The COVID-19 pandemic, we have been told, is transforming how we live, but one aspect of life in California appears immune to change: the state’s perennial war over water. President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom may have set aside their incessant squabbling over most issues to cooperate on the pandemic, but they are […]
Voluntary agreements in California have been touted as an innovative and flexible way to improve environmental conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the rivers that feed it. The goal is to provide river flows and habitat for fish while still allowing enough water to be diverted for farms and cities in a way that […]
California’s Central Valley — one of the richest agricultural regions in the world — is sinking. During a recent intense drought, from 2012 to 2016, parts of the valley sank as much as 60 centimeters per year. “It isn’t like an earthquake; it doesn’t happen, boom,” says Claudia Faunt, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological […]
Spring storms that included five consecutive days of soaking rain last week knocked out drought conditions in Southern California, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report.
A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts in the region in more than 1,200 years, a new study found. And about half of this historic drought can be blamed on man-made global warming, according to a study in Thursday’s journal Science. Scientists […]
WhatsApp Initiative Drives International COVID-19 Collaboration
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Water WorldInnovative use of communications technology driving global collaboration as over 140 water utilities and municipalities join Isle social media group.
Opinion: California Water War Re-ignited
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CalMattersby Dan WaltersThe COVID-19 pandemic, we have been told, is transforming how we live, but one aspect of life in California appears immune to change: the state’s perennial war over water. President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom may have set aside their incessant squabbling over most issues to cooperate on the pandemic, but they are […]
Framework for Agreements to Aid Health of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a Starting Point With An Uncertain End
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Western Water (Water Education Foundation, Sacramento)by Gary PitzerVoluntary agreements in California have been touted as an innovative and flexible way to improve environmental conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the rivers that feed it. The goal is to provide river flows and habitat for fish while still allowing enough water to be diverted for farms and cities in a way that […]
Droughts Exposed California’s Thirst for Groundwater. Now, the State Hopes to Refill its Aquifers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Science Magazine (American Association for the Advancement of Science) by Erik StokstadCalifornia’s Central Valley — one of the richest agricultural regions in the world — is sinking. During a recent intense drought, from 2012 to 2016, parts of the valley sank as much as 60 centimeters per year. “It isn’t like an earthquake; it doesn’t happen, boom,” says Claudia Faunt, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological […]
Wave of Spring Storms Wipes Out Drought in All of Southern California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /NBC 4 Los Angelesby Jonathan LloydSpring storms that included five consecutive days of soaking rain last week knocked out drought conditions in Southern California, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report.
Study: Warming Makes US West Megadrought Worst in Modern Age
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP Newsby Seth BorensteinA two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts in the region in more than 1,200 years, a new study found. And about half of this historic drought can be blamed on man-made global warming, according to a study in Thursday’s journal Science. Scientists […]