Drought

East Bay Customers Could Face Water Rate Hike

Leaders of the East Bay Municipal Utility District are considering a plan to raise water rates over the next two years.

KCBS–2011/04/19

California Drought Over As Snowpack Nears Record Levels

Gov. Jerry Brown has declared an official end to California’s drought as state water officials reported one of the wettest years of snow buildup in the Sierra Nevada.

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/30

Governor To Declare End Of California Drought

Heavy snow and drenching rains have left California reservoirs at high levels. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was 159 percent of normal as of Friday.

KCBS–2011/03/29

East Bay Water Customers To Be Protected From Droughts

Customers in the East Bay could be spared from a drought or other emergencies thanks to an intertie project between two agencies.

KCBS–2011/02/28

California Aqueduct in the San Joaquin Valley. (AP)

Brown Calls For Delta Canal In California Water Plan

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown on Wednesday called for building a peripheral canal to help solve California’s water shortages, a proposal voters defeated when he was governor in 1982.

CBS San Francisco–2010/10/13

Study: Climate Change Means Drought for CA

More than three-quarters of the counties in California face the possibility of water shortages by the middle of the century as a result of global warming.

2010/07/21

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