An ambitious plan to build the largest new reservoir in California in 40 years to supply water to homes and businesses from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, along with Central Valley farmers, is being scaled back considerably amid questions about its $5 billion price tag and how much water it can deliver. Sites Reservoir […]
Come spring, the American West’s vast water reservoirs are supposed to fill with melting snow. However this year, as in recent years, the large reservoirs of Lake Mead and Lake Powell in the Colorado River basin have seen declining water levels — an ominous trend that a new study warns could signal a looming megadrought.
An unprecedented and fledgling statewide effort to shore up hundreds of struggling drinking water systems could face intense pressure from the novel coronavirus pandemic as the program is rolled out in coming months. For almost a year now, the California Water Resources Control Board has been working to craft the program, and on Tuesday it […]
Life has been different around Boston for weeks during the coronavirus pandemic, and you can see one way it’s changed entire communities in an essential resource: the water supply. Water use has dropped nearly 6% across the region during the past eight weeks, during the governor’s stay-at-home order, according to figures compiled this week by […]
San Diego County Water Authority identified the need to rehabilitate sections of the pipeline while executing its strategy to make major investments in the region’s water delivery system.
On Monday, California fire officials gathered to launch the state’s annual Wildfire Preparedness Week. The message they delivered was clear: Summer 2020 would not mimic summer 2019, when wildfires mostly remained small and manageable into August.
Massive Northern California Reservoir Project Scaled Back to Reduce Costs
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury Newsby Paul RogersAn ambitious plan to build the largest new reservoir in California in 40 years to supply water to homes and businesses from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, along with Central Valley farmers, is being scaled back considerably amid questions about its $5 billion price tag and how much water it can deliver. Sites Reservoir […]
Megadrought ‘Unprecedented In Human History’ Likely the New Normal Across the West
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /CBS News San Franciscoby John BlackstoneCome spring, the American West’s vast water reservoirs are supposed to fill with melting snow. However this year, as in recent years, the large reservoirs of Lake Mead and Lake Powell in the Colorado River basin have seen declining water levels — an ominous trend that a new study warns could signal a looming megadrought.
Pandemic Could Complicate Efforts to Upgrade State Drinking Water Systems
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /SF Gate/Bay City News Foundationby Kiley RussellAn unprecedented and fledgling statewide effort to shore up hundreds of struggling drinking water systems could face intense pressure from the novel coronavirus pandemic as the program is rolled out in coming months. For almost a year now, the California Water Resources Control Board has been working to craft the program, and on Tuesday it […]
With People Staying Home, Water Use Has Changed Dramatically Around Boston
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /NBC 10 Bostonby Alec GreaneyLife has been different around Boston for weeks during the coronavirus pandemic, and you can see one way it’s changed entire communities in an essential resource: the water supply. Water use has dropped nearly 6% across the region during the past eight weeks, during the governor’s stay-at-home order, according to figures compiled this week by […]
Fyfe Company System Rehabs Water Pipeline
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Trenchless InternationalSan Diego County Water Authority identified the need to rehabilitate sections of the pipeline while executing its strategy to make major investments in the region’s water delivery system.
California’s Mountain Snow Cover is Vanishing a Month Early, in a Worrying Setup for Fire Season
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Washington Postby Diana LeonardOn Monday, California fire officials gathered to launch the state’s annual Wildfire Preparedness Week. The message they delivered was clear: Summer 2020 would not mimic summer 2019, when wildfires mostly remained small and manageable into August.