A robust atmospheric river storm started to taper off Tuesday morning in the Bay Area after shuttering highways due to flooding and prompting evacuation warnings in areas left scarred by wildfires and susceptible to mudslides and debris flows.
Environmental groups claim Utah and two other upper basin states — Colorado and New Mexico — are overusing their share of water from the Colorado River. The Utah Rivers Council released a report Monday saying the Colorado River’s flows have dropped about 20% since 2000. The report outlines that the hydrology of the river hasn’t stopped […]
The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography has updated its popular watershed precipitation forecasts as part of its interactive “Decision Support Tools” page. These forecasts focus on quantifying and illustrating the 10-day precipitation forecasts averaged for the 126 Hydrologic Unit Code 8 (HUC-8) watersheds in California from four numerical […]
Officials on Friday marked the beginning of construction on the Chanticleer Water Purification plant — the “heart” of the Pure Water Soquel project — where treated wastewater will undergo further purification before it is injected back underground. The recycling process will provide a buffer against seawater contamination, bolster drinking water supplies and raise groundwater levels […]
Over the last 20 years, the water flow in the Colorado River has declined by roughly 20%. But some states in the river’s basin, including Utah, haven’t adjusted to the dwindling supply. And if it doesn’t make adjustments, Mexico and other states in the Lower Colorado River Basin could demand the Beehive State scale back […]
California water officials have alerted local groundwater agencies in farming areas across the San Joaquin Valley that their plans for bringing aquifers into balance don’t adequately address how continuing declines in water levels could cause many more wells to run dry. The state Department of Water Resources notified agencies in six areas of the San […]
Record-Shattering Rain Pummels Bay Area, Lingering Showers Continue Into Tuesday
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Mercury Newsby Summer LinA robust atmospheric river storm started to taper off Tuesday morning in the Bay Area after shuttering highways due to flooding and prompting evacuation warnings in areas left scarred by wildfires and susceptible to mudslides and debris flows.
Environmentalists Say Upper Colorado River Basin States Are Overusing Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /KUERby Lexi PeeryEnvironmental groups claim Utah and two other upper basin states — Colorado and New Mexico — are overusing their share of water from the Colorado River. The Utah Rivers Council released a report Monday saying the Colorado River’s flows have dropped about 20% since 2000. The report outlines that the hydrology of the river hasn’t stopped […]
CW3E Releases Update to California Watershed Precipitation Forecasts
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography has updated its popular watershed precipitation forecasts as part of its interactive “Decision Support Tools” page. These forecasts focus on quantifying and illustrating the 10-day precipitation forecasts averaged for the 126 Hydrologic Unit Code 8 (HUC-8) watersheds in California from four numerical […]
Construction to Begin on Pure Water Soquel Purification Plant
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Santa Cruz Sentinelby Hannah HagemannOfficials on Friday marked the beginning of construction on the Chanticleer Water Purification plant — the “heart” of the Pure Water Soquel project — where treated wastewater will undergo further purification before it is injected back underground. The recycling process will provide a buffer against seawater contamination, bolster drinking water supplies and raise groundwater levels […]
Utah May Be Overusing Its Colorado River Allotment. That Could Lead to Unprecedented Cuts in Water Use
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Desert Newsby Kyle DunpheyOver the last 20 years, the water flow in the Colorado River has declined by roughly 20%. But some states in the river’s basin, including Utah, haven’t adjusted to the dwindling supply. And if it doesn’t make adjustments, Mexico and other states in the Lower Colorado River Basin could demand the Beehive State scale back […]
State Tells San Joaquin Valley Agencies That Groundwater Plans Are Flawed
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesCalifornia water officials have alerted local groundwater agencies in farming areas across the San Joaquin Valley that their plans for bringing aquifers into balance don’t adequately address how continuing declines in water levels could cause many more wells to run dry. The state Department of Water Resources notified agencies in six areas of the San […]