Weather
From: Mark Grossi, Fresno
Beehive
Making a bet about a wet or dry
winter this year? Don't look for El Nino or La Nina to give you an edge. It's
looking like La Nada so far.
If you don't know, El Nino and La
Nina are all about the shallow water temperature in the Pacific Ocean around
the equator. Nino means warmer than usual - an indication California might have
a wet winter. Nina means cooler - a hint that it might be dry.
Groundwater
From: Ian James, Desert Sun
The Coachella Valley's top water
managers on Monday defended their efforts to combat declines in groundwater
levels, saying they have made progress in confronting a complicated problem and
plan to take additional steps to keep water levels in the aquifer from falling
further.
Responding to The Desert Sun's
investigation of long-term declines in the aquifer, officials said that one of
their goals is to press for the completion of water tunnels in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to bring more reliable supplies flowing to
Southern California.
From: Jim Johnson, Monterey
County Herald
A deal may soon be in the works
that would send agricultural wash water and stormwater runoff from Salinas to a
recycled water project for the Monterey Peninsula.
At its meeting tonight, the
Salinas City Council is scheduled to consider starting negotiations with
Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency to send the ag wash and
stormwater runoff to the agency for use in the agency's proposed groundwater
replenishment project. The meeting begins at 4 p.m. in the City Hall Rotunda.
Colorado
River
From: Editorial Staff,
Imperial Valley Press
A letter from a Nevada water
agency questioning and criticizing the Imperial Irrigation District's use of
some of its Colorado River entitlement water has been making the rounds
recently. And as is often the case when these notes of interest emanate from
the Silver State, they are among the most suspect and vile.
The district has many frenemies
from all sides when it comes to how it uses and what it uses its water on,
which in fact is the largest allotted draw on the river based on history among
the seven basin states and their many water agencies. So, criticism is nothing
new.
Meetings
From: Staff, Redding Record
Searchlight
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is
holding a public hearing tonight to take comment on a report that looks at the
effects of raising the height of Shasta Dam up to 181/2 feet.
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