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.
U.S. Announces $30 Million To Bolster Coasts From Flooding, Rising Seas
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Reutersby Ellen WulfhorstThe U.S. government’s oceans and waterways agency will provide $30 million to improve coastal resilience, officials said, aiming to reduce the impacts of worsening storms, flooding and rising seas in nearly half of U.S. states. Grants through the program are designed to restore or expand coastal wetlands, dunes, reefs, mangroves and barrier islands that are […]
Northern California Braces For Fire Weather As Southland Expects Rain — Those Events Are Related
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by Paul DuginskiDangerous fire weather is returning to broad swaths of Northern California at the same time as Southern California is expecting its first winter storm of the season to produce widespread rain. And the two events are related. Red flag warnings sounding the alarm for fire weather for parts of the Bay Area and northern Sacramento […]
Is Rain Done In 2019? Is California In A Drought? What To Know As Weather Stays Dry
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by Michael McGoughIt’s been warmer than normal. It’s been drier than normal. For most of the region, it hasn’t rained more than a sprinkle or a brief thunderstorm here or there in about six months. Northern California weather has done a relatively quick 180 in 2019. Heavy rain coming via “atmospheric river” systems drenched the Sacramento Valley, […]
Cloud Seeding Not An Option For Drought-Ravaged Australia
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /7 NEWS Sydney (Sydney, Australia)by Kelly BurkeWhen torrential rains flooded downtown Dubai earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates’ zealous embrace of cloud seeding was blamed by some. So if cloud seeding can cause a desert to flood, why can’t Australia use the technology to break the drought? The answer is surprisingly simple. For cloud seeding to produce rain you need […]
Report: Native Americans Have Most Trouble Accessing Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KJZZ (Tempe, Arizona)by Laurel MoralesThe nearest water station for Darlene Yazzie is nine miles away at the Dennehotso Chapter House — or community center — in the Four Corners region of the Navajo Nation. On Tuesday, she counted her dimes and nickels to pay for water. It costs $1.10 plus gas money to fill up two 50-gallon barrels and […]
Opinion: Westlands Contract Shakes the Waterscape
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMatters (Sacramento, Calif.)by Dan WaltersCalifornia’s perpetual, uber-complex conflict over water progresses much like the tectonic plates that grind against one another beneath its surface. Periodically, as subterranean friction increases, there’s a sudden movement that we call an earthquake — sometimes imperceptibly small, but occasionally large enough to disrupt and endanger life at the surface.