California isn’t running out of water,” says Richard Luthy. “It’s running out of cheap water. But the state can’t keep doing what it’s been doing for the past 100 years.” Luthy knows. As a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, as well as director of a National Science Foundation center to re-invent urban water […]
Nine states have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for curtailing enforcement of rules on air and water pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the pullback puts the public at even greater risk.
Though the last couple of weekends have seen wet weather, it hasn’t been enough to keep up with the yearly average in time for summer in California. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is tested regularly by employees of the California Department of Water Resources, has yielded some grim results so far in 2020 in terms […]
On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’re discussing a new study from Columbia University about an emerging climate-driven megadrought in the Western US.
In hundreds of cities across the USA, scientists hope monitoring systems will provide an early warning if coronavirus infections reemerge as communities in some states cautiously reopen. These monitors don’t rely on testing patients or tracing contacts. All that’s required? Human waste. Over the past few months, private companies and university researchers have partnered with communities […]
Farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta received some welcome news on Tuesday. After a set of spring storms in April, water allocations from the Central Valley Project are increasing almost across the board at a rate of 5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced. Water users on the westside of the San Joaquin […]
Less Water Could Sustain More Californians If We Make Every Drop Count
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Phys.org (Stanford University)by Edmund L. AndrewsCalifornia isn’t running out of water,” says Richard Luthy. “It’s running out of cheap water. But the state can’t keep doing what it’s been doing for the past 100 years.” Luthy knows. As a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, as well as director of a National Science Foundation center to re-invent urban water […]
9 States Sue EPA for ‘Blanket Waiver’ As Nation Fights Pandemic
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Sacramento Beeby Jennifer BjorhusNine states have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for curtailing enforcement of rules on air and water pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the pullback puts the public at even greater risk.
Snow-Water Equivalent Still Down Despite Recent Storms
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Enterprise Recordby Jake HutchisonThough the last couple of weekends have seen wet weather, it hasn’t been enough to keep up with the yearly average in time for summer in California. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is tested regularly by employees of the California Department of Water Resources, has yielded some grim results so far in 2020 in terms […]
One Planet: How Climate Change is Fueling Megadroughts in the Western US
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /KALW San Franciscoby Rose Aguilar and Malihe RazazanOn this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’re discussing a new study from Columbia University about an emerging climate-driven megadrought in the Western US.
As Some States Reopen, Studying Sewage Could Help Stop the Coronavirus Pandemic
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /USA Today Networkby Dinah Voyles PulverIn hundreds of cities across the USA, scientists hope monitoring systems will provide an early warning if coronavirus infections reemerge as communities in some states cautiously reopen. These monitors don’t rely on testing patients or tracing contacts. All that’s required? Human waste. Over the past few months, private companies and university researchers have partnered with communities […]
Even in Dry Year, Valley Farmers See a Bump in Water Allocation
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Joaquin Valley Sunby Alex TavlianFarmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta received some welcome news on Tuesday. After a set of spring storms in April, water allocations from the Central Valley Project are increasing almost across the board at a rate of 5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced. Water users on the westside of the San Joaquin […]