Droughtsville, California, is in trouble. Its water supply is endangered as multiple crises intensify: worsening droughts, competition for scarce supplies, sea level rise, groundwater contamination, earthquakes, wildfires and extreme weather. All of these factors, and more, threaten Droughtville’s ability to provide clean water to its residents. The city is fictional, but the threats are not.
In the San Joaquin Valley, water is becoming a commodity equal to life and death. California is a powerhouse of food production, growing some 40 percent of the country’s fruit, vegetables and nuts. However, the agriculture industry depends on a water supply that’s increasingly fragile and unreliable as the climate warms. As a means to […]
On Oct. 29, the waters of the Suisun Bay breached the levee along the northern shoreline of Martinez and flowed into the Pacheco Marsh. The breach was the culmination of a process that took 18 years, $24 million in funds, and dirt. Lots of dirt. “Dirt is cheap,” said Paul Detjens, the project manager of […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has blocked a controversial $2 billion hydroelectric plant near the Lake Elsinore shoreline after the developer failed to provide requested environmental studies and a construction plan, among other things. Vista-based Nevada Hydro Co. has proposed building a 200-foot-high dam above the lake and a 500-megawatt, underground power plant with turbines on 845 […]
Following a sizable atmospheric river dumping rain and snow in the San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada mountain range and another on the way for Christmas, it appears that Valley communities won’t be earning any immediate extra water supplies. Earlier this month, California’s Department of Water Resources announced that, for the first time ever, […]
If You’re Headed Up to Tahoe This Week and Dreaming of a White Christmas, Meteorologists Say You’ll Get Your Wish. But It Might Not Be the Smoothest Trip Through the Sierra Nevada. The Mountains Are Expected to Get Blanketed With Snow From a Series of Storms That Will Bring Rain to the Bay Area, With […]
Danger in Droughtsville: California’s Urban Water at Risk
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /CalMattersby Erica YeeDroughtsville, California, is in trouble. Its water supply is endangered as multiple crises intensify: worsening droughts, competition for scarce supplies, sea level rise, groundwater contamination, earthquakes, wildfires and extreme weather. All of these factors, and more, threaten Droughtville’s ability to provide clean water to its residents. The city is fictional, but the threats are not.
Opinion: Community Voices: The Central Valley Needs Real Solutions for Its Water Shortage
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Bakersfield.comby Monike ReynozoIn the San Joaquin Valley, water is becoming a commodity equal to life and death. California is a powerhouse of food production, growing some 40 percent of the country’s fruit, vegetables and nuts. However, the agriculture industry depends on a water supply that’s increasingly fragile and unreliable as the climate warms. As a means to […]
The Dirty Business Of Wetlands Restoration
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /SF Gateby Tanay GokhaleOn Oct. 29, the waters of the Suisun Bay breached the levee along the northern shoreline of Martinez and flowed into the Pacheco Marsh. The breach was the culmination of a process that took 18 years, $24 million in funds, and dirt. Lots of dirt. “Dirt is cheap,” said Paul Detjens, the project manager of […]
Controversial Lake Elsinore Hydroelectric Project Blocked by Federal Government
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Press-Enterpriseby Joe NelsonThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has blocked a controversial $2 billion hydroelectric plant near the Lake Elsinore shoreline after the developer failed to provide requested environmental studies and a construction plan, among other things. Vista-based Nevada Hydro Co. has proposed building a 200-foot-high dam above the lake and a 500-megawatt, underground power plant with turbines on 845 […]
“Pray for Snow, Not Rain”: State Enacts Holiday Water Cutback Despite Rain in Forecast
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Sunby Alex TavlianFollowing a sizable atmospheric river dumping rain and snow in the San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada mountain range and another on the way for Christmas, it appears that Valley communities won’t be earning any immediate extra water supplies. Earlier this month, California’s Department of Water Resources announced that, for the first time ever, […]
Could the Sierra Get 100 Inches of Snow by Christmas? Here’s the Mountain Forecast
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /San Francisco Chronicleby Kellie HwangIf You’re Headed Up to Tahoe This Week and Dreaming of a White Christmas, Meteorologists Say You’ll Get Your Wish. But It Might Not Be the Smoothest Trip Through the Sierra Nevada. The Mountains Are Expected to Get Blanketed With Snow From a Series of Storms That Will Bring Rain to the Bay Area, With […]