Located just over an hour north of Sacramento in Glenn and Colusa counties lies 14,000 acres of grassland, streams and the main canal of the two counties’ shared irrigation district. It’s the site of the planned Sites Reservoir, which has long been eyed as a possible place to store excess surface water from across California. […]
If you don’t already know, it will surprise you to learn that for all the attention that our state’s water supply receives in California – for all the worry and effort it takes to make sure there’s enough for our 40 million residents, 24 million acres of farmland, countless acres of natural environment, and status […]
WATER PRICE LINE RISING: Who could forget last May, when Arizona, California and Nevada made a three-year pact to conserve water from the Colorado River? Many thought it couldn’t be done, but with Lake Mead reservoir levels at a historic low, and the federal government poised to wrest control of the process, the states agreed to […]
In a pivotal move addressing California’s water conservation goals and reinforcing partnerships in the face of the ongoing Colorado River drought, the Metropolitan Water District is seeking authorization for its General Manager to establish agreements with the Coachella Valley Water District, Imperial Irrigation District, and San Diego County Water Authority. These agreements aim to facilitate […]
Noah Cross, the sinister plutocrat of the movie “Chinatown,” remarked that “politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.” He might have added public works projects to that list: If they get talked about long enough, sometimes they acquire the image of inevitability. That seems to be the case with […]
John Brooks Hamby was 9 years old the last time a group of Western states renegotiated how they share the dwindling Colorado River. When the high-stakes talks concluded two years later, in 2007, with a round of painful cuts, he hadn’t reached high school. Yet this June an audience of water policy experts listened with […]
Sites Reservoir Project Finally Gets Green Light, Construction Expected to Begin in 2024
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie ElmerLocated just over an hour north of Sacramento in Glenn and Colusa counties lies 14,000 acres of grassland, streams and the main canal of the two counties’ shared irrigation district. It’s the site of the planned Sites Reservoir, which has long been eyed as a possible place to store excess surface water from across California. […]
Without a Statewide Water Supply Target, California’s Future is at Risk
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Capitol Weeklyby Heather Dyer and Graham KnausIf you don’t already know, it will surprise you to learn that for all the attention that our state’s water supply receives in California – for all the worry and effort it takes to make sure there’s enough for our 40 million residents, 24 million acres of farmland, countless acres of natural environment, and status […]
Feds Are Flooding California’s Water Market
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Politicoby Blanca Begert, Wes Venteicher and Alex NievesWATER PRICE LINE RISING: Who could forget last May, when Arizona, California and Nevada made a three-year pact to conserve water from the Colorado River? Many thought it couldn’t be done, but with Lake Mead reservoir levels at a historic low, and the federal government poised to wrest control of the process, the states agreed to […]
Metropolitan Water District Forges Partnerships to Secure Colorado River Water in Lake Mead
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Desert Reviewby Betty Miller Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIn a pivotal move addressing California’s water conservation goals and reinforcing partnerships in the face of the ongoing Colorado River drought, the Metropolitan Water District is seeking authorization for its General Manager to establish agreements with the Coachella Valley Water District, Imperial Irrigation District, and San Diego County Water Authority. These agreements aim to facilitate […]
Opinion: This Water Project is Expensive, Wasteful and Ecologically Damaging. Why is It Being Fast-Tracked?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Michael HiltzikNoah Cross, the sinister plutocrat of the movie “Chinatown,” remarked that “politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.” He might have added public works projects to that list: If they get talked about long enough, sometimes they acquire the image of inevitability. That seems to be the case with […]
The Future of the Colorado River Hinges on One Young Negotiator
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /ProPublicaby Mark Olalde and Janet WilsonJohn Brooks Hamby was 9 years old the last time a group of Western states renegotiated how they share the dwindling Colorado River. When the high-stakes talks concluded two years later, in 2007, with a round of painful cuts, he hadn’t reached high school. Yet this June an audience of water policy experts listened with […]