The California Water Commission is holding public workshops as part of its efforts to assess a potential state role in financing conveyance projects that could help meet needs in a changing climate. A workshop in Southern California is scheduled for December 10 on Zoom. The Commission’s goal with the workshops is to hear from diverse […]
The rainy season is still young, but that’s about the only consolation to be found in California’s initial estimate this week that farmers who get water from the State Water Project will only get 10 percent of their requested allocations next year. This marks the third consecutive year the initial estimate has been that low.
Paul Bruchez’s family has ranched cattle in Colorado for five generations. And twice in his lifetime, his generation has nearly become the last. The first time, it was the city of Denver that squeezed them out. By the 1990s, when Bruchez was still in high school, the city’s fast-growing suburbs had swept north and totally […]
Amid California’s worst fire season in history, climate experts are predicting hot and dry conditions this winter. “On average there will be less moisture than we would normally receive here in California,” says Dr. Lowell Stott, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Southern California.
In research published Thursday, a team of university and government scientists identify a toxic material derived from tire treads that is washing into rivers and creeks as the killer of as many as 90% of the coho salmon in parts of the Puget Sound.
The Water Resilience Portfolio directs the Water Commission to assess the state’s role in financing conveyance projects that could help meet the needs in changing climate, a task that the Commission has taken on wholeheartedly in recent months. At their November meeting, the Commission heard from two panels: the first panel was from project proponents who discussed conveyance projects […]
Public Workshops on California Water Conveyance Projects
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe California Water Commission is holding public workshops as part of its efforts to assess a potential state role in financing conveyance projects that could help meet needs in a changing climate. A workshop in Southern California is scheduled for December 10 on Zoom. The Commission’s goal with the workshops is to hear from diverse […]
Water Managers Urge Patience After Initial, 10% Allocation from State Water Project
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Bakersfield.comby John CoxThe rainy season is still young, but that’s about the only consolation to be found in California’s initial estimate this week that farmers who get water from the State Water Project will only get 10 percent of their requested allocations next year. This marks the third consecutive year the initial estimate has been that low.
The Rancher Trying to Solve the West’s Water Crisis
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Politicoby Annie SniderPaul Bruchez’s family has ranched cattle in Colorado for five generations. And twice in his lifetime, his generation has nearly become the last. The first time, it was the city of Denver that squeezed them out. By the 1990s, when Bruchez was still in high school, the city’s fast-growing suburbs had swept north and totally […]
SoCal is Likely to See a Dry La Niña Winter, New Data Show
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /ABC7by Rob HayesAmid California’s worst fire season in history, climate experts are predicting hot and dry conditions this winter. “On average there will be less moisture than we would normally receive here in California,” says Dr. Lowell Stott, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Southern California.
New Research Explains Why Salmon are Dying in the Pacific Northwest. The Danger Lurks in California, Too
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderIn research published Thursday, a team of university and government scientists identify a toxic material derived from tire treads that is washing into rivers and creeks as the killer of as many as 90% of the coho salmon in parts of the Puget Sound.
Water Commission: Conveyance Projects Panel Discusses Imperial Valley to San Diego Pipeline
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Maven's Notebook Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Water Resilience Portfolio directs the Water Commission to assess the state’s role in financing conveyance projects that could help meet the needs in changing climate, a task that the Commission has taken on wholeheartedly in recent months. At their November meeting, the Commission heard from two panels: the first panel was from project proponents who discussed conveyance projects […]