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California Water and Infrastructure Report For March 7, 2024

(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…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For February 29, 2024

(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….

California Water and Infrastructure Report For February 22, 2024

(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…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For February 15, 2024

(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…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For February 8, 2024

(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…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For February 1, 2024

(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…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For January 25, 2024

(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…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For January 18, 2024

California Water and Infrastructure Report For January 18, 2024 (With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-January-18-2024.pdf A Note to Readers More rain and snow this week has drenched the state, and more is to come this weekend. But, the snowpack is still well below the…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For January 11, 2024

http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-January-11-2024.pdf (With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-January-11-2024.pdf Published weekly since July, 2014 An archive of all these weekly reports can be found at both links below: http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaDroughtUpdate For a free subscription to the weekly report: Send me an email– patruckert@gmail.com A Note to…

California Water and Infrastructure Report For January 4, 2024California Water and Infrastructure Report

(With expanded coverage of all the Western States) by Patrick Ruckert www.californiadroughtupdate.org/California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report-January-4-2024.pdf A Note to Readers This week’s Feature, illustrated by the above photo, is a farmer/chemist’s repudiation of the CO2 scare that drives the policy of the Biden administration’s hysterical policies and fear-mongering that has completely dislocated the possibility…