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Electricity Generation Considered For Expanded San Vicente Reservoir

/in /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Quoted: Mark Muir

The recently expanded San Vicente Reservoir could become a backup source of electric power under a plan being considered by the San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego. The agency and city, which owns the reservoir, are studying a 500-megawatt pumped-storage project — big enough to power a quarter million homes during periods of high electrical demand. An official request was issued Wednesday to utilities, developers and investors potentially interested in the project with response expected by Feb. 15.

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Big Opportunities For 2017

/in /by /Fox & Hounds Dailyby Gary Toebben

2016 finished strong for the Los Angeles County economy. Employment during the year grew by 65,300 jobs and the unemployment rate declined to 5.1 percent. Voters expressed their willingness to invest in transportation (Measure M), housing (Measure HHH) and education (Measure CC) at the Nov. 8 election by 71.15 percent, 77.14 percent and 75.92 percent respectively. We have the opportunity to continue this positive economic momentum in 2017 if our voters and elected officials continue taking bold actions to build on these basic foundations.

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Interior Secretary Orders Review of California WaterFix

/in /by /WaterWorld Magazine (Tulsa, Okla.)

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has issued a Secretarial Order that directs federal officials to expedite the environmental review of the California WaterFix project as part of larger effort to take “timely actions” to address the effects of drought and climate change on California’s water supply and imperiled wildlife. The order outlines several actions that address critical water issues in California, including expedited actions ranging from fostering Delta smelt resiliency to asking the federal government to work for voluntary flow agreements that align with the Endangered Species Act. The order is specific to California.

 

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Water Project in California Clears Major Hurdle

/in /by /The Bond Buyer (New York)by Kyle Glazier

The release of a lengthy collection of environmental documents has the California WaterFix marching on, even as many continue to doubt the viability of Gov. Jerry Brown’s nearly $16 billion plan to reroute water deliveries to the Central Valley and Southern California. The road is far from over for the massive plan, but experts and stakeholders believe that the release of the Final Environmental Impact Report before the Christmas holiday set the stage for the project to move forward and for its opponents to continue fighting it in both courtrooms and the court of public opinion.

 

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MET Board Approves Financial Support For Santa Margarita Water District Project

/in /by /San Clemente Timesby Eric Heinz

On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved funding intended to offset the cost of a project for the Santa Margarita Water District. The funding comes from the district’s Local Resources Program. The project approved for funding Tuesday will receive up to $475 per acre-foot of recycled water produced, which can help bring the costs of new water projects in line with the cost of water from the State Water Project and Colorado River Aqueduct.

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BLOG: Southern California Eyes Desalinated Water From Mexico

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)by Padma Nagappan Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The U.S. imports vehicles, equipment, fresh produce and other goods from Mexico. That list may soon include water too, now that a San Diego County water district is looking south for help to diversify its supply. The Otay Water District serves a population of 220,000 people in southeastern San Diego County, in a service area spanning 125 square miles (201 square km), from the border city of Chula Vista to the unincorporated areas in Jamul. It currently buys potable water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the Helix Water District.

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California’s Megastorm: Rain, Snow, Flooding – And Maybe Drought Relief

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler, Phillip Reese and Bill Lindelof

California entered 2017 hoping a wet winter could end the state’s six-year drought. Be careful what you wish for. Northern California and the San Joaquin Valley are bracing for potential flooding this weekend, as a massive weather system known as an atmospheric river builds off the coast. Forecasters say that by Monday, rainfall and river flows could reach totals not seen in more than a decade. Already, some regions north of Sacramento are issuing voluntary evacuation orders and several northern counties, including Sacramento, are readying sandbag stations.

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California’s Snow Is Turning to Rain

/in /by /Bloomberg L.P. (New York)by Justin Fox

Drought-weary California is getting soaked this week. Most of the state is already having a wetter-than-normal rainy season, it’s been raining and snowing for the past couple of days, and on Saturday and Sunday an “atmospheric river” of precipitation is expected to arrive. That sounds like great news — California needs water, right? What it needs even more is snow, though, and that’s where this weekend may disappoint.

 

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National Weather Service Predicts 15 Feet Of New Snow

/in /by /Calaveras Enterprise (San Andreas)by Terry Grillo

An atmospheric river laden with water vapor coming out of the tropics will slam into the Sierra Nevada this weekend and early next week, bringing as much as 10 feet of new, wet snow to the higher elevations, according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento. It is the second of two channels of water-filled clouds that will strike Northern California. By Thursday morning, the first river of water vapor brought nearly seven feet of new snow to Squaw Valley, four feet to Kirkwood and almost as much to Bear Valley.

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Ahead Of Super Soaker, Officials Upping Water Releases Below Nimbus Dam

/in /by /CBS Sacramentoby Sean Bennett

The Bureau of Reclamation is getting ahead of this weekend’s storm by incrementally releasing 3,500 cubic feet of water per second to 15,000 cubic feet per second below the Nimbus Dam to manage potential Sierra runoff. “The reservoir can come up quite quickly,” said Louis Moore, deputy of public affairs with the bureau. “So we’re making some adjustments today to increase our releases to accommodate that new water coming.” With this super soaker expected to drench Northern California, water levels will no doubt rise.

 

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