The Soquel Creek Water District in California held a groundbreaking ceremony last week, commemorating the start of construction on its Advanced Water Purification Center – the core of the district’s Pure Water Soquel Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater Contamination Prevention Project.
State water agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada announced a $200 million investment in Colorado River conservation projects on Wednesday, in a last-ditch effort to keep the basin’s biggest reservoir from dwindling to dangerously low levels. The cross-border collaboration, which also includes the Department of the Interior, will aim to add 500,000 acre-feet of additional […]
The just-passed atmospheric river gave California a lot of precious, badly needed water. But how well did our all-important reservoir systems do? For California, water storage, above and underground are the key to California’s economic fate. As of midnight Monday, California’s major reservoirs keep getting more water from the weekend’s storm as the runoff finds […]
After more than four years of planning, study and political debate, a proposal to build a $2.3 billion reservoir in Santa Clara County — the largest reservoir constructed in the Bay Area in more than 20 years — will reach a make-or-break moment Wednesday. The California Water Commission, a 9-member panel appointed by Gov. Gavin […]
Farmers in the Bay Area were excited that the latest storm brought another round of much-needed rain in the hopes it will bring them closer to the end of what has been a difficult drought. Many in the agricultural and farming industries of the Santa Clara Valley are relieved the region took in substantial rainfall […]
California is in the grip of its fourth drought since 2000. To cope with worsening droughts, over the past few decades Californians have made impressive gains in water efficiency. Total water diversions in California for agriculture and cities – roughly 30 million acre feet per year for agriculture and 8 million acre feet per year […]
Soquel Creek Breaks Ground on Water Purification Center
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /WaterWorldThe Soquel Creek Water District in California held a groundbreaking ceremony last week, commemorating the start of construction on its Advanced Water Purification Center – the core of the district’s Pure Water Soquel Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater Contamination Prevention Project.
State, Federal Agencies Announce $200M Investment in Lake Mead
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Hillby Sharon UdasinState water agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada announced a $200 million investment in Colorado River conservation projects on Wednesday, in a last-ditch effort to keep the basin’s biggest reservoir from dwindling to dangerously low levels. The cross-border collaboration, which also includes the Department of the Interior, will aim to add 500,000 acre-feet of additional […]
California’s Major Reservoirs Are Still Far Drier Than Average
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /KTVUby Tom VacarThe just-passed atmospheric river gave California a lot of precious, badly needed water. But how well did our all-important reservoir systems do? For California, water storage, above and underground are the key to California’s economic fate. As of midnight Monday, California’s major reservoirs keep getting more water from the weekend’s storm as the runoff finds […]
Major New Reservoir Proposed for Santa Clara County Faces Key Vote
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Mercury Newsby Paul RogersAfter more than four years of planning, study and political debate, a proposal to build a $2.3 billion reservoir in Santa Clara County — the largest reservoir constructed in the Bay Area in more than 20 years — will reach a make-or-break moment Wednesday. The California Water Commission, a 9-member panel appointed by Gov. Gavin […]
Bay Area Farmers Happy to Get Latest Round of Precipitation
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /KPIX 5by Max DarrowFarmers in the Bay Area were excited that the latest storm brought another round of much-needed rain in the hopes it will bring them closer to the end of what has been a difficult drought. Many in the agricultural and farming industries of the Santa Clara Valley are relieved the region took in substantial rainfall […]
Opinion: Initiative to Fund and Fast Track Water Projects is Badly Needed
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Mercury Newsby Edward KingCalifornia is in the grip of its fourth drought since 2000. To cope with worsening droughts, over the past few decades Californians have made impressive gains in water efficiency. Total water diversions in California for agriculture and cities – roughly 30 million acre feet per year for agriculture and 8 million acre feet per year […]