The Marin Municipal Water District has taken the first steps toward building an emergency water pipeline across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge for the first time in nearly 50 years to avoid potentially running out of water next summer. The district said Friday that it has hired a consulting firm, Woodard & Curran, to find potential […]
A proposal to bring down four hydroelectric dams near the California-Oregon border cleared a major regulatory hurdle Thursday, setting the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history to save imperiled migratory salmon. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission action comes after the demolition proposal almost fell apart last summer, but then a new […]
Water in a key California reservoir will fall so low this summer that its hydroelectric power plant will be forced to shut down for the first time, officials said Thursday, straining the state’s already-taxed electric grid. An unrelenting drought and record heat, both worsened by the changing climate, have pushed the water supply at Northern California’s Lake Oroville […]
Kou Her’s family has run the 12-acre Herr Family Farms in Sanger, just east of Fresno, for the last 20 years, raising a variety of vegetables for Bay Area produce and farmer’s markets. In those 20 years, Kou and his parents haven’t seen anything like the heat wave gripping the Central Valley this week.
Record-breaking heat and historic drought in the U.S. West are doing little to discourage cities from planning to welcome millions of new residents in the decades ahead. From Phoenix to Boise, officials are preparing for a future both with more people and less water, seeking to balance growth and conservation. Development is constrained by the fact that 46% of […]
The state water board has unanimously approved emergency regulations behind a move to halt Russian River diversions for up to 2,400 water right holders, part of a wider effort to conserve dwindling supplies in Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino. The 5-0 vote of the State Water Resources Control Board late Tuesday came over the objections […]
Drought: Marin District Details Water Pipeline, Desalination Plans
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury Newsby Will HoustonThe Marin Municipal Water District has taken the first steps toward building an emergency water pipeline across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge for the first time in nearly 50 years to avoid potentially running out of water next summer. The district said Friday that it has hired a consulting firm, Woodard & Curran, to find potential […]
Plan to Raze 4 Dams on California-Oregon Line Clears Hurdle
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP Newsby Gillian FlaccusA proposal to bring down four hydroelectric dams near the California-Oregon border cleared a major regulatory hurdle Thursday, setting the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history to save imperiled migratory salmon. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission action comes after the demolition proposal almost fell apart last summer, but then a new […]
A California Reservoir is Expected to Fall So Low That a Hydro-Power Plant Will Shut Down for First Time
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /CNNby Alexandra MeeksWater in a key California reservoir will fall so low this summer that its hydroelectric power plant will be forced to shut down for the first time, officials said Thursday, straining the state’s already-taxed electric grid. An unrelenting drought and record heat, both worsened by the changing climate, have pushed the water supply at Northern California’s Lake Oroville […]
When It’s Too Hot for Food to Grow
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Bay Natureby Eric SimonsKou Her’s family has run the 12-acre Herr Family Farms in Sanger, just east of Fresno, for the last 20 years, raising a variety of vegetables for Bay Area produce and farmer’s markets. In those 20 years, Kou and his parents haven’t seen anything like the heat wave gripping the Central Valley this week.
Las Vegas Weighs Tying Growth to Conservation Amid Drought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP Newsby Sam MetzRecord-breaking heat and historic drought in the U.S. West are doing little to discourage cities from planning to welcome millions of new residents in the decades ahead. From Phoenix to Boise, officials are preparing for a future both with more people and less water, seeking to balance growth and conservation. Development is constrained by the fact that 46% of […]
Regulators Approve Emergency Rules to Allow Halt of Russian River Diversions for Thousands of Water Right Holders
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The North Bay Business Journalby Mary CallahanThe state water board has unanimously approved emergency regulations behind a move to halt Russian River diversions for up to 2,400 water right holders, part of a wider effort to conserve dwindling supplies in Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino. The 5-0 vote of the State Water Resources Control Board late Tuesday came over the objections […]