Drought

The question of the day for Californians is whether the state’s five-year drought is over.  Clearly it depends on who you talk with, but most water authorities say that in spite of an El Nino storm system in Northern California this year, overall the California drought persists. On Wednesday Frank …

Almarai, the largest dairy company in Saudi Arabia, has purchased 1,790 acres of land in California’s Palo Verde Valley to grow the water-intensive alfalfa it needs to feed its cows. Almarai paid $31.5 million for the land earlier this year, in an area which enjoys “first dibs” on water from …

Seven Water Quality Improvement Plans in San Diego County have been formally accepted by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board (San Diego Water Board). The Water Quality Improvement Plans are mandated under the Regional Municipal Separate Storm Water Sewer System Permit (Regional MS4 Permit), which regulates storm water discharges …

Tuesday’s White House Water Summit was the venue for announcing corporate promises to help support water research and development, hastened in part by the drought in the Western states as well as the Flint, Michigan lead-poisoned water scandal. San Francisco-based Ultra Capital will invest $1.5 billion in decentralized “water management …

Flood Control Safety Mandates in Effect With El Nino making a significant showing in Northern California so far this calendar year, the state’s two largest reservoirs have begun releasing water to maintain flood-control safety. The most current data on Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta reservoirs are shown to be at levels unseen …

An international observance to learn more about water March 22 was the observance of World Water Day and was a day to celebrate water. In 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly designated March 22 as the first World Water Day. It is an international observance and an opportunity to …