Water News with Steve Baker

After nearly 20 years amongst the KVMR ranks, Hydrogeologist Steve Baker joins Paul Emery for his final Water News. The two explore the recent Southern California wildfires and the state’s water future. 

Over 40 million people rely on the Colorado River to bring them water, but with water sharing guidelines set to expire shortly, states are having a difficult time carving up various slices of the pie. Paul Emery sits down with hydrogeologist Steve Baker to find out if any headway is being made when it comes to who gets what in the world of water.

Atmospheric rivers? Bomb cyclones? Steve Baker and Paul Emery discuss the current weather event. 

How does the idea of sewage water turning into drinking water make you feel? Well, KVMR’s Paul Emery sits down with Hydrogeologist Steve Baker to discuss developing regulations in the recycling water pipeline in this week's Water News.

Paul Emery and hydrogeologist Steve Baker to look at the role of AI in drought predictions and discuss a controversial project aiming to increase California’s water storage capacity. 

KVMR’s Paul Emery and Hydrogeologist Steve Baker bring us the latest in the world of water with a focus on wildfires.

KVMR’s Paul Emery and hydrogeologist Steve Baker bring us the latest in water news.

KVMR’s Paul Emery speaks with Hydrogeologist Steve Baker to bring you the latest in the world of water news. The two talk about how communities in Northern California worked together to remove a dam from a regional river and how a few cities in Central California successfully held DOW Chemical and Shell Oil accountable for polluting groundwater wells.

KVMR's water expert explores how to balance California's water usage with environmental protections.

KVMR’s Paul Emery joins hydrogeologist Steve Baker to talk Water News. Chromium 6--the carcinogenic chemical compound made most famous by Erin Brokvich --is back on the front pages. Staying on theme with scary things that end up in water, PFAS, also known as forever chemicals are causing a stir. Steve also brings us an update on NID and PG&E’s water conveyance issues and what that might mean f...

Although most of us associate surface water when we think about ecosystem health, as it turns out, groundwater plays a big part in keeping many biological communities thriving. Paul Emery and Hydrogeologist Steve Baker discuss the finer points of California’s sustainable groundwater management act

Hydrogeologist Steve Baker is joined by KVMR’s Paul Emery to discuss the seedy underbelly of this season’s wet weather.

Last weekend much of our listening area received a lot of precipitation. Now water purveyors are acting fast to intercept that recent delivery of rain and snow before it finds its way to the Pacific.