Sacramento Bee: Sierra snowpack is huge and melting fast – what that means for spring flooding Capital Public Radio News: Water in California’s Snowpack Nearly Double Its Long-term Average Government Technology: California Officials Use Social Media Video to Support Oroville Dam legislation SFist: Flooding Predicted This Week As Record Sierra Snowpack Melts … KRCRTV.COM: Public raises concerns over safety of […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California mammoth snowstorms take toll on Sierra wildlife Sacramento Bee: Another giant California dam has downstream residents worried The Mercury News: California coast ocean level could rise 10 feet in 70 years KRQE News: California says oceans could rise higher than thought Press-Enterprise: Fix California’s dilapidated water system Delta Confluence: New report projects catastrophic sea-level rise on California coast […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Another Oroville Dam document is sealed – for now McClatchy Washington Bureau: The West has a tricky, expensive water problem – and even solving it is controversial Capital Public Radio News: California Senate Passes Bill That Would Boost Stormwater Capture … Government Technology: What Will It Take to Develop California’s Statewide Water Data … Scientific American: Rising Sea […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Despite drought’s end, conservation rules were still in place in California – until now Chico Enterprise Record: Oroville Dam: What experts found in DWR secret memos Oroville Mercury Register: Power industry consultant proposes dual design Oroville Dam spillway Chico Enterprise-Record: Experts review DWR secret memos The Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Mystery foam appears below damaged spillway Sierra Sun […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California Water Chief: Oroville Emergency Spillway Worked Sacramento Bee: Fixed before next big rains? Lawmakers quiz water officials on Oroville Dam repair FOX40: Months After Oroville Spillway Emergency, Lawmakers Aim to Prevent Similar Crisis Sacramento Bee: Oroville Dam secrecy helps further erode trust for big state projects CBS Sacramento: California Water Chief: Oroville Dam’s Emergency Spillway Worked Capital […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Water under Oroville spillway probably caused February collapse, consultants say Associated Press: State officials release reports on Oroville dam after criticism Sacramento Bee: Fixing Oroville Dam will cost hundreds of millions. Who should pay the bill? Sacramento Bee: State kept these Oroville Dam documents secret at first. Now they’ve … KRCRTV.COM: DWR, independent commissions working at “rapid […]
Continue ReadingThe Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Blasting to be used around damaged spillway Associated Press: Truckee River out of Lake Tahoe has strongest flows since 2006, prompting advisory Summit Daily News: Mountain Town News: Will Donner Pass set new record for … MyMotherLode.com: Water, Water, Water Sacramento Bee: Record snowpack makes for wild whitewater rafting on American River Vail Daily News: Why […]
Continue ReadingABC10: NASA says Sierra snowpack bigger than last four years combined Chico Enterprise Record: In wake of Oroville Dam spillway failure, yearly inspection bill proposed for all dams Capital Press: Congressman fends off criticism of USDA budget, Oroville Dam crisis News Deeply: Despite Wet Year, We Need Conservation Across Colorado Basin SFGate: Sierra mountain water returns to 800000 East Bay […]
Continue ReadingU.S. News & World Report: Documents Provide Play-By-Play of Dam Crisis Response The Science Times: Opening The Damaged Oroville Dam To Sustain Storm Water From Increasing California Storms Could Potentially Save Mor… Sacramento Bee: Expert performed autopsy on Oroville spillway collapse. Here’s what … KFSN-TV: Oroville Dam managers made missteps in handling crisis, AP reports Capital Press: Dam managers made missteps in handling crisis NBC Bay Area: California […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: State awards $275 million contract for Oroville Dam repairs Associated Press: Water flowing down damaged main spillway at Oroville Dam Ralph Vartabedian: Serious design, construction and maintenance defects doomed Oroville Dam, report says Valley Public Radio: California Farmers Say Rain Is A Good Thing, But Too Much Can Delay Planting, Harvest Water Deeply: Water Transfers: Crucial to Western […]
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