Rivers are vital. Like life-giving arteries, they deliver water for drinking and irrigation and fertile soil for vineyards and farms. They support watersheds teeming with life. But humans are hard on rivers. We crowd their banks, dump waste in them and take out water, fish and other resources. In the process, waterways often end up […]
The Trump administration has carried out a major rewrite of a key environmental rule, significantly tightening the definition of which bodies of water are subject to federal regulation under the Clean Water Act, and which are not. The rule, governing what the statute calls “waters of the United States,” (WOTUS) is important to the construction […]
The Trump administration on Thursday revealed an overhaul of the Clean Water Act that could remove federal protections for waterways around the country, including as many as two-thirds of those in California. The arid West, where intermittent rainfall often flows through arroyos and washes, could be especially impacted by the rollback of federal jurisdiction, as […]
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — A new project at UC Merced is focusing on irrigation water. The work could have a significant impact on the crops that are grown throughout the Central Valley. “We’re trying to take two problems and come up with one solution out of the two of them. We have an excess of […]
On par with mission architecture or cattle ranching is another consequential relic of Spanish colonialism in California: the idea that water pumped from underground belongs to whoever owns the land above. In the Central Valley, a major danger of unregulated pumping has been a drooping of the surface at a rate of one foot a […]
The police won’t come knocking for Californians who shower and do laundry on the same day, despite what some social media users would have you believe. An old hoax about California’s water conservation laws recently resurfaced after a guest on a Los Angeles TV station shared misinformation on air.
Russian Riverkeeper Works to Protect, Restore Russian River
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Press Democratby Stephen NettRivers are vital. Like life-giving arteries, they deliver water for drinking and irrigation and fertile soil for vineyards and farms. They support watersheds teeming with life. But humans are hard on rivers. We crowd their banks, dump waste in them and take out water, fish and other resources. In the process, waterways often end up […]
New EPA-Corps Rule Narrows Federal Clean-Water Jurisdiction
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Engineering News-Recordby Tom IchniowskiThe Trump administration has carried out a major rewrite of a key environmental rule, significantly tightening the definition of which bodies of water are subject to federal regulation under the Clean Water Act, and which are not. The rule, governing what the statute calls “waters of the United States,” (WOTUS) is important to the construction […]
Trump Administration Unveils New Clean Water Act Rules. California Could See Big Impact
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.)by Mark OlaldeThe Trump administration on Thursday revealed an overhaul of the Clean Water Act that could remove federal protections for waterways around the country, including as many as two-thirds of those in California. The arid West, where intermittent rainfall often flows through arroyos and washes, could be especially impacted by the rollback of federal jurisdiction, as […]
UC Merced Researchers Working on Innovative Way to Desalinate Ag Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ABC 30 News/KFSN (Fresno, Calif.)by Sara SandrikMERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — A new project at UC Merced is focusing on irrigation water. The work could have a significant impact on the crops that are grown throughout the Central Valley. “We’re trying to take two problems and come up with one solution out of the two of them. We have an excess of […]
Desalination Emerges as a Possible Solution for Another Monterey County Water Challenge
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Monterey County Weeklyby Asaf ShalevOn par with mission architecture or cattle ranching is another consequential relic of Spanish colonialism in California: the idea that water pumped from underground belongs to whoever owns the land above. In the Central Valley, a major danger of unregulated pumping has been a drooping of the surface at a rate of one foot a […]
Don’t Fall for This Old Hoax About Showering and Doing Laundry in California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /PolitiFact (Washington)by Bill McCarthyThe police won’t come knocking for Californians who shower and do laundry on the same day, despite what some social media users would have you believe. An old hoax about California’s water conservation laws recently resurfaced after a guest on a Los Angeles TV station shared misinformation on air.