Category Water

The California Department of Water Resources predicts continuing dryness in California with some improvement in Colorado River water. Lake Mead, which stores Colorado River water, is 47% full, and needs all the water it can get. Seven states and Mexico…

Water infrastructures, including crucial canals, are being damaged in California’s San Joaquin Valley due to excessive underground water pumping. In some areas, land is dropping nearly one foot a year and is reducing the flow of water in two lifeline…

Drought is causing water levels to drop in Lake Mead, where Las Vegas and surrounding areas get 90% of their water. There are two intakes in the Lake. One could go dry. That’s why this third intake, which will be…

Hoo boy, this unfortunately demonstrates the severity of California Central Valley water problems. Wells are going dry at an alarming rate. Farmers need to drill new wells and don’t want restrictions. But the water just isn’t there. Before you sneer…

Permits for the Huntington Beach CA desalination plant have been tabled until Poseidon Water, the company seeking approval, does feasibility studies on subsurface intakes for the water.  A LA Times op-ed says desal is expensive and has serious environmental problems. Ocean…