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.
West Wrestles With Colorado River “Grand Bargain” As Changing Climate Depletes Water Governed By 1922 Compact
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Denver Postby Bruce FinleyRocky Mountain water managers worried about climate-driven depletion across the Colorado River Basin are mulling a “grand bargain” that would overhaul obligations among seven southwestern states for sharing the river’s water. This reflects rising concerns that dry times could turn disastrous. An enshrined legal right of California and lower-basin states to demand more Colorado River […]
California Drought: Looking To Australia For Answers To Water Woes
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Australian Broadcasting Corporationby Kristy O'BrienThe U.S. state of California is facing the biggest water reforms in its history after crippling drought exposed major failings in the water management behind the mighty food bowl.
California Lowers Reporting Level For Nonstick Chemicals (1)
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Bloomberg Environment (New York City, N.Y.)by Emily C. DooleyCalifornia’s main water agency lowered the level of “forever chemicals” detected in water that would trigger notification requirements. The updated State Water Resources Control Board guidelines change notification levels for two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, fluorinated chemicals that persist in the environment and have become ubiquitous in water supplies. Water agencies will have to notify […]
PUD Providing Water To Farmers For Drought Relief
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Skagit Valley Herald (Skagit Valley, Wash.)by Jacqueline AllisonThe Skagit Public Utility District is making water available to Skagit County farmers through the end of the month for emergency drought relief. PUD commissioners voted Aug. 8 to transfer some of its water rights to irrigation districts 15 and 22 in southwest Skagit County, allowing the districts to pump water from the Skagit River […]
California And National Drought Summary For August 20, 2019, 10 Day Weather Outlook, And California Drought Statistics
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Sierra Sun Times (Mariposa, Calif.)by Jessica Blunden and Richard HeimThe United States is in the thralls of summer, and with that can come heat, flash droughts, and occasional, if not frequent, thunderstorm activity. Several areas of the U.S. experienced extreme heat this past week, particularly notable across much of the South and in the East. Parts of western Texas and eastern New Mexico were […]
Microplastics In Drinking Water ‘Don’t Appear To Pose Health Risk,’ WHO Says
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /FOX 5 San DiegoThey may be in our oceans, rivers and ice but there’s little evidence to suggest that microplastics in the water we drink pose a risk to our health. In its first review on the health risks of plastic in tap and bottled water, the World Health Organization said that microplastics “don’t appear to pose a […]