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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.
Sky Rivers: A New Scale Categorizes Power of Crucial Atmospheric Flows
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Cronkite News by Jordan EvansYou may have heard of the Pineapple Express – not the 2008 buddy comedy about marijuana, hit men and corrupt cops – but the long, narrow “river in the sky” that brings tropical moisture from Hawaii to the West Coast. Atmospheric rivers, which have been studied for nearly two decades, are flowing areas of water […]
Yes, There’s Microplastic in the Snow
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Quartzby Zoë SchlangerThis is the year we found microplastic in the snow. Although microplastics have been popping up everywhere from the waters of Antarctica to our table salt, the idea that it could blow in the wind or fall as precipitation back down to Earth is extremely new. The main mode of microplastic transport, as far as […]
US Officials to Review Deal on Sharing Colorado River Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Ken RitterFederal water managers are starting to review a crucial 2007 agreement for seven Western states to share drought-diminished water supplies from the Colorado River ahead of talks about revising and renewing it beginning in 2026, U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Friday. Bernhardt called for a report next December, ahead of a deadline set in […]
US Water Chief Praises Colorado River Deal, Sees Challenges
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP by Ken RitterLAS VEGAS (AP) — States in the U.S. West that have agreed to begin taking less water next month from the drought-stricken Colorado River got praise and a push for more action Thursday from the nation’s top water official. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman told federal, state and local water managers that abiding […]
America’s Dams Are Aging. Is It Time To Take Them Down?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Deseret News by Sofia JeremiasAfter three major dams collapsed in the 1970s, leaving a total of 175 people dead, safety precautions, inspections and regulations were put in place. But a two-year investigation by The Associated Press found that at least 1,680 dams in the country are currently a risk for the communities living below the deteriorating structures. The news […]
New Storm To Spread Snow, Ice, Rain Coast To Coast
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Weather ChannelA new storm from the West will spread snow, ice and rain through parts of the central and eastern states into early next week. The energy from this next storm will move into the West Coast by Saturday. It will then spawn a low pressure system in the Southern Plains, which will track toward the […]