Category Water

Water geeks are closely watching Lake Mead water levels. If the lake drops below 1075 feet, it triggers a mandatory shortage declaration, which would lead to all sorts of nasty consequences, cause serious water conflicts, plus much gnashing of teeth.…

A California judge says the State Water Resources Control Board cannot impose water reductions on local water agencies. The state will unquestionably try to route around this temporary restraining order by re-writing their curtailment orders. The State of California may…

Several water districts in the California Central Valley, as usual, stored water in the San Luis Reservoir, assuming they could swap that water for water coming from the Delta-Mendota Canal this summer. However, this year, because of the drought, there…

Mountain House CA, a planned community of 12,000, had ample warning in 1994 it should have a backup water supply and ignored it. Today, its sole source of water has been shut off by California due to the drought and…

The Water Knife. Ripped from tomorrow’s headlines! In a near-future when water wars are more than legal and political, screw with Las Vegas water and you will get killed, The opening scene involves the general counsel for the Southern Nevada…