Last fall, when the state Legislature authorized $40 million for floodplain restoration, Julie Rentner knew just what she would do with it. Her group, River Partners, would spend more than a quarter of the funds buying a 500-acre dairy farm abutting the San Joaquin River in Stanislaus County. Then millions more would be spent on […]
The California Department of Water Resources is using the winter storms to claim that the proposed Delta Conveyance project would help ensure a more reliable water supply for the State Water Project in light of how climate change will alter seasonal patterns of rain and drought. In reality, the benefits of the conveyance project are speculative at best.
If you’re an East Bay Municipal Utilities District (MUD) customer, you will be saving money. Thanks to the very wet winter and spring, the agency said it will not be charging its 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties an eight percent penalty for excessive water use because the reservoirs are full. These […]
A field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the groundwater basin that is his only source to water his crops. Taking some tomatoes out of production for a year […]
With record and near-record snowpack up and down California, much of its multiyear drought has abated — but it’s never time to break out the balloons and party favors when it comes to water in the West. During a California-Nevada U.S. Drought Monitoring Group seminar Monday, water experts were upbeat when talking about the massive […]
In California, the snowpack is at some of the highest levels in recorded history. The state’s snowpack accumulates in the Sierra Nevada—a mountain range that stretches for 400 miles from Northern California southward to the Great Basin. The snowpack, which melts into the state’s reservoirs, provides about a third of California’s total water supply.
As Floods Endanger the San Joaquin Valley, Newsom Cuts Funding for Floodplains
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Alastair BlandLast fall, when the state Legislature authorized $40 million for floodplain restoration, Julie Rentner knew just what she would do with it. Her group, River Partners, would spend more than a quarter of the funds buying a 500-acre dairy farm abutting the San Joaquin River in Stanislaus County. Then millions more would be spent on […]
Opinion: Delta Tunnel Project Won’t Provide Reliable Water Supply California Needs
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Oscar Villegas and Patrick KennedyThe California Department of Water Resources is using the winter storms to claim that the proposed Delta Conveyance project would help ensure a more reliable water supply for the State Water Project in light of how climate change will alter seasonal patterns of rain and drought. In reality, the benefits of the conveyance project are speculative at best.
More Rain Means More Money for East Bay MUD Customers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KRON 4by Will Tran and Miabelle SalzanoIf you’re an East Bay Municipal Utilities District (MUD) customer, you will be saving money. Thanks to the very wet winter and spring, the agency said it will not be charging its 1.4 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties an eight percent penalty for excessive water use because the reservoirs are full. These […]
California Farmers Flood Fields to Boost Groundwater Basin
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP Newsby Amy TaxinA field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the groundwater basin that is his only source to water his crops. Taking some tomatoes out of production for a year […]
With Drought Relieved, California Casts Wary Eye on Snowmelt
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Serviceby Bob LealWith record and near-record snowpack up and down California, much of its multiyear drought has abated — but it’s never time to break out the balloons and party favors when it comes to water in the West. During a California-Nevada U.S. Drought Monitoring Group seminar Monday, water experts were upbeat when talking about the massive […]
Why is California’s Snowpack So High?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Newsweekby Robyn WhiteIn California, the snowpack is at some of the highest levels in recorded history. The state’s snowpack accumulates in the Sierra Nevada—a mountain range that stretches for 400 miles from Northern California southward to the Great Basin. The snowpack, which melts into the state’s reservoirs, provides about a third of California’s total water supply.