February 14, 2008

Newsweek Magazine

Running Dry
Climate research says Lake Mead, in the Southwest, could be gone by 2021. How millions in southern California and neighboring states would be affected.
By: Jamie Reno

You need not go to the Middle East, North Africa or Southeast Asia, where there are already reported water shortages, to understand the value and scarcity of the life-giving liquid.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Short Takes: Report supports tougher rules to conserve water

SAN DIEGO: The city's water conservation program is far less aggressive than it should be, given the looming water shortages, the San Diego County grand jury said in a report issued yesterday.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Letters to the editor: Reduce our dependence on imported water

Where is the logic in this editorial? If our water policy ever considered fish in a meaningful way, the delta species wouldn't be endangered. To advocate another extinction is to ignore all the evidence that there must be some limits to growth.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Mayor drinks in Capitol water issues
By: Michael Gardner

SACRAMENTO -- Before becoming mayor of San Diego, Jerry Sanders never paid much attention to the water flowing from his faucet.

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North County Times

Sewer line in the works to run beneath river in Del Mar
Fairgrounds is planning $1M replacement of aging line
By: Adam Kaye

DEL MAR -- Plans to replace a sewer line beneath the San Dieguito River appear to have the support of the city of Del Mar and planners of a wetlands restoration project upstream.

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North County Times

Opinion: Rocky water future ahead
Our view: Latest report on dwindling supplies is cause for concern, not alarm

Tuesday's report from two Scripps Institute of Oceanography researchers saying that there is a 50 percent chance that Lake Mead and Lake Powell, two massive reservoirs along the Colorado River, will run dry by 2021 is a much-needed reminder that our way of life depends on environmental factors taking place thousands of miles away.

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San Diego Daily Transcript

BioShaft Water Technology announces license agreement

BioShaft Water Technology Inc. (OTCBB: BSHF) has entered into a license agreement with FPS International based in the state of Kuwait.

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Riverside Press Enterprise

Water agency adopts drought plan for Southern California
By: Jennifer Bowles

A new drought plan that spells out how a reduction in water supplies would be divvied up among many Southern California cities and agencies likely will not take effect this year, but some Inland agencies are shoring up contingency plans, just in case.

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Los Angeles Times

L.A. mayor tours restored Lower Owens River; Antonio Villaraigosa touts the city's diverting water back to the waterway, which had been sucked dry by the aqueduct in 1913
By: Louis Sahagun

INDEPENDENCE, CALIF. -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa toured the Lower Owens River by paddle-power Wednesday, leading half a dozen canoes and drift boats along a mile-long stretch of the rehabilitated waterway east of the High Sierra.

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The Santa Clara (Santa Clara University)

Smelt key to a thriving ecosystem
By: Ann Thomas

Why should you care if a six centimeter-long fish in the Delta is now listed as threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act?

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Tracy Press

Water rising to unpopular levels
Second Thoughts: Keeping enough of the wet stuff flowing through the Delta is everyone's problem.
By: Jon Mendelson

If you’re worried about a flood — or the possibility of paying mandatory flood insurance — be thankful if you call Tracy home.

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San Francisco Chronicle

It will continue to be a winter wonderland for skiers
By: Tom Stienstra

At mid-winter, the water watch in Northern California portends good things for skiing and snowboarding for the rest of winter, as well as for lake-based recreation in spring and summer.

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Stockton Record

Canal dam could help thousands avoid flood insurance
By: Alex Breitler

STOCKTON - A dam propped up by a row of giant air cushions could be built at the mouth of Smith Canal as part of a strategy to avert mandatory flood insurance for thousands of homeowners.

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Editorial: Lake Mead dry as a bone?
Despite doomsday predictions, it's unlikely to happen

For the better part of the past decade, the region's water authorities have attempted to manage the twin challenges of record drought and demand along the Colorado River.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Water study
Are Lake Mead, Powell at risk of drying up by 2021?
By: Patty Henetz

Lake Mead has a good chance of drying up by 2021 if water officials don't change the way they manage the Colorado River, researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have concluded.

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Denver Post

Dry-winter forecasts miss mark
By: Katy Human

Dry-winter forecasts were flat wrong this year for much of Colorado and the Southwest, and weather experts say they're struggling to understand why the snow just keeps falling.

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US News & World Report

Fears Over Fluoride
Kids can get too much, but too little is more likely
By: Katherine Leitzell

When government scientists reported last spring that rates of childhood tooth decay had risen slightly over the past two decades, some dental professionals proposed a possible explanation: Those children might not be getting enough fluoride, a chemical that binds to tooth enamel and makes it resistant to decay.

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Associated Press

Study: Key Western Reservoirs in Danger
By: Amanda Lee Myers

PHOENIX — Climate change and a growing demand for water could drain two of the nation's largest manmade reservoirs within 13 years, depriving several Southwestern states of key water sources, scientists warn.

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Google News

Water Conservation Can Help Fight Climate Change While Stretching Limited Supplies
Lake Mead, Powell at risk of drying up
Comment By: Ronnie Cohen, Senior Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

I'm a water policy expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Water conservation is not usually considered a sexy issue, but it's something we all should think about as we start to see the effects of drought and global warming.

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