Lake Tahoe’s water level dropped to a four-year low on Tuesday as gusty winds and the impacts of California’s devastating drought hit the popular tourist destination. After days of high winds increased evaporation rates, water levels fell to the basin’s natural rim for the first time since 2017, the end of the state’s last drought. […]
Programs from the drought-busting handbook practiced by Southern California water agencies include recycling water, building storm-water capture basins and offering cash rebates for replacing thirsty lawns with xeriscape landscaping. With the grip from a second year of drought tightening, a regional water-planning agency in the Inland Empire is moving ahead for the first time in […]
Water use in Manteca increased 3 percent overall or 13.6 million gallons last month compared to the depth of the last drought in September of 2017. That’s good news given the city has added more than 8,000 residents since Jan. 1, 2017 for a 10 percent population gain. The bad news it might not be […]
How much is access to water worth? In this episode, we aim to answer that question by looking at the Kern Water Bank, one of California’s largest underground water storage facilities. From above, it looks a lot like a giant puddle. But underneath it has the capacity to hold the equivalent of roughly 500 of […]
The current ongoing two-year dry period in California, punctuated by the third-driest water year on record for the Central Sierra, is part of California’s overall arid fate so far in the 21st century, according to the state Department of Water Resources. The Golden State’s hydrology now increasingly resembles conditions in the Colorado River Basin this […]
This week, a historically dry period in California will come to bear at Lake Tahoe, where the water level is expected to sink below the basin’s natural rim. That’s the point at which the lake pours into its only outflow, the Truckee River. It’s not a crisis, researchers and conservationists say, but it marks another […]
Lake Tahoe Water Level Hits Four-Year Low as Drought Pummels Tourist Spot
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Guardianby Dani AnguianoLake Tahoe’s water level dropped to a four-year low on Tuesday as gusty winds and the impacts of California’s devastating drought hit the popular tourist destination. After days of high winds increased evaporation rates, water levels fell to the basin’s natural rim for the first time since 2017, the end of the state’s last drought. […]
How to Beat the Drought? Inland Empire Water Agency Wants to Make it Rain
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Press-Enterpriseby Steve ScauzilloPrograms from the drought-busting handbook practiced by Southern California water agencies include recycling water, building storm-water capture basins and offering cash rebates for replacing thirsty lawns with xeriscape landscaping. With the grip from a second year of drought tightening, a regional water-planning agency in the Inland Empire is moving ahead for the first time in […]
Are Two More Dry Years Ahead For California?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Manteca Bullitenby Dennis WyattWater use in Manteca increased 3 percent overall or 13.6 million gallons last month compared to the depth of the last drought in September of 2017. That’s good news given the city has added more than 8,000 residents since Jan. 1, 2017 for a 10 percent population gain. The bad news it might not be […]
How Much Is Water Worth? Why A Billionaire-Owned Stake In A California Water Bank Could Be Worth More Than $1 Billion
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Forbesby Michela Tindera and Chloe SorvinoHow much is access to water worth? In this episode, we aim to answer that question by looking at the Kern Water Bank, one of California’s largest underground water storage facilities. From above, it looks a lot like a giant puddle. But underneath it has the capacity to hold the equivalent of roughly 500 of […]
‘Extreme Year’: Past 12 Months Among the Driest Ever in California History
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Union Democratby Guy McCarthyThe current ongoing two-year dry period in California, punctuated by the third-driest water year on record for the Central Sierra, is part of California’s overall arid fate so far in the 21st century, according to the state Department of Water Resources. The Golden State’s hydrology now increasingly resembles conditions in the Colorado River Basin this […]
Lake Tahoe Falls to Alarmingly Low Level – Environmental Impacts Could Result
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /San Francisco Chronicleby Gregory ThomasThis week, a historically dry period in California will come to bear at Lake Tahoe, where the water level is expected to sink below the basin’s natural rim. That’s the point at which the lake pours into its only outflow, the Truckee River. It’s not a crisis, researchers and conservationists say, but it marks another […]