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Despite worsening drought conditions, urban areas of California have continued to ignore calls for conservation and increased water use in April by nearly 20%. Conservation data released this week by the State Water Resources Control Board showed the state’s 420 largest water suppliers increased water use in April by 17.6% compared to the same month...
As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to face mandatory water restrictions, one corner of Southern California has largely shielded itself from supply-related woes: San Diego County. For Western water planners, the path it took to get there serves either as a blueprint or a cautionary tale. Over the past three decades, San...
Los Angeles (CNN)As California battles a historic drought and a water crisis looms, the state's coastline protection agency is poised to vote Thursday on whether it will allow a $1.4 billion desalinization plant in Huntington Beach that would convert ocean water into municipal water for Orange County residents.Poseidon Water, which has been trying to build...
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. No matter the measure, water pinch hurts The April 1 article on the Sierra snowpack (“Officials prepare for dire readings,” Page A1) was good but propagates the misunderstanding that average precipitation or snowpack is the amount most likely to expect in...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and absent a heavy dose of April and May showers the state's drought will deepen and that could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season.New readings showed the water in California's mountain...
It’s a major source of California’s water supply and a vital habitat for fish, migratory birds and other species. But the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta watershed is also a fragile ecosystem in decline, with human demands for water taking a harsh toll on the environment. With a third year of severe drought straining...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As the pressure on California's water supply grows more intense this summer, another urban area could begin the process of producing their own. The California Coastal Commission is set to vote later this spring on what would be the state's second major coastal desalination plant in Huntington Beach, south of Los...
Already diminished by drought and extreme heat, California’s water supply will face yet another peril as wildfires continue to incinerate ever larger areas of forested land, according to new research. In a UCLA-led study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers determined that increasing forest fire activity is...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The water contained in California’s mountain snow is now lower than the historical average after a January without significant rain or snow. Snow totals updated Tuesday by the state Department of Water Resources show the amount of water in the Sierra Nevada mountain’s snowpack is at 92% of what’s normal for this date....
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Last month's wet winter storms led California officials on Thursday to announce they'll release more water than initially planned from state storage to local agencies that provide water for 27 million people and vast swaths of farmland.The Department of Water Resources now plans to give water districts 15% of what they've requested...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP/CBS13) — A wet and snowy December in California led state officials on Thursday to announce they’ll release more water than initially planned from state storage to local agencies that provide water for 27 million people and vast swaths of farmland. The Department of Water Resources now plans to give water districts 15%...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Last month’s wet winter storms led California officials on Thursday to announce they’ll release more water than initially planned from state storage to local agencies that provide water for 27 million people and vast swaths of farmland. The Department of Water Resources now plans to give water districts 15% of what they’ve...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- If it looks like something that could transport you into the future, in a sense it is. A spaceship-sized hoop suspended from a helicopter is actually part of an advanced water detection system. The information it's gathering, could help determine the future of California's water supply - and where we store...
California will soak up some much needed rain this week on the heels of a sobering decision from the state to drastically reduce water distribution to the Los Angeles area due to our ongoing drought.The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power generally receives 40% of its water from the State Water Project, which means...
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission members along with Mayor London N. Breed (D) on Tuesday declared a water shortage emergency. In a vote on Tuesday, the commission adopted a system-wide water reduction use of 10 percent, an announcement from the mayor's office said. To accomplish their goal, the group plans to ask city residents to...
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Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. SJSU change can’t stop with resignation I’m very troubled after reading about the resignation of San Jose State University President Mary Papazian. (“Amid turmoil, Papazian resigns,” Page A1, Oct. 8) Oftentimes, when the powerful are held accountable, we only see...
Bay Area residents need to get serious about meeting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request in July for Californians to voluntarily cut their water usage by 15%. The alternative won’t be pretty. It seems we forgot what the failure to conserve supplies can lead to during a prolonged drought. In 2015, then-Gov. Jerry Brown mandated that urban...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A major Southern California water agency has declared a water supply alert for the first time in seven years and is asking residents to voluntarily conserve. The Los Angeles Times reports that the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California took the step Tuesday, hoping to lessen the need...
Unlike other parts of the state, Southern California has avoided the worst of the drought-inspired water restrictions because of ample supplies. But that could be changing. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Tuesday issued a supply alert, calling on the region to conserve vital resources and prepare for continued drought. California Southern...
Just one day after U.S. officials declared the first-ever water shortage on the Colorado River, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California issued a water supply alert calling on the region to conserve vital resources and prepare for continued drought. The MWD supplies water to approximately 19 million people across six Southern California counties and...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The agency which oversees the vast majority of Southern California’s water supply is expected to ask residents Tuesday to voluntarily conserve amid a drought crisis that is gripping the state. Water pumped up from an underground well flows into a cistern on a farm in Fresno, Calif., on July 24, 2021....
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The agency which oversees the vast majority of Southern California’s water supply is expected to ask residents Tuesday to voluntarily conserve amid a drought crisis that is gripping the state. Water pumped up from an underground well flows into a cistern on a farm in Fresno, Calif., on July 24, 2021....
By Ximena Del Cerro | Bloomberg If you’ve eaten sushi anywhere in the U.S., chances are the rice came from California’s Sacramento Valley. Fritz Durst, a sixth-generation farmer, has grown the grain and other crops there for more than four decades. But this year, amid a historic drought, Durst is planting only half as many...
The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) announced an emergency order Tuesday to stop 86% of water rights holders in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed from pumping water, amid extreme drought. In a press release, the SWRCB said: With climate change-induced drought reducing water levels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to alarming lows, the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some farmers in one of the country’s most important agricultural regions will have to stop taking water out of major rivers and streams because of a severe drought that is threatening the drinking water supply for 25 million people, state regulators said Tuesday. The dried and cracked soil in an irrigation...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some farmers in one of the country’s most important agricultural regions will have to stop taking water out of major rivers and streams because of a severe drought that is threatening the drinking water supply for 25 million people, state regulators said Tuesday. The dried and cracked soil in an irrigation...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Some farmers in one of the country’s most important agricultural regions will have to stop taking water out of major rivers and streams because of a severe drought that is threatening the drinking water supply for 25 million people, state regulators said Tuesday. The Water Resources Control Board approved an emergency resolution...
Bay Area residents are just beginning to understand the gravity of the region’s water challenges. Ensuring a reliable source of water should be a major priority for California governors and state and local water officials. Instead of focusing on intensive efforts at water conservation and recycling, they have done next to nothing for the past...
FIREBAUGH Calif. (CBS News) — The American West was once seen as a place of endless possibilities: grand vistas, bountiful resources and cities that somehow grew out of deserts. Now, manifest destiny has become a manifest emergency. A scorching drought made worse by climate change is draining reservoirs at an alarming pace, fueling massive wildfires...
The drought is here, and agriculture is scrambling. Water regulators have cut the amount that can be taken from lakes, rivers and streams. Farmers who ordinarily get that water either have to forgo planting some of their fields, or pump water from the ground, or a combination of the two. Farmers dependent on wells are...
A hacker attempted to poison the water supply in California by stealing an employee's login information at a facility in the Bay Area and attempting to delete treatment programs, a new report has revealed. The suspect - who has not been identified or apprehended - launched his attack on the unspecified facility on January 15,...
THE Hoover Dam reservoir is facing its lowest water levels ever as an extreme drought ravages across the West Coast, underscoring the growing need for climate change-oriented measures. Lake Mead, the reservoir created after the newly-constructed Hoover Dam clogged the Colorado River in the 1930s, has dropped to unprecedented lows, falling to just over 1000...
In the latest, and possibly most severe evidence yet of California’s worsening drought, the federal government on Wednesday announced it will cut water deliveries to urban areas it serves by more than half, and completely to nothing for many farmers across the Central Valley. The move will result in mandatory water restrictions across Santa Clara...
(CNN)California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded a drought emergency Monday across most of the parched state, covering a vast stretch of the central and northern regions of the state as it endures its second major drought in less than a decade. The state of emergency covers about 30% of the state's population across 39 additional counties,...
OAKLAND (CBS SF/BCN) — The East Bay Municipal Utility District posted a request Wednesday for residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties to weigh in on updates to its water supply plan, which is updated every five years. The plan assesses water supplies against expected water needs for a 30-year planning horizon. As the state...
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) — Saturday marks the first day of astronomical spring and the outlook is grim for the western portion of the country, where drought conditions will persist. “Drier conditions in the Southwest U.S. associated with La Niña and the failed 2020 summer monsoon have been contributing factors to the development and intensification of...
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (KPIX 5) — The past week’s storm drenched the Bay Area, essentially doubling rainfall totals for this winter. But the impact on the Bay Area’s water supply depends on where you look and who you ask. The storm provided some much-needed water after a dry fall. While it was a good week,...
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (KPIX 5) — The past week’s storm drenched the Bay Area, essentially doubling rainfall totals for this winter. But the impact on the Bay Area’s water supply depends on where you look and who you ask. The storm provided some much-needed water after a dry fall. While it was a good week,...
This week’s big storm soaked the Bay Area. It brought blizzards of much-needed snow to the Sierra Nevada. It triggered evacuations in the Santa Cruz Mountains and wrecked Highway 1 in Big Sur. The soaking system — the region’s first atmospheric river storm of the winter — made an impressive dent in California’s very dry...
A Texas park is battling against a swarm of giant swamp rats that invaded the area in the past year. Wildlife experts called on the public this week not to feed the colony of swamp rats, otherwise known as nutrias, that are taking over Krauss Baker Park in Fort Worth. Local park authorities said the...
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