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SAN JACINTO VALLEY, California – The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians has spent decades waiting for the passage of a bill that would allow them to reclaim rights to water they accuse non-Indians of diverting since 1865. The bill has finally made it through Congress and is now on its way to the President’s desk, […]
An appeals court in California upheld the decision to bar ships passing through the Great Lakes from discharging ballast water on their way to or from the ocean, an article in Democrat and Chronicle announces. New York Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, said the “decision is a huge win in protecting New York state’s Great Lakes […]
CALIFORNIA – California’s second-largest storage reservoir will end this year with the lowest amount of water in more than 30 years, Department of Water Resources Director Lester Snow said Monday. Snow spoke at a congressional hearing on California’s drought in Fresno, where farmers, climate change experts and area politicians testified about the financial impacts wrought […]
SACRAMENTO, California-In response to a statewide drought, a couple experiences the politics of landscaping when they are fined for failing to water their lawn. Read more here. Source: The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON – Congressional testimony July 10 said that global warming is likely to increase pressure on existing water resources and cause extreme events such as floods and droughts, as well as a rise in sea-levels. During the congressional committee hearing, Heather Cooley, senior research associate at the Pacific Institute, described what to expect and how […]
MONTARA, California – Montara Mountain is famous for its ability to retain water above and below Highway 1, creating a waterlogged slide plane and the notorious road failures that gave the stretch of roadway its famous nickname. When workers attempted to stitch the sagging road together by drilling metal cables into the mountainside in 2006 […]
Profligate use hurts in unexpected places Quest for new supplies nationwide UPDATE: Please read our 2009 update on water problems in the US. Striking symbols of American engineering prowess, Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam stand in testimony to the U.S. spirit of growth and prosperity. But the 28.5 million acre feet Lake Mead is […]
In an interview with Circle of Blue, the Pacific Institute’s Dr. Peter Gleick discusses water resource challenges the U.S. faces in the near future. As co-founder and president of one of the nation’s leading water think tanks, Gleick served as an academician at the International Water Academy in Oslo, Norway in 1999 and was named […]
The extent of state shortages likely over the next decade under average water conditions. Scientists, researchers, and others warn that the U.S. is entering a new era of water scarcity. A General Accounting Office (GAO) report from 2003 has proven prophetic. The report projected that 36 states could face water shortages by 2013. Five years […]
In an interview with Circle of Blue, Tim Barnett discuses the falling levels in Lake Mead and the potential impact it could have on the American Southwest. Reviewing the reservoir’s state and outlook, he highlights the potential economic, environmental, and social impacts of declining water levels. Barnett is a research marine geophysicist in the Climate […]
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA – As water shortages begin to seriously threaten economic growth in places like California, new niches for the water quality industry are emerging. Small companies, like Puretec Industrial Water, are benefiting as both industries and municipalities are seeking cheaper and quicker methods to recycle and purify their water. Read more here. Source […]
With California in its first official drought since the early ’90s, state legislatures are being called upon to act in order to solve the state’s water crisis. From the Fresno Bee: A comprehensive approach — new surface storage (dams), increased underground storage (waterbanking and aquifer recharge) and more effective conservation efforts — still seems a […]
