After two years of setbacks and struggles due to a severe drought, California got some good water news on Tuesday. The reservoir behind the tallest dam in the state and the nation, Lake Oroville in Butte County, now has enough water in it after heavy December rains that the power plant began operating again.
Arizona, California, and Nevada have agreed to further reduce their usage of Colorado River water over the next two years as the states figure out ways to prevent critically low water levels in Lake Mead. The river accounts for 40% of Arizona’s water supply. The states were already preparing for mandatory water cuts in 2022 […]
California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy finding water alternatives to the long-indispensable Sierra Nevada snowpack. Yes, we’ve been blessed by recent exceptional snowfall, perhaps a snowy feast after an extended water famine. But year to year, California’s frozen reservoir—the mountain snow whose melt feeds farming and […]
Californians will face mandatory restrictions governing how they can water their lawns and wash their cars for the second time in less than a decade as the state withers under another drought. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are fairly mild — no watering lawns for 48 hours after a […]
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) unveiled his $25 billion budget proposal last month near what was once the shore of the Great Salt Lake. But instead of waves lapping behind him, the waterline was barely visible in the distance.
Alarmingly low numbers of baby salmon are surviving their journey down the Sacramento River to the sea, confirming conservationists’ fears that low flows and high river temperatures during the drought would wipe out most of the endangered winter-run salmon born last year.
Lake Oroville Rises 89 Feet, Power Plant Resumes Operation After December Rains
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Mercury Newsby Paul RogersAfter two years of setbacks and struggles due to a severe drought, California got some good water news on Tuesday. The reservoir behind the tallest dam in the state and the nation, Lake Oroville in Butte County, now has enough water in it after heavy December rains that the power plant began operating again.
More Water Cuts AZ, NV, CA Try to Keep Lake Mead Levels Up
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /ABC 15 Arizonaby Courtney HolmesArizona, California, and Nevada have agreed to further reduce their usage of Colorado River water over the next two years as the states figure out ways to prevent critically low water levels in Lake Mead. The river accounts for 40% of Arizona’s water supply. The states were already preparing for mandatory water cuts in 2022 […]
Opinion: Despite Heavy Snow, We Must Seek a New Water Path
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AgAlert (California Farm Bureau)by Justin FredricksonCalifornia is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy finding water alternatives to the long-indispensable Sierra Nevada snowpack. Yes, we’ve been blessed by recent exceptional snowfall, perhaps a snowy feast after an extended water famine. But year to year, California’s frozen reservoir—the mountain snow whose melt feeds farming and […]
California Adopts Water Restrictions as Drought Drags On
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP Newsby Kathleen RonayneCalifornians will face mandatory restrictions governing how they can water their lawns and wash their cars for the second time in less than a decade as the state withers under another drought. The rules adopted Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board are fairly mild — no watering lawns for 48 hours after a […]
In a Drying West, Utah Governor Proposes Major Water Investments
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /The Hillby Reid WilsonUtah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) unveiled his $25 billion budget proposal last month near what was once the shore of the Great Salt Lake. But instead of waves lapping behind him, the waterline was barely visible in the distance.
Low Numbers of Baby Salmon Portend Disaster for Endangered California Fish
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /San Francicso Chronicleby Tara DugganAlarmingly low numbers of baby salmon are surviving their journey down the Sacramento River to the sea, confirming conservationists’ fears that low flows and high river temperatures during the drought would wipe out most of the endangered winter-run salmon born last year.