For all the years of hydrological studies and analysis of water supply, it sometimes feels like we are still in a world of magical thinking as…
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about the juggling we do every day to stretch our money. If there is something I think locals dislike more than f…
Those who live along tributaries are, for the most part, well aware that the beauty of living beside running water can come at a cost. It was …
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about water. The transparent liquid is key to our survival, yet it is so cumbersome to understand all of its intr…
During the succession of atmospheric rivers that swept over the Central Coast around the turn of the year, the Monterey County Water Resources…
In the story of the lower Salinas Valley’s groundwater – which is the sole source of water for agriculture and residents – history repeats its…
The Salinas River’s steelhead trout population was healthy enough in the 1950s that not enough hell was raised to stop the construction of the…
As dry times become a greater concern, taking full advantage of wet times becomes a greater priority. This is the idea behind a long – conceiv…
In the midst of a widespread drought, Lakes San Antonio and Nacimiento, critically important reservoirs for Monterey County, are at their lowe…
In Monterey County, water is a scarce resource. This is an obvious statement to locals who see how rarely water falls from the sky and how dep…