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Water Board Approves $11.4 Million Contract for Reservoir Project

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby City News Service Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors approved an $11.4 million construction project to improve drinking water supply reliability in North County Thursday.

The Hauck Mesa Storage Reservoir project will begin in February. It includes demolition of an abandoned steel tank, building a 2.1 million-gallon storage reservoir connected to the Valley Center Pipeline, and construction of an isolation vault and an underground flow-control facility.

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California Storm Winds Down After Deluge of Rain and Snow

/in , /by /AP Newsby John Antczak and Scott Sonner

A drenching storm that brought California much-needed rain in what had been a dry winter wound down Friday after washing out Highway 1 near Big Sur, burying the Sierra Nevada in snow and causing muddy flows from slopes burned bare by wildfires.

The atmospheric river weather system that barreled ashore in Northern California early in the week rolled quickly through Southern California overnight and was moving east before dawn. Remnants unleashed occasional downpours and hail.

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What Are These Atmospheric Rivers that Bring Heavy Rain and Snow to California?

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Paul Duginski

An atmospheric river — a plume of moisture that has been likened to a river in the sky — has brought heavy precipitation to the Central Coast. Now it will sag southward and bring rain and mountain snow to Southern California on Thursday night into Friday morning, the National Weather Service said.

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Will the Storm Move the Drought Needle?

/in , /by /FOX KTVUby Debora Villalon

Bay Area water agencies, starved for snow and rain, are encouraged by this week’s storm system.

But managers say it’s too early to say if it will have a lasting impact.

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New Reservoir to Protect Local Drinking Water Deliveries in North County

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

A major construction project to improve drinking water supply reliability in North San Diego County will start in February after the San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors Jan. 28 approved an $11.4 million contract for the work to Pacific Hydrotech Corporation of Perris, Calif.

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State Water Agency Seeks Input from Local Groups on Infrastructure Projects

/in , , /by /The Independentby Tony Kukulich

There is an adage in California that goes, “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.”

But instead of fighting, the California Water Commission is looking for opportunities to hear from local agencies on water infrastructure projects.

The CWC recently wrapped up a series of public workshops intended to determine the opportunity for a state role in financing water conveyance projects that meet the challenges of a changing climate.

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Biden Swings Waters Pendulum With Final Resolution Still Elusive

/in , /by /Bloomberg Law by Bobby Magill

The Biden administration is swinging the pendulum of repeated changes to water regulation back to expanding after those regulatory powers contracted under President Donald Trump.

But the swing isn’t likely to be permanent, legal scholars say.

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Judge Voids Monterey County Approval of Cal Am Desal Plant Project

/in , /by /Monterey Heraldby Jim Johnson

A Monterey County Superior Court judge has set aside the county’s approval of California American Water’s desalination plant project over its rationale for why the project’s benefits would outweigh environmental impacts in a lawsuit brought by the Marina Coast Water District.

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Go With the Flow: Battery System in Bonita to be Tested for Use in Microgrids

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob Nikolewski

A battery storage demonstration project already providing a carbon-free source of electricity to California’s grid is about to be tested to see how well it can work on microgrids.

Located on a bluff at a San Diego Gas & Electric substation in Bonita, the energy storage project uses vanadium redox flow battery technology that stores electricity when the grid has excess supply and then discharges the energy when the power system needs it.

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Residents Sue Oasis Mobile Home Park Over Tainted Water and Unsanitary Conditions

/in , /by /Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Mark Olalde

Nearly two dozen residents of the Oasis Mobile Home Park on Torres Martinez Reservation land filed a lawsuit against park management on Wednesday, alleging “willful disregard” for the safety of drinking water, fraudulent electricity charges and “wholly unacceptable” living conditions.

In total, the lawsuit brings 20 causes of action against park owner Scott Lawson and his daughter Sabrina, who helps manage the park.

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