In the more than four decades since I started at the L.A. Times, we’ve never had a reporter cover water with the depth and persistence of Ian James. California’s story is often the story of water — who’s got it, who doesn’t and who will find our next acre-foot. Ian is a former foreign correspondent […]
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors voted unanimously at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 2 to endorse California’s Delta Conveyance Project, with managers and directors saying the plan could strengthen the State Water Project and reduce pressure on the drought-stricken Colorado River. The move is notable because Imperial County does not receive State […]
For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, rivers, soil and the world’s vast natural reservoirs underground — aquifers. An extensive global analysis of that data now reveals fresh water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large swaths of the Earth […]
California’s biggest irrigation district is throwing its support behind a controversial water diversion project that aims to help relieve the Golden State’s historic battle with drought but also faces widespread local opposition. The Imperial Irrigation District — the biggest district not only in California, but also the nation — declared on Tuesday that it was […]
For millennia, humans have sought to make seawater drinkable. Ancient mariners tried distillation by boiling the oceans in which they sailed, and in more recent times, engineers have experimented with filters and chemicals . As the climate warms, populations surge and droughts intensify, there is a growing need to make the sea drinkable. Desalination technology is spreading […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a sector-wide set of non-regulatory recommendations to strengthen U.S. drinking water and wastewater systems against cyber attacks, alongside new funding for resilience projects. Although the document itself is advisory, it lands amid stepped-up inspections and enforcement tied to Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) §1433 risk-and-resilience obligations. Utilities, vendors, investors, […]
The Hunt for Water: A 45-Mile Tunnel, Retired Farmland and Desalination All Loom
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Jordan Beane /Los Angeles Timesby James RaineyIn the more than four decades since I started at the L.A. Times, we’ve never had a reporter cover water with the depth and persistence of Ian James. California’s story is often the story of water — who’s got it, who doesn’t and who will find our next acre-foot. Ian is a former foreign correspondent […]
IID Backs State’s Delta Project, Citing Relief for Colorado River
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /Calexico Chronicleby Eric EverwineThe Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors voted unanimously at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 2 to endorse California’s Delta Conveyance Project, with managers and directors saying the plan could strengthen the State Water Project and reduce pressure on the drought-stricken Colorado River. The move is notable because Imperial County does not receive State […]
Humanity Is Rapidly Depleting Water and Much of the World Is Getting Drier
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /Los Angeles Timesby Ian James and Sean GreeneFor more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, rivers, soil and the world’s vast natural reservoirs underground — aquifers. An extensive global analysis of that data now reveals fresh water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large swaths of the Earth […]
California’s Biggest Irrigation District Throws Support Behind Disputed Diversion Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /KGET 17by Sharon Udasin and The HillCalifornia’s biggest irrigation district is throwing its support behind a controversial water diversion project that aims to help relieve the Golden State’s historic battle with drought but also faces widespread local opposition. The Imperial Irrigation District — the biggest district not only in California, but also the nation — declared on Tuesday that it was […]
Desalination Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for the Environment
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /DWby Ramisha AliFor millennia, humans have sought to make seawater drinkable. Ancient mariners tried distillation by boiling the oceans in which they sailed, and in more recent times, engineers have experimented with filters and chemicals . As the climate warms, populations surge and droughts intensify, there is a growing need to make the sea drinkable. Desalination technology is spreading […]
EPA Warns Water Utilities Against Cyber Attacks
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Jordan Beane /JD Supraby Michael BlumenthalThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a sector-wide set of non-regulatory recommendations to strengthen U.S. drinking water and wastewater systems against cyber attacks, alongside new funding for resilience projects. Although the document itself is advisory, it lands amid stepped-up inspections and enforcement tied to Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) §1433 risk-and-resilience obligations. Utilities, vendors, investors, […]