Monterey County is the only county is California with a law that prohibits private companies from operating new desalination plants. That law, passed in 1989, will be up for a potential repeal when the county’s supervisors meet on Sept. 21. The law has been thrust into the spotlight as Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp., a […]
Trump-era EPA appointees engaged in “considerable political level interference” on an assessment for a controversial “forever chemical,” documents obtained by E&E News indicate. But the Biden administration wasted no time in yanking that document, moving to scrub the assessment of alterations made by political appointees and restore language advocated by EPA career scientists shortly after […]
La Niña, the climate event that causes water to be colder than normal in the eastern Pacific, has now been shown by new research released Monday to be responsible for simultaneous megadroughts in the North and South American Southwest over the past 1,000 years. Megadroughts are extended periods of drought that last at least 20 […]
The Bureau of Reclamation, the agency charged with water resources management for the West at the federal government level, announced unprecedented Tier 1 cuts in water deliveries from Lake Mead on the Colorado River to Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico in 2022. The Tier 1 cuts will reduce water deliveries due to historic low water levels in Lake […]
There is hope that the unfortunate conditions of California’s water supply this year will prompt decisive action on water management and storage. President and CEO of Western Growers, Dave Puglia noted that his conversations with growers have been disheartening. There is significant concern that if California gets another dry year, many farmers will not be […]
The Turlock and Modesto irrigation districts are among water right holders ordered by the state to stop diversions on the Tuolumne River and other streams that flow to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. “All of the water that flows off the mountains has to remain in the river and can’t be diverted for storage or […]
Repeal of County Law Prohibiting Private Operation of Desal Plants Set for Sept. 21 Discussion
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Monterey County Weeklyby Christopher NeelyMonterey County is the only county is California with a law that prohibits private companies from operating new desalination plants. That law, passed in 1989, will be up for a potential repeal when the county’s supervisors meet on Sept. 21. The law has been thrust into the spotlight as Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp., a […]
How Biden’s Team Rushed to Dump a Trump-era PFAS Assessment
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /E&E Newsby E.A. CrundenTrump-era EPA appointees engaged in “considerable political level interference” on an assessment for a controversial “forever chemical,” documents obtained by E&E News indicate. But the Biden administration wasted no time in yanking that document, moving to scrub the assessment of alterations made by political appointees and restore language advocated by EPA career scientists shortly after […]
La Niña Responsible for Megadroughts in North and South America, Study Finds
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Courthouse News Serviceby Jon PartonLa Niña, the climate event that causes water to be colder than normal in the eastern Pacific, has now been shown by new research released Monday to be responsible for simultaneous megadroughts in the North and South American Southwest over the past 1,000 years. Megadroughts are extended periods of drought that last at least 20 […]
Why Water Cuts Are Coming to Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Bloomberg Lawby Cordie QualleThe Bureau of Reclamation, the agency charged with water resources management for the West at the federal government level, announced unprecedented Tier 1 cuts in water deliveries from Lake Mead on the Colorado River to Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico in 2022. The Tier 1 cuts will reduce water deliveries due to historic low water levels in Lake […]
Hopes That Dry Year Will Prompt Action on Water Management and Storage
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /AgNet Westby Brian GermanThere is hope that the unfortunate conditions of California’s water supply this year will prompt decisive action on water management and storage. President and CEO of Western Growers, Dave Puglia noted that his conversations with growers have been disheartening. There is significant concern that if California gets another dry year, many farmers will not be […]
State Halts Diversions From the Tuolumne River. What That Means for Mid, Tid Water Users
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Modesto Beeby Ken CarlsonThe Turlock and Modesto irrigation districts are among water right holders ordered by the state to stop diversions on the Tuolumne River and other streams that flow to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. “All of the water that flows off the mountains has to remain in the river and can’t be diverted for storage or […]