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Opinion: Newsom Should Kill Plan to Drain State Reservoirs

March 10, 2021/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Mercury News

On the tail end of the second dry winter in a row, with water almost certain to be in short supply this summer, California water officials are apparently planning to largely drain the equivalent of the state’s two largest reservoirs to satisfy the thirst of water-wasting farmers. Gov. Gavin Newsom must stop this irresponsible plan, which threatens the environmental health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the water supply for about one-third of the Bay Area residents. We should be saving water, not wasting it. Employing conservation measures now will lessen mandatory water restrictions in the event of a long-term drought.

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Report Calls For “Radical Changes” To Colorado River Management

March 10, 2021/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /KNAUby Melissa Sevigny

A recent report from Colorado River experts says it’s time for radical new management strategies to safeguard the Southwest’s water supplies. It’s meant to inform discussions on how to renegotiate certain parts of the Law of the River that will expire in 2026. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke about the report with Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University.

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Opinion: Newsom Right to Boost Huntington Beach Desalination Facility

March 10, 2021/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /The Orange County Register

Opponents of a proposed desalination facility along the Huntington Beach coastline are aghast that Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken steps to help end a years-long regulatory logjam. Although an environmentalist, the governor clearly recognizes the importance of developing new water sources to meet California’s needs. Privately funded facilities plants that turn saltwater into drinking water aren’t the only solution to California’s water shortages, but they are one solution. For instance, a similar plant in Carlsbad has the capacity to meet 9 percent of San Diego County’s water needs.

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Reclaimed Water Could Be the Solution to Farming in a Drier Future

March 1, 2021/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Yes Magazineby Cirrus Wood

On a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney is hip-deep in a half-acre of vegetables, at the nucleus of what will one day be 15 acres of productive farmland.

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More Than 25m Drink from the Worst US Water Systems, with Latinos Most Exposed

February 26, 2021/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Guardianby Emily Holden, Caty Enders, Niko Kommenda and Vivian Ho

Millions of people in the US are drinking water that fails to meet federal health standards, including by violating limits for dangerous contaminants. Latinos are disproportionately exposed, according to the Guardian’s review of more than 140,000 public water systems across the US and county-level demographic data. Water systems in counties that are 25% or more Latino are violating drinking water contamination rules at twice the rate of those in the rest of the country.

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Oxygen, Water, and Life Create Healthy Landscape Soil

February 4, 2021/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Network

Your landscaping soil needs three things to feed the billions of microbes within it to transform brick-hard, lifeless dirt into healthy, living soil sponges: oxygen, water, and life. Think OWL to remember these important, interconnected factors.

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Satellite Data, Teamwork Help Chart Future of Colorado River Basin

January 15, 2021/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Public News Service

The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the American West, but the viability of the massive river basin is being threatened by climate change. To plan future water use in the region — which includes Arizona — the Central Arizona Project is teaming up with NASA and Arizona State University, to evaluate how climate and land-use changes will affect patterns of hydrology.

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Opinion: Water Markets Critical to Managing Scarcity

January 6, 2021/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /OC Registerby Will Rinehart

As COVID started to spread, farmers and large cities in Southern California were hit with another blindside last March. Fires, drought, and the planting season drove up the price of California’s water market, over 220 percent in just three months. Crops failed and pastures were lost.

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Temperance Flat Dam Returns $171 Million to State. Still, Backers Swear It’s ‘Not Dead’

December 21, 2020/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Fresno Beeby Monica Vaughan and Danielle Bergstrom

Backers of a $3 billion project to construct the tallest dam in California swear the project isn’t dead, despite the Temperance Flat Reservoir Authority returning money and canceling applications. After it became clear that the reservoir project on the San Joaquin River west of Auberry would not reach upcoming deadlines for studies and funding, Temperance Flat Reservoir Authority declined $171 million designated by the California Water Commission and withdrew its application for additional funding, according to a resolution signed by the Authority on Oct. 30.

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Is Farming with Reclaimed Water the Solution to a Drier Future?

December 18, 2020/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Civil Eatsby Cirrus Wood

On a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney stands hip-deep in a half acre of vegetables, at the nucleus of what will one day be 15 acres of productive farmland.

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