California had been a state for scarcely a decade and was home to fewer than 500,000 people when it was hammered in the winter of 1861-62 by the most powerful series of rainstorms in recorded history. “This event, which was characterized by weeks-long sequences of winter storms, produced widespread catastrophic flooding across virtually all of […]
In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, buzzing chainsaws interrupt the serenity. Crews are hustling to remove charred trees and other debris that have been washing down the mountainsides in the wake of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history, choking rivers and streams. Heavy equipment operators are moving boulders dislodged by the daily […]
The Colorado River is the backbone of the West’s water supply. The river provides water to hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland and 40 million people in seven U.S. states (California, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada) and northern Mexico. But overuse, a 23-year “megadrought” and aridification fueled by the climate crisis […]
Up and down the Colorado River last week, the state, local and tribal leaders in charge of water supplies for more than 40 million people waited to see if the federal government would impose deeper cuts to river allocations. The Bureau of Reclamation had given states and tribes an Aug. 15 deadline to find ways to conserve 2 to 4 million […]
Federal officials aren’t ready to give states along the Colorado River a new deadline for water conservation goals. The seven states that rely on the river blew past an August 16 deadline without a plan to conserve 2 to 4 million acre-feet of water. They were given that task by officials with the Bureau of […]
When Contra Costa County supervisors last summer signed off on 125 new homes slated for 30 acres of grazing land in the oak-dotted Tassajara Valley, they were warned water was going to be an issue.
Opinion: California Faces Existential Threat of a Megaflood
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /CalMattersby Dan WaltersCalifornia had been a state for scarcely a decade and was home to fewer than 500,000 people when it was hammered in the winter of 1861-62 by the most powerful series of rainstorms in recorded history. “This event, which was characterized by weeks-long sequences of winter storms, produced widespread catastrophic flooding across virtually all of […]
NM City, Victim of Government Burn, Now Faces Water Shortage
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Associated Press by Susan Montoya Brown and Brittany PetersonIn the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, buzzing chainsaws interrupt the serenity. Crews are hustling to remove charred trees and other debris that have been washing down the mountainsides in the wake of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history, choking rivers and streams. Heavy equipment operators are moving boulders dislodged by the daily […]
Southern California Has a Plan to Ease the Colorado River Crisis. And it Starts Right Under Your Feet
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /LAistby Erin StoneThe Colorado River is the backbone of the West’s water supply. The river provides water to hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland and 40 million people in seven U.S. states (California, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada) and northern Mexico. But overuse, a 23-year “megadrought” and aridification fueled by the climate crisis […]
‘There’s Simply Not Enough Water’: Colorado River Cutbacks Ripple Across Arizona
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Arizona Republicby Debra Utacia KrolUp and down the Colorado River last week, the state, local and tribal leaders in charge of water supplies for more than 40 million people waited to see if the federal government would impose deeper cuts to river allocations. The Bureau of Reclamation had given states and tribes an Aug. 15 deadline to find ways to conserve 2 to 4 million […]
No Firm New Deadline for Colorado River Basin States’ Conservation Plans
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KUNCby Luke RunyonFederal officials aren’t ready to give states along the Colorado River a new deadline for water conservation goals. The seven states that rely on the river blew past an August 16 deadline without a plan to conserve 2 to 4 million acre-feet of water. They were given that task by officials with the Bureau of […]
Does the Bay Area Have Enough Water to Build Housing During the California Drought?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /The Mercury Newsby Ethan VarianWhen Contra Costa County supervisors last summer signed off on 125 new homes slated for 30 acres of grazing land in the oak-dotted Tassajara Valley, they were warned water was going to be an issue.