The drought panic is over – at least that’s what one water agency is declaring. On Monday, the board of directors for water wholesaler Municipal Water District of Orange County voted unanimously to declare an end to emergency drought conditions in Orange County and requested the state do the same. The move comes days after […]
The first of two rainstorms to hit Southern California this week arrived before sunrise Monday, dropping more than an inch of rain in Ventura County and triggering concerns of mud flows in the city of Duarte. The storm is expected to let up this afternoon, said National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Bruno, but a second […]
State water managers poked rods into drifts as high as tree branches to measure the snowpack. They found far more snow than at the height of California’s more than five-year drought, when the measurement was done in almost-bare mountain meadows. “The winter storms across California are a welcome relief from five years of record low […]
Water, the lifeblood of California, will be where the state experiences the most severe impacts of climate change. Unfortunately, most water agencies have yet to adjust to this “new normal” and are operating on outmoded assumptions and practices that place the state at risk of water shortages and worse. And while the recent rains may […]
Municipal Water District Of Orange County Wants To Take ‘Emergency’ Out Of Drought
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby Lauren WilliamsThe drought panic is over – at least that’s what one water agency is declaring. On Monday, the board of directors for water wholesaler Municipal Water District of Orange County voted unanimously to declare an end to emergency drought conditions in Orange County and requested the state do the same. The move comes days after […]
Rain in Southern California Triggers Flood Advisory, Concerns Of Mud Flows In Foothills
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Joseph SernaThe first of two rainstorms to hit Southern California this week arrived before sunrise Monday, dropping more than an inch of rain in Ventura County and triggering concerns of mud flows in the city of Duarte. The storm is expected to let up this afternoon, said National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Bruno, but a second […]
California Drought Ends, But Controlling Santa Monica Refuses to End Restrictions
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Santa Monica ObserverState water managers poked rods into drifts as high as tree branches to measure the snowpack. They found far more snow than at the height of California’s more than five-year drought, when the measurement was done in almost-bare mountain meadows. “The winter storms across California are a welcome relief from five years of record low […]
OPINION: In California, Scarcer Water Will Mean Deeper Trouble
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Press-Telegram (Long Beach)by Alex HallWater, the lifeblood of California, will be where the state experiences the most severe impacts of climate change. Unfortunately, most water agencies have yet to adjust to this “new normal” and are operating on outmoded assumptions and practices that place the state at risk of water shortages and worse. And while the recent rains may […]