Western water news roundup for San Diego: May 29, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/29/western-water-news-roundup-for-san-diego-may-29-2026/

#water #cawater #westwater

I've seen a few reports that managing California's large reservoir levels is becoming even more challenging with changing precipitation patterns, which brings to mind an old blog post:

California's water storage dilemma
https://groksurf.com/2010/08/09/californias-water-storage-dilemma/

#cawater #water

Roundup of western water news for San Diego: May 22, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/22/roundup-of-western-water-news-for-san-diego-may-22-2026/

#water #cawater #westwater

Roundup of western water news for San Diego: May 15, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/15/roundup-of-western-water-news-for-san-diego-may-15-2026/

#cawater #westwater #water

“The Indian Wells Valley groundwater basin is formally designated as critically over drafted. Current pumping is 20,840 acre-feet per year against the reported sustainable yield of only 7,650,” Slayton wrote in the letter. “A facility of this size, using evaporative cooling in desert conditions, can consume roughly 500,000 gallons of water per day close to 8 percent of the basin’s entire sustainable annual yield, used by a single facility every day.”

#CAwater

https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/pressures-already-on-an-unsustainable-system-ridgecrest-inyokern-residents-voice-concern-over-possible-data-center-proposed-in-the-area/

From my blog:

Regional water news roundup for San Diegans: May 1, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/01/regional-water-news-roundup-for-san-diegans-may-1-2026/

#water #cawater #westwater

San Diego regional water news roundup: Apr. 24, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/04/24/san-diego-regional-water-news-roundup-apr-24-2026/

#water #cawater #westwater

San Diego regional water news roundup: Apr. 17, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/04/17/san-diego-regional-water-news-roundup-apr-17-2026/

#westwater #cawater

After 3 years of closures that devastated CA's fishing industry, commercial salmon fishing is poised to reopen this spring.

But that doesn't fix the underlying problem as our lead scientist @jarosenfield explains:
"As soon as it stops raining or snowing, we’re going to be back in the same situation with the salmon season closing. If we don't protect river flows and cold water storage, then we’re not protecting salmon."

https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/04/california-salmon-season-reopen-closure/

@CALMatters #cawater #californiawater #salmon #salmonseason #chinooksalmon