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A Clear Warning About the Colorado River

/in , , /by /Steamboat Pilot & Today (Routt County, Colorado)by Dave Marston

For the West this summer, the news about water was grim. In some parts of California, it didn’t rain for over 100 days. In western Colorado, the ground was so dry that runoff at first evaporated into the air. And in New Mexico and Nevada, the rains never came.

Bill Hasencamp is the manager of California’s Metropolitan Water District, which provides treated water to 19 million people. What was most unfortunate, he said, was that, “the upper Colorado Basin had a 100% snowpack, yet runoff was only 54% of normal.” In 2018, a variation happened — light snow and little runoff, which doesn’t bode well for the future.

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Major Relining Project Honored by the American Public Works Association

/in , , /by /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Public Works Association recently recognized a San Diego County Water Authority pipeline relining project for its excellence as a public works project. The award commends the successful partnership between Water Authority staff, the contractor and local agencies working together to complete this critical repair to maintain the reliability of the regional water supply.

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Opinion: Three Lessons for California’s Water Funding Challenges in Today’s Recession

/in , , /by /CalMattersby Ellen Hanak and Jelena Jezdimirovic

California’s water managers have had their hands full keeping our water systems safe and operational during the COVID-19 pandemic. But their work on addressing the fiscal consequences of the deep economic recession is just beginning. Three lessons from the Great Recession of 2007-09 could guide more effective policy responses today.

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Rancho San Diego Landscape Earns Award for Colorful, Waterwise ‘Room with a View’

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union Tribuneby Karen Pearlman Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

While Patricia Wood celebrates a top award in landscaping presented by her local water providers, there are probably more than a few disappointed gophers that are not singing her praises. Wood and a team of landscapers spent 2018 and 2019 transforming her 3,850-square-foot lawn, located along a cul-de-sac near Valhalla High School in Rancho San Diego, into drought-tolerant landscaping.

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Santa Cruz County Drinking Water Takes a Hit After Wildfire

/in , , /by /Kazuby Hannah Hagemann

When wildfire strikes water, infrastructure that’s made out of plastic is particularly at risk of contamination. If pipes and tanks lose pressure, or get hot, chemicals can leach into the water supply. The CZU Lightning Complex Fire badly damaged seven and a half miles of water supply lines made of polyethylene, a plastic, in northern Santa Cruz County.

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20-Mile Replacement Canal is Preferred Fix for the Sagging Friant-Kern Canal

/in , , /by /SJV Waterby Lois Henry

A rapid-fire review of potential fixes to the Friant-Kern Canal favors building a replacement canal for 20 miles alongside the existing canal where land subsidence has caused it to sag, severely restricting water flow, according to final environmental documents released Friday.

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Panel to Probe Toxic Wasteland in Calif. Lake

/in , , /by /E&E Newsby Jeremy P. Jacobs

A House committee will meet Thursday to discuss the deteriorating public health crisis at a Southern California lake. The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife will review federal and state efforts to address problems at the Salton Sea. The Salton Sea is California’s largest lake at about 350 square miles, fed by runoff from the crop fields of the Imperial Valley, an agricultural powerhouse.

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T.E. Roberts to replace Pipelines for RMWD

/in , , /by /Fallbrook Village Newsby Joe Naiman

The Aug. 25 Rainbow Municipal Water District board meeting included the award of two pipeline replacement contracts to T.E. Roberts.

The company based in Orange was given a $280,399 contract for the Sagewood Road pipeline and a $301,734 contract for the Nella Lane pipeline. The two contracts were awarded on separate 4-0 votes with Helene Brazier abstaining from both.

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