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The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Opinion: California Can Solve its Water Shortage With the Water We Have. Here’s How
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Heather CooleyCalifornia is at a water crossroads. We can continue our costly, 100-year-old pattern of trying to find new water supplies, or we can choose instead to focus on smarter ways of using – and reusing – what we already have. With a population projected to top 50 million by mid-century, a booming economy and a […]
Opinion: Newsom Can’t Have It Both Ways On California Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /Los Angeles Times by Editorial BoardIt’s been a month since Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to sue the Trump administration to block stepped-up federal water diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to agribusiness and urban areas further south.
Opinion: On the Anniversary of John Muir’s Death, A Wish To See Hetch Hetchy Restored
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /The Fresno Beeby Barbara MossbergFor days of infamy — Pearl Harbor and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting — December has a handful. In this list of national anguish two anniversaries of deaths loom. One hundred and six years ago: on Dec. 2, 1913, Congress passed 43-25 (with 29 abstentions) a law drowning Hetch Hetchy, the natural twin of […]
Sierra Snowpack Off to Healthiest Start Since 2010, Water Officials Say
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /KGO TV San Francisco by News StaffThe Sierra snowpack is off to its best start in years, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Thanks to all the recent storms, it’s at 109 percent of where it should be for this time of year. Last year, it was at 82 percent of average.
Delta Smelt: The Tiny Fish Caught in California’s War With Trump
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /The Guardianby Maanvi SinghOn a warm November morning, John Durand squints over the stern of a small research boat, and gestures toward gray-blue water, and the chaotic tangles of tube-like tule reeds.
Water Permit Hearing for Keystone XL Extended Into New Year
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Stephen GrovesA South Dakota board deciding whether to grant water permits for the Keystone XL pipeline will extend its hearing into the new year after opponents repeatedly voiced concerns about the pipeline.