Between Las Vegas and Arizona, Lake Mead, the body of water that is fed by the Colorado River, dropped below 1,075 feet on Tuesday. The low water marks are signaling what could be the first-ever water shortage on the Colorado River, CNN reports. The lake’s levels show a continuing decline, according to the U.S. Bureau […]
Joe Del Bosque is leaving a third of his 2,000-acre farm near Firebaugh, California, unseeded this year due to extreme drought. Yet, he hopes to access enough water to produce a marketable melon crop. Farmers across California say they expect to receive little water from state and federal agencies that regulate the state’s reservoirs and […]
Urban water agencies are planning to impose mandatory conservation orders after federal water managers slashed deliveries this week amid a rapidly deepening drought. The Bureau of Reclamation cut water deliveries from the Central Valley Project by about half. That has prompted the Santa Clara Valley Water District, which serves 2 million residents in the Silicon […]
President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget lays out a 24.1% boost to the EPA’s core rule-writing and enforcement programs and a 7.5% increase in staffing to get the work done, according to a detailed blueprint released on Friday. The plan envisions a $3.4 billion request to implement the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act, Clean […]
California’s water supply got cut again Wednesday, with the federal government reducing allocations to cities and farms as the drought intensified. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced that municipal water agencies that rely on the Central Valley Project will have this year’s allocations slashed from 55% down to 25% — a level not seen since the drought […]
Hoover Dam has helped store Colorado River water since 1935, but reservoir levels are nearing the lowest point since Lake Mead was filled. Hoover Dam towers more than 700 feet above Black Canyon on the Arizona-Nevada state line, holding back the waters of the Colorado River. On top of the dam, where visitors peer down […]
The Colorado River is Facing an Alarming Water Shortage for the First Time Ever
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kristiene Gong /The Hillby Christian SpencerBetween Las Vegas and Arizona, Lake Mead, the body of water that is fed by the Colorado River, dropped below 1,075 feet on Tuesday. The low water marks are signaling what could be the first-ever water shortage on the Colorado River, CNN reports. The lake’s levels show a continuing decline, according to the U.S. Bureau […]
‘Big Risk’: California Farmers Hit by Drought Change Planting Plans
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kristiene Gong /Reutersby Christopher WalljasperJoe Del Bosque is leaving a third of his 2,000-acre farm near Firebaugh, California, unseeded this year due to extreme drought. Yet, he hopes to access enough water to produce a marketable melon crop. Farmers across California say they expect to receive little water from state and federal agencies that regulate the state’s reservoirs and […]
Urban Water Districts Consider Mandatory Conservation as Drought Deepens
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kristiene Gong /Politicoby Debra KhanUrban water agencies are planning to impose mandatory conservation orders after federal water managers slashed deliveries this week amid a rapidly deepening drought. The Bureau of Reclamation cut water deliveries from the Central Valley Project by about half. That has prompted the Santa Clara Valley Water District, which serves 2 million residents in the Silicon […]
Biden Budget Seeks Boost for EPA Core Programs and Research
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kristiene Gong /Bloomberg Lawby Stephen Lee, Dean Scott, Jennifer Hijazi, Bobby Magill, Ellen M. GilmerPresident Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget lays out a 24.1% boost to the EPA’s core rule-writing and enforcement programs and a 7.5% increase in staffing to get the work done, according to a detailed blueprint released on Friday. The plan envisions a $3.4 billion request to implement the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act, Clean […]
Federal Government Slashes Water Deliveries to Farms, Cities as California Drought Worsens
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerCalifornia’s water supply got cut again Wednesday, with the federal government reducing allocations to cities and farms as the drought intensified. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced that municipal water agencies that rely on the Central Valley Project will have this year’s allocations slashed from 55% down to 25% — a level not seen since the drought […]
Hoover Dam, Symbol of the Modern West, Faces a New Test With An Epic Water Shortage
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Arizona Republicby Ian JamesHoover Dam has helped store Colorado River water since 1935, but reservoir levels are nearing the lowest point since Lake Mead was filled. Hoover Dam towers more than 700 feet above Black Canyon on the Arizona-Nevada state line, holding back the waters of the Colorado River. On top of the dam, where visitors peer down […]