Opinion: Deal with the drought or just keep suing?
March 31, 2016 OC Register/ Riverside Press Enterprise A recent statewide public opinion survey found that Californians rank water supply and the drought as top concerns facing the state – above the economy, education, immigration and every other issue. We’ve responded by removing lawns and taking shorter showers – even praying for a robust El […]
Op-Ed: Stop delaying SB County water project: Guest commentary
San Bernardino Sun By Alex Artiaga, Paul Granillo and John Husing http://www.sbsun.com/opinion/20150515/stop-delaying-sb-county-water-project-guest-commentary 05/15/15 – In the midst of the deepening and historic California drought, one message is clear — we have no water to waste. Mandatory cutbacks of up to 36 percent have hit every corner of the state, and have impacted inland counties like […]
Editorial: State drier than we have to be
Water recovery project could ease drought. ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER March 10, 2014 Despite the recent heavy rain, California’s water situation remains dire. Data from the U.S. Drought Monitor, a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows that […]
Op-Ed: Buried Treasure in the Mojave – Water
http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/09/30/buried-treasure-in-the-mojave-water/ Flashreport.org, guest post by Laer Pearce Sep 30, 2013 One would think that if a huge underground lake existed less than 100 miles from Southern California water users who live continually on the edge of a water supply crisis, there would be a rush to get that water into Southern California’s water system. One […]
Op-Ed: Why a federal review makes no sense for Cadiz project
By Floyd E. Wicks San Bernardino Sun http://www.sbsun.com/opinions/ci_23807372/why-federal-review-makes-no-sense-cadiz-project August 7, 2013 – Despite last year’s approval of the Cadiz Valley Water Project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) — long considered the nation’s toughest environmental law — a handful of project opponents are now pushing for an expensive and time-consuming federal “do over.” Doing […]