California and the U.S.
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 Rejects Federal Water Proposal, Lays Out its Vision for Protecting Endangered Species and Meeting State Water Needs
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Wade Crowfoot and Jared BlumenfeldCalifornia’s water policy can be complex, and—let’s be honest—often polarizing. Water decisions frequently get distilled into unhelpful narratives of fish versus farms, north versus south, or urban versus rural. Climate change-driven droughts and flooding threats, as well as our divided political climate, compound these challenges. We must rise above these historic conflicts by finding ways […]
California Gov. Newsom Makes Move to Halt Trump Water Grab
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderCalifornia’s water wars escalated Thursday, as state leaders vowed to fight the Trump administration over plans to ship more water to Central Valley farms. Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of his administration announced that they were preparing a lawsuit against the federal government to prevent California’s rivers and wildlife from being cheated out of vital […]
Can a New Approach to Managing California Reservoirs Save Water and Still Protect Against Floods?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Education Foundation (Sacramento)by Gary PitzerMany of California’s watersheds are notoriously flashy – swerving from below-average flows to jarring flood conditions in quick order. The state needs all the water it can get from storms, but current flood management guidelines require reservoirs to dump water each winter to make space for flood flows that may not come. However, new tools […]
Oroville Dam: Rebuilt Spillway Recognized for International Engineering Award
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)OROVILLE, Calif. — The American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized the Oroville Dam rebuild as one of 10 outstanding civil engineering projects. Two runners-up and a winner will be chosen at the 2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement gala in Washington D.C. on March 13.
Record Rain In Vegas, Half-Foot Of Snow In Tahoe Mountains
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by Scott SonnerEmergency Crews rescued two people from a wash flowing with runoff from record rain in Las Vegas, and up a to half-foot of Sierra snow (15 centimeters) triggered chain controls around Lake Tahoe as a cold front moved across Nevada on Wednesday. The National Weather Service also issued a winter weather advisory through 4 p.m. […]
Opinion: Newsom Must Stop the Westlands Water Grab and Save the San Francisco Bay-Delta
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Barbara Barrigan-ParillaThe San Francisco Bay-Delta, the largest estuary on the West Coast, was once the home to fisheries that produced five million pounds of canned salmon a year. The Delta’s largest city, Stockton, is where children swam, rowed boats, and canoed after school in places made navigable through their parents and grandparents’ labor. Today, our children […]