State water officials are facing unprecedented challenges preventing erosion and runoff this winter after the Dixie Fire burned more acreage than any other single wildfire in California history. Crews have begun erosion control projects and are planning for the run-off of sediment into the Sierra watershed throughout the wet season. Crews with the California Conservation Corps […]
Residents and property owners must now follow immediate citywide changes to watering and irrigation in the wake of this week’s City Council water shortage emergency declaration. According to a city release, the council’s declaration Monday night goes into effect immediately and is intended to limit water use by 15 percent compared to last year, in […]
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that an environmental group can press ahead with claims that a toxic chemical in a central California city’s drinking-water system qualifies as “solid waste” under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Overturning a lower court ruling, a split panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found […]
Recent rainfall hasn’t been nearly enough to make a dent in Lake Shasta’s precariously low water levels. The lakebed where the water has receded still shows cracks where mud has hardened and over the summer, dust devils have swept the fine, dried silt into the air. The drought has dropped Lake Shasta to its second worst level since […]
Yan Yu Lin and her seven-year-old daughter live in a tight studio in San Francisco’s Chinatown, in a century-old building where 60 or so residents on each floor share a bathroom. Along the back wall of the room is a plastic potty – the kind designed for toilet training toddlers. The shared bathrooms are out […]
After two dry years, the California is in desperate need of rain and snow. October marks the beginning of California’s new water year, which will run through Sept. 30 next year. This also signals the transition from the long, dry summer months to the wetter time of year. But new research is showing a delay […]
Massive Dixie Fire burn Scar Could Cause Unprecedented Runoff Into Waterways This Winter
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /ABC 7by Kelli SaamState water officials are facing unprecedented challenges preventing erosion and runoff this winter after the Dixie Fire burned more acreage than any other single wildfire in California history. Crews have begun erosion control projects and are planning for the run-off of sediment into the Sierra watershed throughout the wet season. Crews with the California Conservation Corps […]
Livermore City Council Sets Mandatory Watering Limits
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /East Bay Timesby George KellyResidents and property owners must now follow immediate citywide changes to watering and irrigation in the wake of this week’s City Council water shortage emergency declaration. According to a city release, the council’s declaration Monday night goes into effect immediately and is intended to limit water use by 15 percent compared to last year, in […]
Calif. City Must Face Lawsuit Over Drinking Water – 9th Circuit
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Reutersby Sebastien MaloA U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that an environmental group can press ahead with claims that a toxic chemical in a central California city’s drinking-water system qualifies as “solid waste” under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Overturning a lower court ruling, a split panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found […]
Already Unrecognizable at Only 24% Full, Lake Shasta Still Falling in 2nd-worst Year on Record
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Redding Record Searchlightby Mike ChapmanRecent rainfall hasn’t been nearly enough to make a dent in Lake Shasta’s precariously low water levels. The lakebed where the water has receded still shows cracks where mud has hardened and over the summer, dust devils have swept the fine, dried silt into the air. The drought has dropped Lake Shasta to its second worst level since […]
Almost Half a Million Us Households Lack Indoor Plumbing: ‘the Conditions Are Inhumane
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Guardianby Maanvi Singh and Nina LakhaniYan Yu Lin and her seven-year-old daughter live in a tight studio in San Francisco’s Chinatown, in a century-old building where 60 or so residents on each floor share a bathroom. Along the back wall of the room is a plastic potty – the kind designed for toilet training toddlers. The shared bathrooms are out […]
California’s Rainy Season Is Changing. Here’s What That Means for Already Worsening Fire Danger.
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /ABC10by Monica WoodsAfter two dry years, the California is in desperate need of rain and snow. October marks the beginning of California’s new water year, which will run through Sept. 30 next year. This also signals the transition from the long, dry summer months to the wetter time of year. But new research is showing a delay […]