By the time this column is published, Northern California may be receiving some much-needed rain, and possibly some snow. However, late-season precipitation does not change the reality that California is in one of its periodic droughts after two dry years. Major Northern California reservoirs are only about half-full due to scanty runoff from mountain snowpacks, […]
Longtime Bay Area residents are all too familiar with ground-parching droughts, those years when our hills are late turning green and early turning brown. Now it looks like we’ve entered another dry patch barely four years after emerging from the last one — an ominous sign that our meteorological cycles of boom and bust are […]
The water level of Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, has dropped more than 130 feet since the beginning of 2000, when the lake’s surface lapped at the spillway gates on Hoover Dam. Twenty-one years later, with the Colorado River consistently yielding less water as the climate has grown warmer and drier, the reservoir near […]
Limited access to clean water remains a struggle for millions of Americans. And lack of water access is expected to become an even greater problem in the coming years across the U.S. and around the world.
Living in California means living with droughts – there’s no getting around it. The devastating 2014-15 drought resulted in water shortages for our communities, farms and the environment, prompting California’s water leaders and decision-makers to implement early planning, improved collaboration, added conservation measures and new local supply projects to help balance the water needs of […]
Thousands of wells that bring water to San Joaquin Valley homes are at risk of drying up this summer, leaving families without running water for drinking, cleaning and bathing. While no one knows the extent of the threat from this second year of drought conditions, Jonathan Nelson with the Community Water Center says “the alarm […]
Opinion: As Drought Hits California, Long-Term Issues Loom
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Dan WaltersBy the time this column is published, Northern California may be receiving some much-needed rain, and possibly some snow. However, late-season precipitation does not change the reality that California is in one of its periodic droughts after two dry years. Major Northern California reservoirs are only about half-full due to scanty runoff from mountain snowpacks, […]
Opinion: The Drought Isn’t Coming, California. It’s Already Here
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicle by Chornicle Editorial BoardLongtime Bay Area residents are all too familiar with ground-parching droughts, those years when our hills are late turning green and early turning brown. Now it looks like we’ve entered another dry patch barely four years after emerging from the last one — an ominous sign that our meteorological cycles of boom and bust are […]
As a Hotter, Drier Climate Grips the Colorado River, Water Risks Grow Across the Southwest
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Arizona Republic by Ian JamesThe water level of Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, has dropped more than 130 feet since the beginning of 2000, when the lake’s surface lapped at the spillway gates on Hoover Dam. Twenty-one years later, with the Colorado River consistently yielding less water as the climate has grown warmer and drier, the reservoir near […]
Demand for Water is Rapidly Increasing as Supply Dwindles
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /CBS Newsby Ayanna RuncieLimited access to clean water remains a struggle for millions of Americans. And lack of water access is expected to become an even greater problem in the coming years across the U.S. and around the world.
Opinion: What Can Help Get Us Through This Drought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Chandra ChilmakuriLiving in California means living with droughts – there’s no getting around it. The devastating 2014-15 drought resulted in water shortages for our communities, farms and the environment, prompting California’s water leaders and decision-makers to implement early planning, improved collaboration, added conservation measures and new local supply projects to help balance the water needs of […]
California Wells Will Go Dry this Summer. ‘Alarm Bells are Sounding’ in the Valley
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Fresno Beeby Monica VaughanThousands of wells that bring water to San Joaquin Valley homes are at risk of drying up this summer, leaving families without running water for drinking, cleaning and bathing. While no one knows the extent of the threat from this second year of drought conditions, Jonathan Nelson with the Community Water Center says “the alarm […]