Mother Nature is being very generous this year. Record-setting rain totals this year means landowners and municipalities, alike, are enjoying some serious savings on their water bills. In a press release Thursday, Denver Water said customers hadn’t used this little water in the month of June since 1969. And many reservoirs are full.
After a winter of historic rains, California’s reservoirs are filled to the brim. Rivers are supercharged—and have flooded much of the Central Valley. With the water came a deluge of news voicing worries that California is letting all that water wash into the sea after years of drought—and heralding the idea of capturing it to […]
Solar farms stretch out mile after mile along Interstate 10 around Palm Springs, creating one of the densest areas of solar development in North America in the heart of California’s Colorado Desert. But the area’s success in meeting the state and the nation’s renewable energy goals is running up against the Southwest’s biggest climate challenge: […]
California lawmakers on Wednesday approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s infrastructure package that aims to make it easier and faster to build renewable energy, water and transportation projects in the state. The State Senate gave the bills the final stamp of approval with bipartisan support on most of the measures. The package of bills aims to cut […]
The Cuyama Valley, the driest region in Santa Barbara County, is awash in discontent. The world’s largest carrot producers, newly subject to restrictions on over-pumping, are suing all other landowners over water rights, and legal fees are mounting. The Cuyama groundwater basin, which covers 380 square miles east of Santa Maria, overlapping with Kern, San […]
Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. The synthetic compounds known collectively as PFAS are contaminating drinking water to varying extents in large cities and small towns — and in private wells and public systems, […]
Denver Metro Counts its Water Savings After Wet Year
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /9News Denverby Kyle ClarkMother Nature is being very generous this year. Record-setting rain totals this year means landowners and municipalities, alike, are enjoying some serious savings on their water bills. In a press release Thursday, Denver Water said customers hadn’t used this little water in the month of June since 1969. And many reservoirs are full.
Recharge Alone Won’t End California’s Groundwater Drought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Bay Natureby Guananí Gómez-Van CortrightAfter a winter of historic rains, California’s reservoirs are filled to the brim. Rivers are supercharged—and have flooded much of the Central Valley. With the water came a deluge of news voicing worries that California is letting all that water wash into the sea after years of drought—and heralding the idea of capturing it to […]
Solar Farms Are Booming in the California Desert—but They Could Make the Drought Much Worse
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Fast Companyby Wyatt MyskowSolar farms stretch out mile after mile along Interstate 10 around Palm Springs, creating one of the densest areas of solar development in North America in the heart of California’s Colorado Desert. But the area’s success in meeting the state and the nation’s renewable energy goals is running up against the Southwest’s biggest climate challenge: […]
California Lawmakers OK Newsom’s Push to Build Energy, Water and Transportation Projects Faster
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /KCRAby Ashley ZavalaCalifornia lawmakers on Wednesday approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s infrastructure package that aims to make it easier and faster to build renewable energy, water and transportation projects in the state. The State Senate gave the bills the final stamp of approval with bipartisan support on most of the measures. The package of bills aims to cut […]
A Water War is Underway in Santa Barbara County’s Carrot Country
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Santa Barbara Independentby Melinda BurnsThe Cuyama Valley, the driest region in Santa Barbara County, is awash in discontent. The world’s largest carrot producers, newly subject to restrictions on over-pumping, are suing all other landowners over water rights, and legal fees are mounting. The Cuyama groundwater basin, which covers 380 square miles east of Santa Maria, overlapping with Kern, San […]
Study Says Drinking Water from Nearly Half of U.S. Faucets Contains Potentially Harmful Chemicals
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /AP Newsby John FlesherDrinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. The synthetic compounds known collectively as PFAS are contaminating drinking water to varying extents in large cities and small towns — and in private wells and public systems, […]