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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.
Climate Change Making Stronger El Ninos, Study Finds
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ABC Newsby Seth BorensteinClimate change is making stronger El Ninos, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new study finds. Scientists examined 33 El Ninos — natural warming of equatorial Pacific that triggers weather extremes across the globe — since 1901. They found since the 1970s, El Ninos have been forming farther to […]
Central Valley Water Board Plan to Reduce Nitrate Contamination in Groundwater Gets Approval
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /California Water News Dailyby California Water News DailyHelp is on the way, both immediate and long-term, for the nitrate and salt contamination of groundwater basins and surface water in the Central Valley. Although the long-term resolution may be a multi-year process, stakeholders have developed a plan to address one of the region’s most challenging water quality problems. After more than 13 years […]
Millions of People Are Running Out of Water – How Desalination Plants Are Trying To Fix That
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CNBCby Adam IsaakToday, one out of three people don’t have access to safe drinking water. One reason is that 96.5% of that water is found in our oceans. It’s saturated with salt, and undrinkable. Most of the freshwater is locked away in glaciers or deep underground. Less than 1% of it is available to us. Desalination is […]
California’s Delta Smelt Are Dying: How This Affects The State’s Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ABC 10by Tyler HorstThe Delta smelt is such a small and translucent fish that it often disappears from view when it swims in the turbid waters of its home in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. However, it’s also been disappearing from the Delta entirely. “The Delta smelt has gone from being one of the more abundant fish in the […]
To Fund Water Plan, Colorado Lawmakers Want To Gamble On Sports Betting
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KRCCby Luke RunyonMusic is blaring and grills are firing up at a parking lot awash in navy blue and orange outside Empower Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver. Todd Endicott of Lafayette stands outside an ambulance turned Broncos fan-mobile. He outfitted this orange and blue rig for tailgates. It’s plastered in life-size stickers of players, and […]
Lake Mendocino Gets More Water Under New Dam Operating Rules
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Argus CourierLake Mendocino made it through a typically long, hot summer with an abundance of water and now, thanks to an ongoing experiment with high-tech weather forecasting, the reservoir can retain more water through the winter, benefiting people, fish and farmers along the Russian River. A dollop of spring rain pumped up the 3-square-mile reservoir near […]