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.
Officials: State Reservoirs Looking ‘Robust’
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Oroville Mercury - Registerby Brody FernandezThe Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced Thursday it will increase the 2019 State Water Project allocation to 75 percent from 70 percent. According to DWR officials, this will be the final allocation for the calendar year. The initial allocation in November 2018 was 10 percent. “This winter’s robust storms resulted in above average snowpack […]
Court Throws Out Federal Approval Of Cadiz Water Pipeline
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina BoxallA federal judge has struck down Trump administration decisions that cleared the way for Cadiz Inc. to build a water pipeline across public land in the California desert. The ruling is a blow to the company’s decades-long effort to pump groundwater from beneath its desert property 200 miles east of Los Angeles and sell it […]
How Is Climate Change Affecting Oceans? Check The Tide Pools
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage, Uncategorized /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Nick RahaimOn a sunny afternoon in mid-April, Professor Eric Sanford crouched in a tide pool off Bodega Bay and turned over algae-covered rocks in search of a chocolate porcelain crab, a dime-size crustacean with blue speckles. The creature has been spotted in small numbers around Bodega Bay for decades. But five years ago a severe marine […]
California Bill On PFAS Chemicals Advances, But In Watered Down Form
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Hannah HagemannA California Senate committee has voted in favor of a bill requiring that water providers notify their customers if they detect a class of chemicals called PFAS in drinking water. The Environmental Quality Committee passed AB 756 on Wednesday, 6-0. The bill now heads to the Appropriations Committee. If it passes there, the full Senate will vote […]
State Water Project Allocations Increase To 75 Percent
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Lake County News (Lakeport, Calif.)The California Department of Water Resources announced Thursday that it will increase the 2019 State Water Project allocation to 75 percent from 70 percent. This is the final allocation for the calendar year. The initial allocation in November 2018 was 10 percent. The 2019 allocation of 75 percent amounts to 3,145,105 acre-feet of water. “This winter’s robust […]
$30 Million Salton Sea Bill Passes U.S. House
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /KESQ (Thousand Palms, Calif.)by Sam Benson SmithThe United State House of Representative has passed H.R. 2740, an appropriations bill in support of a federal agreement to allot $30 million for projects which would address the environmental and health crisis at the Salton Sea. Included in the Bill is an amendment from Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D – Palm Desert) which would […]