Category Water

I lived in Los Angeles through two El Ninos and don’t recall anything like what just happened on the Grapevine and in the Antelope Valley where a deluge of rain caused unprecented mudflows, trapping hundreds of cars. The intensity of…

The abnormal and unusually persistent high pressure ridge off California that has blocked rainfall is gone, replaced by low pressure. This opens the door for El Nino storms to come barreling in. In addition the El Nino is now so…

Respected water wonk David Zetland details how California’s system of allocating water is broken, corrupt, routinely allocates more water than it has, and resembles a banana republic. Yes, there’s a drought. However an antiquated system of water law that is…

If an inland salt water lake 35 miles long and 15 miles wide dried up, releasing toxic dust and reeking odors for 100-150 miles around into highly populated and wealthy areas, then that would be apocalyptic. That’s exactly what will…

Southern Nevada uses 32 billion gallons less water than in 2000 despite having 500,000 more people. Nevada governor Sandoval says Nevada is the best in the nation at conservation. This is not an exaggeration. Israel is also a leader. Both…