Groundwater levels are dropping and domestic wells throughout the San Joaquin Valley are going dry as California’s third year of drought grinds on. That includes entire towns, such as East Orosi and Tooleville in Tulare County, which both went dry last week. It’s bad. But it may get worse.
As models predict another La Niña for the coming winter, which could lead to another dry year, leaders of water agencies and other groups from across California and the western United States met Tuesday to discuss how best to get commerce and industry to use less water. While residential water use has declined, commercial and […]
Blazes have burned thousands of acres, cued mandatory evacuations and threatened some of the state’s oldest and most impressive trees, but far fewer acres have burned in California wildfires through the first few weeks of summer than at the same point last year. The tides may turn in the coming weeks as conditions stay hot […]
Environmental agencies on the local, state and federal levels are commending the efforts of two tidal habitat restoration projects in Solano County. The California Department of Water Resources is aiming to preserve smelt and other fish populations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by improving food sources and habitat conditions in the Suisun Marsh, specifically by […]
An explosion at the Hoover Dam has prompted an emergency response from a Nevada fire crew, authorities said Tuesday morning. “We have a crew on the way where we have a report of a fire,” said Lisa LaPlant, a spokesperson for Boulder City. Boulder City officials said on Twitter that the city fire department was heading […]
More extreme water cuts are all but certain in the Southwest starting next year – including new water cuts for California – according to the latest government forecast for the Colorado River and Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir. Lake Mead, which provides water to roughly 25 million people in Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico, is losing water […]
Agencies Looking to “Plan B” as More Valley Towns on Brink of Going Dry and Emergency Water Suppliers are Tapped Out
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /SJV Waterby Jesse VadGroundwater levels are dropping and domestic wells throughout the San Joaquin Valley are going dry as California’s third year of drought grinds on. That includes entire towns, such as East Orosi and Tooleville in Tulare County, which both went dry last week. It’s bad. But it may get worse.
As West Evaporates, Experts Plot Ways to Help Businesses Save Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Serviceby Kevin WinterAs models predict another La Niña for the coming winter, which could lead to another dry year, leaders of water agencies and other groups from across California and the western United States met Tuesday to discuss how best to get commerce and industry to use less water. While residential water use has declined, commercial and […]
California’s 2022 Wildfire Season is Off to a Relatively Tame Start. Will It Last?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Michael McGoughBlazes have burned thousands of acres, cued mandatory evacuations and threatened some of the state’s oldest and most impressive trees, but far fewer acres have burned in California wildfires through the first few weeks of summer than at the same point last year. The tides may turn in the coming weeks as conditions stay hot […]
Two Tidal Habitat Restoration Projects in the Works to Protect Delta Smelt
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /SF Gateby Olivia WynkoopEnvironmental agencies on the local, state and federal levels are commending the efforts of two tidal habitat restoration projects in Solano County. The California Department of Water Resources is aiming to preserve smelt and other fish populations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by improving food sources and habitat conditions in the Suisun Marsh, specifically by […]
Transformer Explodes at Hoover Dam, Prompting Emergency Response; Fire Quickly Extinguished
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Felicia AlvarezAn explosion at the Hoover Dam has prompted an emergency response from a Nevada fire crew, authorities said Tuesday morning. “We have a crew on the way where we have a report of a fire,” said Lisa LaPlant, a spokesperson for Boulder City. Boulder City officials said on Twitter that the city fire department was heading […]
Lake Mead Forecast: Southwest Should Brace for More Water Cuts From Colorado River
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CNNby Rachel RamirezMore extreme water cuts are all but certain in the Southwest starting next year – including new water cuts for California – according to the latest government forecast for the Colorado River and Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir. Lake Mead, which provides water to roughly 25 million people in Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico, is losing water […]