According to the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), together the State Water Project (SWP) and the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) supply about half of the water needed for Orange County. According to scpr.org, Oroville Lake, created by Oroville Dam, is the largest reservoir in the SWP. It stores water collected over the rainy […]
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday unveiled a $437-million plan for shoring up some of California’s most pressing water and flood-control needs, saying the storms of January and February have made clear the state has substantial needs that have gone unmet for years. “We have our aging infrastructure and it’s maxed out,” Brown said during a […]
More than 80 percent of California is no longer in drought after a series of winter storms, including last week’s hourslong soaker in Southern California. About 17 percent of the state remains in drought, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report, the first since last Friday’s powerful storm. That’s a dramatic turnaround from one […]
Our recent torrential rains both here and throughout California bring the subject of drought to light. The most dramatic and publicized element of this recent deluge has been the Oroville Dam and Feather River catastrophes of the recent few weeks. I was fortunate in my Orange County Grand Jury term to spend a full day […]
Repairing The Oroville Dam Spillways Could Cost Southern California Plenty
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Orange County Breezeby Shelley HendersonAccording to the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), together the State Water Project (SWP) and the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) supply about half of the water needed for Orange County. According to scpr.org, Oroville Lake, created by Oroville Dam, is the largest reservoir in the SWP. It stores water collected over the rainy […]
Gov. Jerry Brown Proposes Speeding Up Water And Flood-Protection Projects After The Winter’s Big Storms
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby John MyersGov. Jerry Brown on Friday unveiled a $437-million plan for shoring up some of California’s most pressing water and flood-control needs, saying the storms of January and February have made clear the state has substantial needs that have gone unmet for years. “We have our aging infrastructure and it’s maxed out,” Brown said during a […]
Super-Soaking Storms Cut Severe Drought To 4 Percent Of California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC San Diegoby Jonathan LloydMore than 80 percent of California is no longer in drought after a series of winter storms, including last week’s hourslong soaker in Southern California. About 17 percent of the state remains in drought, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report, the first since last Friday’s powerful storm. That’s a dramatic turnaround from one […]
OPINON: Too Much Water? Where Do We Go From Here
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Clemente TimesOur recent torrential rains both here and throughout California bring the subject of drought to light. The most dramatic and publicized element of this recent deluge has been the Oroville Dam and Feather River catastrophes of the recent few weeks. I was fortunate in my Orange County Grand Jury term to spend a full day […]