A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River.
Climate change is making it a matter of time before a megaflood hits the state. The Santa Barbara police car blocked access to the bridge, lights flashing as the thundering, swollen brown river rampaged below. The water was running so high in this Southern California county that it gushed through the railings of the bridge, and poured […]
While this week’s atmospheric river drenched Southern California with record-breaking rainfall, some water managers were busy capturing some of that runoff to save for dry days ahead. Others were busy fending off an environmental disaster.
California is expected to receive more rainfall by Friday from an atmospheric river storm than what Lake Mead in Nevada—the largest reservoir in the U.S.—can hold, meteorologists have said, as the state continues to face the threat of flooding.
John Kennedy watched in frustration Tuesday as floodwaters pulsed through the Santa Ana River, past systems the Orange County, Calif., water manager uses to capture precious water and send it underground. For a second consecutive winter, rain is not just falling on once-parched California — it’s inundating the Golden State in record-setting volume, faster than it can […]
In Rural Utah, Concern Over Efforts To Use Colorado River Water To Extract Lithium
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Suman Naishadham & Brittany PetersonA plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River.
Climate Change Will Bring Megafloods To California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /BBCby Lucy SherriffClimate change is making it a matter of time before a megaflood hits the state. The Santa Barbara police car blocked access to the bridge, lights flashing as the thundering, swollen brown river rampaged below. The water was running so high in this Southern California county that it gushed through the railings of the bridge, and poured […]
LA County Captured Enough Rainfall This Week to Provide Water To 65,600 Residents For a Year
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Maddie Simmons /CNNby Stephanie ElamWhile this week’s atmospheric river drenched Southern California with record-breaking rainfall, some water managers were busy capturing some of that runoff to save for dry days ahead. Others were busy fending off an environmental disaster.
Bomb Cyclone To Dump More Water Than in Lake Mead on California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Newsweekby Aleks PhillipsCalifornia is expected to receive more rainfall by Friday from an atmospheric river storm than what Lake Mead in Nevada—the largest reservoir in the U.S.—can hold, meteorologists have said, as the state continues to face the threat of flooding.
US Drinking Water at Risk As Nitrogen Pollution in River Basins Increases
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Newsweekby Robyn WhiteDrinking water in the United States is at risk, scientists have said, as nitrogen pollution seems to be increasing.
Why Record Rain Hasn’t Washed Away California’s Water Woes
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Washington Postby Scott Dance and Sarah KaplanJohn Kennedy watched in frustration Tuesday as floodwaters pulsed through the Santa Ana River, past systems the Orange County, Calif., water manager uses to capture precious water and send it underground. For a second consecutive winter, rain is not just falling on once-parched California — it’s inundating the Golden State in record-setting volume, faster than it can […]