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The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
First California Snowpack Measurement of 2020 is Boosted by Recent Storms
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Hannah FryAfter a slow start to California’s wet winter season, a series of storms that hammered the state at the tail end of 2019 dumped enough snow on the Sierra Nevada to kick off the new year with a solid snowpack. Surveyors with the California Department of Water Resources trudged through a snow-covered field Thursday at […]
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Begins 2020 in Good Shape, a Hopeful Sign for California Water Outlook
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Paul RogersAfter a dry start to California’s winter rainy season, a series of big storms that began around Thanksgiving delivered enough snow for the Sierra Nevada to begin 2020 in relatively good shape. As of Dec. 31, the statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack — a major source of California’s water supply — stood at 94% of its […]
Opinion: What Have Decades of Water Lawsuits in California Accomplished?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)We are stunned by the suggestion that yet another water lawsuit will help anyone. Conflict has dominated California water policy at least as far back as the coining of the phrase “whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” And what have decades of endless lawsuits accomplished?
California’s New Laws Cover Wildfires, Energy, Animal Cruelty
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg Environment (Arlington, Va.)by Emily C. DooleyCalifornia’s legislature and new governor were busy last year and a slew of environment and energy laws have just taken effect, from trying to reduce wildfire risks to banning fur trapping. The measures also touch on a frequent California theme: taking aim at disagreements with the Trump administration and attempts to roll back or weaken […]
California Department of Water Resources to Conduct First Snow Survey of 2020
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /23 ABC News Bakersfieldby News StaffThe California Department of Water Resources is set to conduct the first snow survey of 2020 on Thursday. The DWR snow survey is a chance for officials to measure the water content in the snowpack. Data collected from the monthly snow surveys will help determine the amount of water that will melt and run off […]
Enough Rain? Sufficient Snow? Here’s How Wet California, and Sacramento, Got in 2019
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby California Department of Water ResourcesIt’s a new year, and a time to take stock in California’s most precious commodity: water. While October marks the start of the new water year, state hydrology leaders opened the new year with the first measure of snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, east of Sacramento.