water reserves to an extent unseen in decades. One of the biggest water issues facing the state is how to maintain and rebuild its groundwater supply. “After four years of drought, farmers are looking to gather up more water than ever,” said Jay […]
Water-starved Folsom Lake is beginning to slowly fill up and recover from its lowest water levels ever. The state’s ninth-largest reservoir, the main water source for the sprawling Sacramento suburbs, shrank to a mere 135,561 acre feet on Dec. 4, 2015. The previous lowest level at Folsom was 140,600 acre feet, recorded during the […]
Godzilla El Niño stormed ashore in Southern California today, offering up a good drenching that has caused flooding, closed roads, and transformed the usually trickling Los Angeles River into a raging torrent. Today’s fast-moving tempest will be just the first in a parade of storms this week. An El-Niño-energized subtropical jet stream promises to […]
Restore the Delta and its coalition partners on Tuesday filed either formal protests or notices of intent to make formal statements with the State Water Resources Control Board to oppose permitting to change the point of water diversion in the Sacramento River to allow for Gov. Edmund Brown Jr.’s water tunnels to be built. […]
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 […]
Water Management Looks at the Water We Can’t See
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Central Valley Business JournalCalifornia’s historic drought has forced the state to rely on underground water reserves to an extent unseen in decades. One of the biggest water issues facing the state is how to maintain and rebuild its groundwater supply. “After four years of drought, farmers are looking to gather up more water than ever,” said Jay […]
Drought-Ravaged Folsom Lake Rises 28.5 Feet in Just One Month
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGateby By Amy GraffWater-starved Folsom Lake is beginning to slowly fill up and recover from its lowest water levels ever. The state’s ninth-largest reservoir, the main water source for the sprawling Sacramento suburbs, shrank to a mere 135,561 acre feet on Dec. 4, 2015. The previous lowest level at Folsom was 140,600 acre feet, recorded during the […]
The Godzilla El Niño Now Drenching California Is Getting a Boost from Another Potent Climatic Phenomenon: ‘MJO’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Discoverby By Tom YulsmanGodzilla El Niño stormed ashore in Southern California today, offering up a good drenching that has caused flooding, closed roads, and transformed the usually trickling Los Angeles River into a raging torrent. Today’s fast-moving tempest will be just the first in a parade of storms this week. An El-Niño-energized subtropical jet stream promises to […]
Governor’s Tunnels Opponents File Legal Actions
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Central Valley Business Times (Stockton)Restore the Delta and its coalition partners on Tuesday filed either formal protests or notices of intent to make formal statements with the State Water Resources Control Board to oppose permitting to change the point of water diversion in the Sacramento River to allow for Gov. Edmund Brown Jr.’s water tunnels to be built. […]
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 […]