A cross-section of city and county officials, farming and business interests joined together Wednesday at Fresno City Hall to support a multibillion-dollar water bond that's nearly twice as large as what Gov. Jerry Brown wants. The governor this week pledged support for a $6 billion water bond for November's ballot -- but no more --
New groundwater data and policy resource released by Stanford University’s Water in the West program, a project of the Woods Institute for the Environment and Bill Lane Center for the American West. http://waterinthewest.stanford.edu
The AP asked the 11 agencies or departments that use the most water how their consumption over the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2013. Only four could provide comprehensive data for water use in buildings they manage, in some cases taking several weeks to produce the information. Others pulled
The Department of Conservation's Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) this week announced steps to review the state's Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program in order to ensure it fully complies with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, designed to prevent waste water associated with oil production from being injected into aquifers
Seven Western states that rely on the Colorado River Basin for valuable water are drawing more heavily from groundwater supplies than previously believed, a new study finds, the latest indication that an historic drought is threatening the region’s future access to water. In the past nine years, the basin — which covers Wyoming, Colorado, Utah,
When a drought subsides, farming can always be brought back. That may not be true for ecosystems. Yet only five per cent of the original 750,000 acres of tidal delta wetlands remain. http://www.canada.com/life/California+farmers+panic+drought+worsens/10083315/story.html
A day after state water regulators voted to get tougher on water restrictions, the Los Angeles water police were out in force - that being one full-time water cop. Until he gets three more water enforcement deputies next month, Rick Silva has the herculean task of patrolling 500 square miles of illegally watered lawns, driveways
No state has done more than California to fight global warming. But a deepening drought could make that battle more difficult and more expensive. A prolonged dry spell, stretching on for years, would slash the amount of power flowing from the state's hydroelectric dams, already running low after three parched winters. The dams have, for
California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review more than 100 others in the state's drought-wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking water aquifers there. http://www.propublica.org/article/ca-halts-injection-fracking-waste-warning-may-be-contaminating-aquifers
Some of California’s largest agricultural water districts are facing a lawsuit that would force them to measure how much water farmers use. The 2009 law was designed to push the state’s biggest water users to conserve by closely monitoring their use. Then, the state’s agricultural water districts are supposed to charge the farmers, at least