The City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are planning a five-year $140 million project beginning next year to repair, rehabilitate and upgrade the 19-mile-long Mountain Tunnel, a key component of the Hetch Hetchy Water System that takes water from Tuolumne County and sends it to San Francisco.
Marquita Price grew up spending lots of time at her grandmother’s one-story lavender house in Deep East Oakland. It’s a place she’s always considered home, and where her grandmother still lives. So Price, an urban planner, was upset to learn about a lesser-known aspect of climate change fueled by sea level rise: it could cause the […]
Here are three perspectives from Tribune reporter Zak Podmore’s reporting on water rights in southern Utah. Read his full story Sunday at sltrib.com or in Sunday’s newspaper.
Precipitation is below average in California for the current water year. Despite recent storms that increased the statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack to 70% of average to date, the state is experiencing its second consecutive below average year for rain and snow.
The start of California’s annual rainy season has been pushed back from November to December, prolonging the state’s increasingly destructive wildfire season by nearly a month, according to new research. The study cannot confirm the shift is connected to climate change, but the results are consistent with climate models that predict drier autumns for California […]
For years, Southern Nevadans have watched the water level in Lake Mead inch downward and wondered how long we could avoid the federally mandated rationing that kicks in when the lake elevation hits certain thresholds.
Hetch Hetchy Water & Power Plans Five-Year $140M Mountain Tunnel Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Union Democrat (Sonora, Calif.)by Guy McCarthyThe City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are planning a five-year $140 million project beginning next year to repair, rehabilitate and upgrade the 19-mile-long Mountain Tunnel, a key component of the Hetch Hetchy Water System that takes water from Tuolumne County and sends it to San Francisco.
Near Coasts, Rising Seas Could Also Push Up Long-Buried Toxic Contamination
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /NPRby Laura KlivansMarquita Price grew up spending lots of time at her grandmother’s one-story lavender house in Deep East Oakland. It’s a place she’s always considered home, and where her grandmother still lives. So Price, an urban planner, was upset to learn about a lesser-known aspect of climate change fueled by sea level rise: it could cause the […]
Why Hedge Funds are Eyeing Utah’s Shrinking Water Supply
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Salt Lake Tribuneby Zak PodmoreHere are three perspectives from Tribune reporter Zak Podmore’s reporting on water rights in southern Utah. Read his full story Sunday at sltrib.com or in Sunday’s newspaper.
Precipitation Below Average in California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water News Networkby Ed Joyce Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityPrecipitation is below average in California for the current water year. Despite recent storms that increased the statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack to 70% of average to date, the state is experiencing its second consecutive below average year for rain and snow.
California’s Rainy Season Starting Nearly a Month Later Than it Did 60 Years Ago
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Phys.Orgby American Geophysical UnionThe start of California’s annual rainy season has been pushed back from November to December, prolonging the state’s increasingly destructive wildfire season by nearly a month, according to new research. The study cannot confirm the shift is connected to climate change, but the results are consistent with climate models that predict drier autumns for California […]
Southern Nevada Can’t Afford to Get Complacent About Water Conservation
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Las Vegas SunFor years, Southern Nevadans have watched the water level in Lake Mead inch downward and wondered how long we could avoid the federally mandated rationing that kicks in when the lake elevation hits certain thresholds.