Impacts from climate change and two decades of drought on the Colorado River are fueling fears that states in the Upper Basin – Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – could be forced to curtail their own water use to fulfill obligations under the century-old Colorado River Compact to send a certain amount of water […]
If it looks like something that could transport you into the future, in a sense it is. A spaceship-sized hoop suspended from a helicopter is actually part of an advanced water detection system. The information it’s gathering, could help determine the future of California’s water supply – and where we store it. “I’ve seen similar […]
The Indian Wells Valley groundwater plan got a thumbs up from the state on Thursday but with a swarm of lawsuits surrounding the plan, it’s unclear what that approval will mean going forward. One of those lawsuits seeks a “comprehensive adjudication” of water rights of the Indian Wells Valley basin, which could reconfigure who has rights to […]
A federal dam in Arizona that provides electricity to millions of Americans is at risk this year of running out of the minimum level of water required to generate that power. Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1963 and brought online two years later, is at 27 percent capacity, the lowest since it was filled, Bureau […]
The average temperature for the last six months is the hottest recorded in Colorado and the country as a whole, according to data released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The next-highest six-month average temperature peak in Colorado came during the 1930s Dust Bowl era, the data shows.
After one of its driest summers in years, satellite images show that Mount Shasta is blanketed in its signature snow once again after December storms swept across Northern California. The images show the mountain nearly entirely devoid of snow in early September, after a very hot summer for the region compounded the lack of snowpack after two severely […]
As the Colorado River Shrinks, Can the Basin Find an Equitable Solution in Sharing the River’s Waters?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Western Water (Water Education Foundation)by Douglas E. BeemanImpacts from climate change and two decades of drought on the Colorado River are fueling fears that states in the Upper Basin – Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – could be forced to curtail their own water use to fulfill obligations under the century-old Colorado River Compact to send a certain amount of water […]
Spaceship-sized Detection System Could Help Determine Future of Ca Water Supply, Where to Store It
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /abc 7 Newsby Spencer Christian and Tim DidionIf it looks like something that could transport you into the future, in a sense it is. A spaceship-sized hoop suspended from a helicopter is actually part of an advanced water detection system. The information it’s gathering, could help determine the future of California’s water supply – and where we store it. “I’ve seen similar […]
Desert Groundwater Plan OK’d by State
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /SJV Waterby Lois HenryThe Indian Wells Valley groundwater plan got a thumbs up from the state on Thursday but with a swarm of lawsuits surrounding the plan, it’s unclear what that approval will mean going forward. One of those lawsuits seeks a “comprehensive adjudication” of water rights of the Indian Wells Valley basin, which could reconfigure who has rights to […]
Dam Providing Power to Millions Nears Critically Low Water Level
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Roll Callby Benjamin J. HulacA federal dam in Arizona that provides electricity to millions of Americans is at risk this year of running out of the minimum level of water required to generate that power. Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1963 and brought online two years later, is at 27 percent capacity, the lowest since it was filled, Bureau […]
Colorado Had Hottest Six Months in History, New Data Shows
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Denver Postby Conrad SwansonThe average temperature for the last six months is the hottest recorded in Colorado and the country as a whole, according to data released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The next-highest six-month average temperature peak in Colorado came during the 1930s Dust Bowl era, the data shows.
Satellite Images Show Mount Shasta’s Transformation After an Exceptionally Dry Summer
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Danielle EcheverriaAfter one of its driest summers in years, satellite images show that Mount Shasta is blanketed in its signature snow once again after December storms swept across Northern California. The images show the mountain nearly entirely devoid of snow in early September, after a very hot summer for the region compounded the lack of snowpack after two severely […]