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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
As Salton Sea Shrinks, Experts Fear Far-Reaching Health Consequences
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /YubaNetIn the string of small farm towns that stretches south from California’s Salton Sea toward the border with Mexico, pretty much everyone knows someone with asthma. As many as three of every 10 people report having the disease in places like Brawley, Calipatria and Westmorland — compared with about one of 10 in California as […]
How To Save The Colorado River From Climate Change And Chronic Overuse
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Timeby Lucas IsakowitzPaul Kehmeier is a fourth-generation farmer from western Colorado. One hundred and twenty years ago, his great grandfather Wilhelm Kehmeier bought land in Delta County, dug an irrigation ditch to bring water from a nearby stream, and got to work planting. The Kehmeier family has been farming on the same land ever since, growing alfalfa, […]
Who governs California’s drinking water systems?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /California WaterBlog by Kristin Dobbin and Amanda FenclA key feature of California’s drinking water system is the large number of individual water systems. There are approximately 3,000 Community Water Systems (CWSs) in the state, meaning systems that serve a residential population year-round (the remaining 5,000 of the state’s 8,000 Public Water Systems are non-community systems serve places like schools, daycare, hospitals, campgrounds, or businesses […]
Controversial Water Legislation Heads To Calif. Assembly Floor
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The San Jouquin Valley SunSenate Bill 1, a highly controversial piece of water legislation, is headed to the floor of the California State Assembly in the coming weeks after clearing the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Friday. The bill, penned by Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D–San Diego) would tie California’s air quality and water laws to the Federal […]
Jury Awards Atwater $63 Million In Groundwater Pollution Suit Against Oil Giant Shell
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Merced Sun - StarA jury has ordered Shell Oil Company to pay the City of Atwater a total of $63 million in damages in a groundwater pollution suit. The decision, reached Friday after a four-month trial in Merced County Superior Court, awarded Atwater $53 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages, according to a news […]
State Of California Proposes Plan For Delta Levees
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Brentwood Press (Brentwood, Calif.)by Tony KukulichLast week, the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) held a public hearing to review proposed changes to how spending decisions on the maintenance of Delta levees are made, and the plan — known as the Delta Levee Investment Strategy (DLIS) — has drawn criticism from several sources. Among the criticisms leveled at the DLIS is a […]