As the application window for a near billion-dollar state program designed to help cash-strapped Californians with pandemic-related drinking water debt nears its close date, almost 50% of eligible water systems have fully completed the application, but nearly one quarter haven’t yet started the process — a scenario that could see many struggling households lose the chance to have […]
The Biden administration’s proposal to bolster environmental permitting review is a good first step but doesn’t go far enough towards scrapping Trump-era rules, according to a coalition of Democratic attorneys general. The changes included in President Joe Biden’s National Environmental Policy Act proposed rule fall short of undoing Trump-era regulations that undermined the environmental review process, the […]
Don’t hold your breath for California’s drought ending with this winter’s rains. Instead, you’d do well to hold your shower time to a minimum. There’s less than a 40% chance of water supplies getting back to normal after this winter, with a slightly better than 50% chance that the state’s drought will worsen, according to […]
As the first winter storms rolled through this month, a King Air C90 turboprop aircraft contracted by the hydropower company Idaho Power took to the skies over southern Idaho to make it snow. Flying across the cloud tops, the aircraft dropped flares that burned as they descended, releasing plumes of silver iodide that caused ice […]
Groundwater in Calif.’s Central Valley is at risk of being depleted by pumping too much water during and after droughts, according to a new study in the American Geophysical Union journal Water Resources Research. The study finds that groundwater storage recovery has been dismal after the state’s last two droughts, with less than a third of […]
The U.S. Supreme Court found that Tennessee didn’t steal groundwater from Mississippi, in a dispute with wide-ranging implications for how states manage natural resources. The justices in Mississippi v. Tennessee said in a unanimous decision that interstate groundwater is covered by equitable apportionment, which is the standard process by which water resources are shared. It’s the high […]
California Utilities Leaving Millions in Debt Relief on the Table
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Capital and Mainby Dan RossAs the application window for a near billion-dollar state program designed to help cash-strapped Californians with pandemic-related drinking water debt nears its close date, almost 50% of eligible water systems have fully completed the application, but nearly one quarter haven’t yet started the process — a scenario that could see many struggling households lose the chance to have […]
State Attorneys Want Biden to Further Undo Trump’s NEPA Rule
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg Law by Jennifer Hijazi and Stephen LeeThe Biden administration’s proposal to bolster environmental permitting review is a good first step but doesn’t go far enough towards scrapping Trump-era rules, according to a coalition of Democratic attorneys general. The changes included in President Joe Biden’s National Environmental Policy Act proposed rule fall short of undoing Trump-era regulations that undermined the environmental review process, the […]
California Drought Unlikely to End This Winter
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Orange County Registerby Martin WisckolDon’t hold your breath for California’s drought ending with this winter’s rains. Instead, you’d do well to hold your shower time to a minimum. There’s less than a 40% chance of water supplies getting back to normal after this winter, with a slightly better than 50% chance that the state’s drought will worsen, according to […]
Cloud Seeding Gains Steam as West Faces Worsening Droughts
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Seattle Timesby Maddie StoneAs the first winter storms rolled through this month, a King Air C90 turboprop aircraft contracted by the hydropower company Idaho Power took to the skies over southern Idaho to make it snow. Flying across the cloud tops, the aircraft dropped flares that burned as they descended, releasing plumes of silver iodide that caused ice […]
Calif.’s Central Valley Groundwater May Not Recover From Droughts
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Water WorldGroundwater in Calif.’s Central Valley is at risk of being depleted by pumping too much water during and after droughts, according to a new study in the American Geophysical Union journal Water Resources Research. The study finds that groundwater storage recovery has been dismal after the state’s last two droughts, with less than a third of […]
Supreme Court Hands Win to Tennessee in Water Resource Fight
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg Lawby Bobby MagillThe U.S. Supreme Court found that Tennessee didn’t steal groundwater from Mississippi, in a dispute with wide-ranging implications for how states manage natural resources. The justices in Mississippi v. Tennessee said in a unanimous decision that interstate groundwater is covered by equitable apportionment, which is the standard process by which water resources are shared. It’s the high […]