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United States May Soon Import Water From Mexico
Pretty soon, “don’t drink the water” might go the way of the dodo. States in the southwest are now looking toward our friends to the south to provide water for all manner of daily uses. Four US water districts are helping plan one of two enormous water desalination complexes in the Mexican town of Playa [...]
Continue reading...Local Santa Clarita Well Reserves Grow Gradually, But Steadily
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Santa Clarita’s wells are the tortoise to Northern California’s hare in the aftermath of the state’s recent drought; while they are not refilling as rapidly as their northern counterparts, Santa Clarita wells are showing steady rates of replenishment, according to the Santa Clarita Water Division’s latest water supply data, released Monday. To illustrate the recovery, [...]
Continue reading...Gov. Brown Declares California Drought is Over
Monday, April 4, 2011
After two soaked winters in a row, Jerry Brown, California Governor, declared on March 29th the end of California’s 3-year drought, although water resource officials will remain vigilant in conservation measures. The end to the drought was recognized after optimistic snowpack readings provided by the California Department of Water Resources. Officials anticipate further data will [...]
Continue reading...Beyond Weather: Southland’s Water Challenges (Pasadena Star-News)
Friday, July 2, 2010
AN above-average rain year throughout California has prompted some very understandable questions about whether the dry cycle is over and whether much of our water problem has thus washed away. The healthier rain totals this season do mean that the short-term water management picture is not getting worse. But it will take more than snow [...]
Continue reading...Department of Water Resources Raises 2010 Water Delivery Projection
Monday, April 26, 2010
Citing April’s wintry Sierra storms, the California Department of Water Resources on Friday increased its 2010 allocation of State Water Project deliveries to 30 percent. “The spring storms have been good to California’s snowpack, allowing us to increase our water deliveries to communities, farms and businesses this year,” says DWR Director Mark Cowin. “Still, three [...]
Continue reading...A Truce in California’s Water Wars (SF Chronicle)
Monday, March 1, 2010
A mighty turn of the federal faucet has ended the latest chapter in California’s water wars. A wet winter that’s filling rivers and reservoirs will let Washington dole out extra supplies for cities, farms and wildlife and cap a political rebellion in the San Joaquin Valley. The outcome is clearly welcome. After three dry years, [...]
Continue reading...Big California snowpack no panacea for water users (San Jose Mercury News)
Friday, February 5, 2010
SACRAMENTO— Winter storms have bolstered the Sierra snowpack and started to replenish California’s water supply, but officials said today that may not mean much for farms and cities. The state Department of Water Resources reported the snowpack was holding about 115 percent of its usual water content for this time of year. That marked a [...]
Continue reading...Is California’s drought ending? It’s too soon to say (LA Times)
Monday, January 25, 2010
It’s too early to know if California’s three-year drought is ending, but the train of storms that plowed into California last week pushed the critical mountain snowpack to slightly above normal levels and sent water rushing into half-empty reservoirs. At his office at Shasta Dam north of Redding, Brian Person watched the biggest reservoir in [...]
Continue reading...Researchers achieve major breakthrough with water desalination system
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
UCLA Engineering’s new M3 helps cut costs, time in producing clean water Concern over access to clean water is no longer just an issue for the developing world, as California faces its worst drought in recorded history. According to state’s Department of Water Resources, supplies in major reservoirs and many groundwater basins are well below [...]
Continue reading...California Declares Drought Emergency
Monday, March 2, 2009
By Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday declared a state emergency due to drought and said he would consider mandatory water rationing in the face of nearly $3 billion in economic losses from below-normal rainfall this year. As many as 95,000 agricultural jobs will be lost, communities will be [...]
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Monday, October 24, 2011
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