Sacramentans should continue to water their trees regularly despite the city’s watering restrictions on lawns and landscapes. While residents can only water their lawns and landscapes twice a week during the dry season until the end of October, trees are exempt from this restriction, according to the city. Why are trees exempt from this rule, […]
As the drought in California and across much of the western United States enters another summer season, several experts participated in a conference hosted by the California Department of Water Resources and the Water Education Foundation on Thursday to discuss issues of how modeling precipitation can impact decisions made by policymakers. One of the main […]
The federal government did not breach its contract when it gave water users, including the city of Fresno, a zero water allocation in the extreme drought year of 2014, according to a ruling issued June 6 in Federal Claims Court. It may not seem fair, Judge Armando Bonilla wrote in his ruling, and “To be […]
To some residents of Southern California, the golf course is a detested symbol of social privilege and water profligacy — a lush playground for the wealthy that can drink more than 100 million gallons a year, even as neighboring lawns shrivel and brown. “Why are golf courses still a thing?” East Hollywood resident Spence Nicholson […]
The state has again stopped river diversions in much of Stanislaus and nearby counties, but the effect on farms and cities is minimal for the moment. The orders allow water agencies to continue delivering supplies already in reservoirs. They include the Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts and San Francisco on the Tuolumne River, and the […]
While the current drought afflicting the Colorado River Basin is the worst since federal scientists began keeping records, a new study using paleoclimatic data discovers it is not the worst drought in the region’s recent geological history. Researchers at the Bureau of Reclamation published the study Thursday in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed geoscience journal.
Sacramento Watering Rules Don’t Apply to Your Trees. Here’s How to Care for Them in Drought
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Noor AdatiaSacramentans should continue to water their trees regularly despite the city’s watering restrictions on lawns and landscapes. While residents can only water their lawns and landscapes twice a week during the dry season until the end of October, trees are exempt from this restriction, according to the city. Why are trees exempt from this rule, […]
Conference Highlights Deficiency of Models for Drought Situations
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Serviceby Kevin WinterAs the drought in California and across much of the western United States enters another summer season, several experts participated in a conference hosted by the California Department of Water Resources and the Water Education Foundation on Thursday to discuss issues of how modeling precipitation can impact decisions made by policymakers. One of the main […]
Court Rules Federal Government Didn’t Stiff Fresno, Other Water Users During Last Drought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Lois HenryThe federal government did not breach its contract when it gave water users, including the city of Fresno, a zero water allocation in the extreme drought year of 2014, according to a ruling issued June 6 in Federal Claims Court. It may not seem fair, Judge Armando Bonilla wrote in his ruling, and “To be […]
SoCal’s Lush Golf Courses Face New Water Restrictions. How Brown Will the Grass Go?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith and Ian JamesTo some residents of Southern California, the golf course is a detested symbol of social privilege and water profligacy — a lush playground for the wealthy that can drink more than 100 million gallons a year, even as neighboring lawns shrivel and brown. “Why are golf courses still a thing?” East Hollywood resident Spence Nicholson […]
State Curtails River Diversions Again. What That Means to Modesto-area Water Users
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Modesto Beeby John Holland and Dale KaslerThe state has again stopped river diversions in much of Stanislaus and nearby counties, but the effect on farms and cities is minimal for the moment. The orders allow water agencies to continue delivering supplies already in reservoirs. They include the Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts and San Francisco on the Tuolumne River, and the […]
Scientists Find the Colorado River Was Blighted by a Worse Drought in the 2nd Century
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Serviceby Matthew RendaWhile the current drought afflicting the Colorado River Basin is the worst since federal scientists began keeping records, a new study using paleoclimatic data discovers it is not the worst drought in the region’s recent geological history. Researchers at the Bureau of Reclamation published the study Thursday in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed geoscience journal.