California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked people and businesses Thursday to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% amid a drought. Newsom’s request is not an order. But it demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the summer and fall and is tied to recent heat waves. Sandra L. […]
The Colorado River is tapped out. Another dry year has left the waterway that supplies 40 million people in the Southwest parched. A prolonged 21-year warming and drying trend is pushing the nation’s two largest reservoirs to record lows. For the first time this summer, the federal government will declare a shortage. Climate change is […]
The possible return of La Niña threatens to give the drought-ravaged U.S. West another winter without much rain or snow. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center issued a watch for La Niña on Thursday, saying there’s a 66% chance the phenomenon will return for a second straight year some time in the November-January period. La Niña occurs when the […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded his drought emergency declaration Thursday and called on Californians to reduce water consumption by 15%. In a pair of emergency orders issued during an appearance at parched Lopez Lake near San Luis Obispo, the governor added nine more counties to the list of those covered by his emergency declaration from two months […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation’s most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat.
States relying on the Colorado River system for much of their water are bracing for declarations of shortage soon. Such a declaration would be unprecedented. It would mandate steps to store water in Lake Powell from smaller reservoirs upstream, like Utah’s Flaming Gorge, that have more robust levels. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a […]
Gov. Newsom asks Californians to Voluntarily Cut Water Use Amid Deepening Drought Conditions
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS 8 San Diego by CBS News 8 Team, Richard Allyn Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom asked people and businesses Thursday to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% amid a drought. Newsom’s request is not an order. But it demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the summer and fall and is tied to recent heat waves. Sandra L. […]
After Decades Of Warming And Drying, the Colorado River Struggles to Water the West
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /KUNCby Luke RunyonThe Colorado River is tapped out. Another dry year has left the waterway that supplies 40 million people in the Southwest parched. A prolonged 21-year warming and drying trend is pushing the nation’s two largest reservoirs to record lows. For the first time this summer, the federal government will declare a shortage. Climate change is […]
La Niña Threatens to Return and Worsen Drought in U.S. West
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Bloomberg Greenby Brian K SullivanThe possible return of La Niña threatens to give the drought-ravaged U.S. West another winter without much rain or snow. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center issued a watch for La Niña on Thursday, saying there’s a 66% chance the phenomenon will return for a second straight year some time in the November-January period. La Niña occurs when the […]
Gavin Newsom Calls on Californians to Cut Water Use by 15%, Expands Drought Emergency
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerGov. Gavin Newsom expanded his drought emergency declaration Thursday and called on Californians to reduce water consumption by 15%. In a pair of emergency orders issued during an appearance at parched Lopez Lake near San Luis Obispo, the governor added nine more counties to the list of those covered by his emergency declaration from two months […]
Governor Asks Californians to Voluntarily Cut Water Use
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KPBS-FM/TVby Adam Beam / Associated PressCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation’s most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat.
Colorado River System Poised for First Ever Official Shortages
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /FOX 13 Salt Lake Cityby Max RothStates relying on the Colorado River system for much of their water are bracing for declarations of shortage soon. Such a declaration would be unprecedented. It would mandate steps to store water in Lake Powell from smaller reservoirs upstream, like Utah’s Flaming Gorge, that have more robust levels. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a […]