Droughts are here to stay. That’s the warning from Santa Clara Valley Water as we continue to face a severe water shortage and uncertainty with regard to the upcoming winter months. Rain or not, the message is to expect droughts to be a much more regular part of life, meaning conservation and preparation need to […]
California has warned a group of farmers and ranchers near the Oregon state line to stop diverting water from an area already wracked by extreme drought and a wildfire that killed tens of thousands of fish. The State Water Resources Control Board issued a draft cease-and-desist order Friday to the Shasta Water Assn., warning it […]
Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a drought. Sound familiar? It should. The Dallas region is just the latest drought-suffering-but-flooded locale during a summer of extreme weather whiplash, likely goosed by human-caused climate change, scientists say. Parts of the world are lurching […]
The years-long drought and dwindling water supply are estimated to have left more than 531,000 acres of California farmlands unplanted without harvest this year — a 36% increase since August of last year. The new estimates on acres farmed from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reflect the struggles of some California farmers to procure […]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto joined state water officials Monday to demand immediate federal action on the Colorado River water crisis as Nevada faces its second year of mandatory water cuts. Last week, federal officials announced that Nevada would lose about 8% of its water allocation, or 25,000 acre-feet of water, starting January 2023 as a […]
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 […]
Drought Expected to Continue Even With a Wet Winter
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /NBC Bay Area by Damian TrujilloDroughts are here to stay. That’s the warning from Santa Clara Valley Water as we continue to face a severe water shortage and uncertainty with regard to the upcoming winter months. Rain or not, the message is to expect droughts to be a much more regular part of life, meaning conservation and preparation need to […]
Northern California Ranchers Told to Stop Diverting Water, Defying Rules Amid Drought
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Los Angeles Timesby Associated PressCalifornia has warned a group of farmers and ranchers near the Oregon state line to stop diverting water from an area already wracked by extreme drought and a wildfire that killed tens of thousands of fish. The State Water Resources Control Board issued a draft cease-and-desist order Friday to the Shasta Water Assn., warning it […]
Weather Whiplash: Summer Lurches From Drought to Flood
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Associated Pressby Seth BorensteinParts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a drought. Sound familiar? It should. The Dallas region is just the latest drought-suffering-but-flooded locale during a summer of extreme weather whiplash, likely goosed by human-caused climate change, scientists say. Parts of the world are lurching […]
California Drought: Why More Than 530,000 Acres of Farmlands Are Now Left Barren
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /San Francisco Chronicleby Yoohyun JungThe years-long drought and dwindling water supply are estimated to have left more than 531,000 acres of California farmlands unplanted without harvest this year — a 36% increase since August of last year. The new estimates on acres farmed from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reflect the struggles of some California farmers to procure […]
Citing Nevada’s Example, Cortez Masto Calls on Feds to Make Other States Conserve Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Nevada Currentby Jennifer SolisSen. Catherine Cortez Masto joined state water officials Monday to demand immediate federal action on the Colorado River water crisis as Nevada faces its second year of mandatory water cuts. Last week, federal officials announced that Nevada would lose about 8% of its water allocation, or 25,000 acre-feet of water, starting January 2023 as a […]
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 […]