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Officials Hope A New Treatment Plant Will Help Fix This Small Sacramento County Town’s Drinking Water Issues
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /ABC10by Carlos HerreraUnsafe drinking water is common in Northern Californian cities. So common, in fact, that Governor Gavin Newsom called it a crisis during his State of the State address in February. That’s why water officials in Sacramento County are taking steps to solve the problem for residents of Hood, a small town located 20 miles south […]
Mysterious Freshwater Reservoir Found Hidden Beneath The Ocean
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Fox Newsby Christopher CarboneScientists have found a gigantic freshwater aquifer hidden deep below the ocean. The surprising discovery, from a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the northeast U.S. coast by researchers from Columbia University, appears to to be the largest formation of this type anywhere in the world — stretching from Massachusetts to New Jersey and extending […]
Sustaining Integrated Portfolios For Managing Water In California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /California Water Blogby Jay LundRecently Governor Newsom issued a call for a state portfolio of actions to manage water under rapidly changing climate and other conditions. Portfolio approaches attempt to integrate and balance a variety of actions (supply and demand management, surface water and aquifers) for single purposes (water supply, floods, safe drinking water) and often for multiple benefits, involving multiple […]
Can Utah’s Water Supply Keep Up With Its Booming Population?
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Desert News (Utah)by Kim BojorquezWill Utah’s water supply catch up with the state’s rising population, expected to double by 2065? It was one of the several questions posed at Utah State University’s Research Landscapes series focused on Utah’s waterscapes. The event Tuesday at the O.C. Tanner headquarters in Salt Lake City attracted a mix of state and local government […]
‘Centers Of Insurrection’: Central Valley Farmers Reckon With Climate Change
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Mark ShapiroOn an average day on the Burroughs farm outside of Denair, about an hour’s drive southeast of Modesto, you might witness the surprising sight of cows wandering amidst the almond trees. Chickens might peck their way by. And most definitely there will be plenty of free-spirited birds and bees and insects flickering across the scene, […]
Invasive Mussel Threatens Lake Powell Pipeline Project
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP NewsAn invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah’s push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to fast-growing areas. The Army Corps of Engineers has asked the state to provide a plan on how it will prevent the pipeline from transporting quagga mussels […]