Too often, ocean water is laced with sewage and pollutants, affecting how safe beaches are for swimming and surfing – that’s the message of this year’s Clean Water Report released Tuesday, May 25, by the Surfrider Foundation. “We believe the water should be clean, always. We should be able to do that in all but […]
Because Bay Area low-lying sewage treatment plants remain vulnerable to rising sea levels, government regulators told sewage facility managers to “provide a written plan for coping with SLR by the fall of 2021 – or they will be given a plan.” The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reached out to 10 “at risk” sewage treatment […]
Arturo Rodriguez and his colleagues on the Poplar Community Services District board are responsible for keeping clean water flowing to 2,500 residents in the middle of a global pandemic and drought. Of the community’s three wells, two are in production right now, although Rodriguez doesn’t know how long they’ll last through another drought. The other […]
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, the farming town of Corcoran has a multimillion-dollar problem. It is almost impossible to see, yet so vast it takes NASA scientists using satellite technology to fully grasp. Corcoran is sinking. Over the past 14 years, the town has sunk as much as 11.5 feet in some places — enough […]
As California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than at this point in 2020, which was a record-breaking year that saw more than 4% of the state’s land scorched by flames. The danger prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to propose spending a record $2 billion on wildfire mitigation. That’s […]
We’re once again going to be having conversations this summer about water use, and hearing about ever more strict mandates coming down from counties and the state about what we use water for. But is San Francisco’s household water use really the problem? The drought is bad, and it’s getting worse. A big swath of […]
Surfrider’s Annual Clean Water Report Highlights Infrastructure Needs and Toxin-Removing Landscapes
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Beach Reporter by Laylan ConnellyToo often, ocean water is laced with sewage and pollutants, affecting how safe beaches are for swimming and surfing – that’s the message of this year’s Clean Water Report released Tuesday, May 25, by the Surfrider Foundation. “We believe the water should be clean, always. We should be able to do that in all but […]
As Sea Level Rise Threat Grows, SF Officials Don’t Have Public Plan to Save Sewers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /NBC Bay Areaby Stephen Stock, Robert Campos, Mark Villarreal, Michael Horn and Jeremy CarrollBecause Bay Area low-lying sewage treatment plants remain vulnerable to rising sea levels, government regulators told sewage facility managers to “provide a written plan for coping with SLR by the fall of 2021 – or they will be given a plan.” The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reached out to 10 “at risk” sewage treatment […]
Valley Communities Lost Water in Last Drought. Are Small Water Systems Ready This Time?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Fresno Beeby Danielle BergstromArturo Rodriguez and his colleagues on the Poplar Community Services District board are responsible for keeping clean water flowing to 2,500 residents in the middle of a global pandemic and drought. Of the community’s three wells, two are in production right now, although Rodriguez doesn’t know how long they’ll last through another drought. The other […]
The Sinking Central Valley Town
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /SJV Waterby Lois HenryIn California’s San Joaquin Valley, the farming town of Corcoran has a multimillion-dollar problem. It is almost impossible to see, yet so vast it takes NASA scientists using satellite technology to fully grasp. Corcoran is sinking. Over the past 14 years, the town has sunk as much as 11.5 feet in some places — enough […]
As Drought Intensifies, California Seeing More Wildfires
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /AP Newsby Don ThompsonAs California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than at this point in 2020, which was a record-breaking year that saw more than 4% of the state’s land scorched by flames. The danger prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to propose spending a record $2 billion on wildfire mitigation. That’s […]
San Francisco Water Use Has Declined Since Last Drought — What Else Can You Do to Conserve?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /SF Newsby Jay BarmannWe’re once again going to be having conversations this summer about water use, and hearing about ever more strict mandates coming down from counties and the state about what we use water for. But is San Francisco’s household water use really the problem? The drought is bad, and it’s getting worse. A big swath of […]