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US Winter Forecast: La Niña To Fuel Abundant Snow In Rockies; Bitterly Cold Air To Blast Midwest

Some chilly winter weather is in store for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, with January threatening to bring the coldest air of the season. Although however cold, low temperatures will pale in comparison to those in the northern Plains where the mercury is set to dip to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit at times. Meanwhile, the southern Plains, Southwest and California can expect a milder and drier winter than last season.

Oroville Dam: Spillway Is 70 Percent Filled With One Month To Go

The wide-open middle section of the Oroville Dam spillway is 70 percent filled, with the deadline for this season’s work fast approaching. The contractor Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. remains on track to have the 3,000-foot spillway ready to pass flows of 100,000 cubic-feet per second by Nov. 1, said Jeanne Kuttel, chief of engineering for the state Department of Water Resources, in a media call on Wednesday morning.

City Council Plans To Sue Federal Government Over Tijuana Sewage Spills

The San Diego City Council has announced plans Wednesday to sue the federal government over millions of gallons of raw sewage that poured into the Tijuana River. City Councilmember David Alvarez said that the City of San Diego will join forces with the cities of Chula Vista and Imperial Beach, along with the Port of San Diego, in taking the first step to prevent sewage spills in the future. The city will file a Notice of Intent to sue the federal government and the International Boundary and Water Commission, he announced.

 

Gov. Brown Visits L.A. to Lobby for the $17-Billion Delta Water Project

With two key California WaterFix votes looming, Gov. Jerry Brown expressed confidence Thursday that water agencies will commit to enough funding to sustain the massive project. Brown was in Los Angeles to lobby for the $17-billion proposal, which would re-engineer the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the hub of California’s complex waterworks. “I’m just trying to put the ball over the goal line,” he said in a telephone interview in between visits to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Southern California Assn. of Governments.

Audit Delivers Another Hit to California Tunnels Project

Clifornia’s water managers appear to have violated state law when they hired a consultant to help plan Gov. Jerry Brown’s $16 billion project to build two massive water tunnels, state auditors said Thursday. The audit also faulted the state Department of Water Resources for not finishing a cost-benefit analysis as the price of the tunnels climbs. The audit is the latest blow to Brown’s plan to build twin tunnels east of San Francisco to deliver water from the Sacramento River mostly to farms and cities hundreds of miles away in central and Southern California.

Audit Blasts California’s Handling of Delta Tunnels Project

California’s mammoth $17 billion plan to overhaul the West Coast’s largest estuary took another hit Thursday, after state auditors revealed that a combination of skyrocketing costs and shaky oversight plague the contentious water project. In a much-anticipated financial report of the California WaterFix, state auditors said planning costs have ballooned to $280 million and that the state has failed to prove that the project is financially viable going forward. The report also blasted the California Department of Water Resources for violating state law by awarding lucrative contracts to an unqualified firm without a bidding process.

State Auditor Rips Jerry Brown’s $17 Billion Delta Tunnels Project

On the eve of key votes in San Jose and Los Angeles, Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion proposal to build two massive tunnels through the Delta to make it easier to move water from north to south was hit with another setback Thursday as a state audit found it was suffering from “significant cost increases and delays.” The 91-page report from California’s state auditor, Elaine Howle, also said the state Department of Water Resources “has not completed either an economic or financial analysis to demonstrate the financial viability” of the project, which the Brown administration calls the California WaterFix.

Sweetwater Authority Debuts Updated Exhibit at Living Coast Discovery Center

Chula Vista, Calif. – This week, Sweetwater Authority (Authority) unveiled an updated exhibit at the Living Coast Discovery Center in Chula Vista.

The updated kiosk features a touchscreen monitor and new software that allows visitors to take a deeper look at the wildlife and water quality of the Authority’s watershed. It includes updated graphics, photos, interactive games and video. All of these features are available in both English and Spanish.