The Santa Rosa City Council approved mandatory water-use restrictions for its residents and businesses starting Thursday, becoming the sixth city in Sonoma County to cut back on water. The motion to approve the water-shortage contingency plan — which mandates residents and businesses reduce water use by 20% — passed with five ayes from Council Members […]
On Andrew McGibbon’s 90,000-acre cattle ranch south Tucson, Arizona, the West’s punishing drought isn’t just drying up pastureland and evaporating water troughs. “We’re having the death of trees like I’ve never seen in my lifetime. Thousands of trees are dying,” he says of species that have adapted to Arizona’s desert landscape, such as oak and […]
Along the California-Oregon border, the Klamath Basin is in the midst of a record drought, pitting farmers against native tribes with historic water rights who are trying to protect endangered fish.
As drought settles over the San Joaquin Valley, a new report warns of other circumstances that could result in entire communities losing drinking water. More than a million Valley residents could lose their public water in coming decades under the sweeping groundwater legislation known as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), according to the paper […]
In America’s fruit and nut basket, water is now the most precious crop of all. It explains why, amid a historic drought parching much of the American West, a grower of premium sushi rice has concluded that it makes better business sense to sell the water he would have used to grow rice than to […]
Santa Rosa Orders Residents, Businesses to Reduce Water Use By 20%
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /San Francisco Chronicleby Omar Shaikh RashadThe Santa Rosa City Council approved mandatory water-use restrictions for its residents and businesses starting Thursday, becoming the sixth city in Sonoma County to cut back on water. The motion to approve the water-shortage contingency plan — which mandates residents and businesses reduce water use by 20% — passed with five ayes from Council Members […]
Proposed Federal Grant Program Could Bolster Lake Mead Water Levels
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage, Uncategorized /by Mike Lee /Las Vegas Review-Journal by Blake ApgarWater officials in Las Vegas are backing a federal bill that could help pay for a California project that would leave more water in Lake Mead.
Historic Drought in the West is Forcing Ranchers to Take Painful Measures
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /National Geographicby Sarah GibbensOn Andrew McGibbon’s 90,000-acre cattle ranch south Tucson, Arizona, the West’s punishing drought isn’t just drying up pastureland and evaporating water troughs. “We’re having the death of trees like I’ve never seen in my lifetime. Thousands of trees are dying,” he says of species that have adapted to Arizona’s desert landscape, such as oak and […]
Drought Has Pitted Farmers Against Native Tribes Protecting Endangered Fish
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /NPRAlong the California-Oregon border, the Klamath Basin is in the midst of a record drought, pitting farmers against native tribes with historic water rights who are trying to protect endangered fish.
Report: Groundwater Overhaul Could Threaten Drinking Water Of More Than A Million Valley Residents
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /KVPRby Kerry KleinAs drought settles over the San Joaquin Valley, a new report warns of other circumstances that could result in entire communities losing drinking water. More than a million Valley residents could lose their public water in coming decades under the sweeping groundwater legislation known as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), according to the paper […]
It’s Some of America’s Richest Farmland. But What Is It Without Water?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The New York Timesby Somini SenguptaIn America’s fruit and nut basket, water is now the most precious crop of all. It explains why, amid a historic drought parching much of the American West, a grower of premium sushi rice has concluded that it makes better business sense to sell the water he would have used to grow rice than to […]