(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-March-28%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers The wet season officially ends next week, and it has been a winter of abundant rain and snow. The snowpack is above average, the reservoirs are full, and, for this year at least, there…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-March-21%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers Like the Biden administration, the Gavin Newsom administration in California is spending billions it does not have. Meanwhile, both administrations, with their green agendas and woke policies leave Americans homeless, drug addicted and without…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-March-14%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers Last week this report focused on the ongoing negotiations between the seven states that are allocated the waters of the Colorado River, seeking an agreement on the amount of those allocations as the amount…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-March-7%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers The cover photo above focuses this week’s report on the ongoing discussions of the continuing crisis on the Colorado River. Forty million people and five millions acres of farm land depend upon the water…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-February-29-2024.pdf A Note to Readers And it is another week of rain, snow, blizzards and probably more flooding in California. The drought is dead in California. But, like the walking dead, it will return to torture us some more….
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-February-22%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers I call your attention to this week’s Feature by including the introduction to it here: It begins on page 12. Feature: Return to the American System In honor of Presidents’ Day this week, we…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20240215-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf A Note to Readers The freight train of winter storms continue this week in California, with an impact also in the Rockies. The snowpack in both the Sierras and the Rockies show a marked improvement over the early…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-February-8%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers The Feature this week presents an organization name change. I have been, as some of my readers have noted, an active associate of the late Lyndon LaRouche. Often I have included articles from my…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-February-1%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers Note the U.S. Drought Monitor map for California this week. Despite atmospheric rivers and accompanying flooding, not only is the precipitation totals below average for this date in the year, but the snowdrought threatens…
(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20240125-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-January-25%2C-2024.pdf A Note to Readers Nature is providing a mixed message this winter. While the snowpack remains significantly below the average level for this date, and the actual overall precipitation also is below average, a succession of storms and…
