Colorado’s high country is just weeks away from its average peak snowpack date. Current measurements are on the fast track to coming up short. “Our snowpack has been struggling. We’re close to average, but not quite to average so the likelihood of getting average snowpack is pretty low at this point. It’s most likely that […]
The South San Joaquin Irrigation District season is starting March 10 although board members added an asterisk to that decision. Restrictions on water allocation as the irrigation season unfolds loom as a possibility especially if March ends up being mostly dry. The board last week was guided by the conservative outlook the National Oceanic and […]
On issues ranging from climate policy to immigration and health care, the past four years have been full of discord between California and Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, water users throughout California have not escaped the conflict, including in the Central Valley, where our communities have suffered as a result. Now, with drought conditions returning and the impacts of […]
California water managers are pinning their hopes on the month of March to turn around a below-average water year. Many California reservoirs are still well below average as we start, what typically is, the last big wet month of the season. Folsom Lake has 345,609 acre feet of water between its shores — just 64% […]
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East […]
On a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney is hip-deep in a half-acre of vegetables, at the nucleus of what will one day be 15 acres of productive farmland.
Without Active Spring Snow, State’s Snowpack on Track to be Below Average
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /CBS Denverby Jamie LearyColorado’s high country is just weeks away from its average peak snowpack date. Current measurements are on the fast track to coming up short. “Our snowpack has been struggling. We’re close to average, but not quite to average so the likelihood of getting average snowpack is pretty low at this point. It’s most likely that […]
SSJID Worried Drought May be on the Way
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Manteca Bulletinby Dennis WyattThe South San Joaquin Irrigation District season is starting March 10 although board members added an asterisk to that decision. Restrictions on water allocation as the irrigation season unfolds loom as a possibility especially if March ends up being mostly dry. The board last week was guided by the conservative outlook the National Oceanic and […]
Opinion: As Another Dry Year Looms in California, Key Steps Will Make a Resilient Water Future
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Sacramento Beeby Jim Costa and John GaramendiOn issues ranging from climate policy to immigration and health care, the past four years have been full of discord between California and Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, water users throughout California have not escaped the conflict, including in the Central Valley, where our communities have suffered as a result. Now, with drought conditions returning and the impacts of […]
Folsom Lake Water Level Below Average
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /KCRA Sacramentoby Brian HickeyCalifornia water managers are pinning their hopes on the month of March to turn around a below-average water year. Many California reservoirs are still well below average as we start, what typically is, the last big wet month of the season. Folsom Lake has 345,609 acre feet of water between its shores — just 64% […]
‘It’s a Toxic Blend’: Where the Kids are Warned Not to Swallow the Bath Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Guardianby Vivian HoAn invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East […]
Reclaimed Water Could Be the Solution to Farming in a Drier Future
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Yes Magazineby Cirrus WoodOn a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney is hip-deep in a half-acre of vegetables, at the nucleus of what will one day be 15 acres of productive farmland.