Arizona agencies have taken a key step that could eventually allow the state to buy desalinated ocean water. Central Arizona Project (CAP), Salt River Project and the Arizona Department of Water Resources – along with the Southern Nevada Water Authority — recently signed a memorandum of understanding with a desalination plant in Southern California.
The ongoing drought in Arizona is prompting everyone to examine what lies ahead. Acquiring water in the Grand Canyon State becomes increasingly difficult as water resources dwindle, including the Colorado River.
Under a landmark agreement, Arizona is negotiating to buy Colorado River water now owned by a San Diego-area agency, and experts say the first of that water could be headed to the state in four to six months. The goal of the new agreement, signed by federal officials and leaders of water agencies in Arizona, California […]
While cities across drought-stricken western states struggle to meet their water needs, San Diego has a surplus of the all-important resource. That’s largely thanks to the county’s investment in desalination, which other localities would be wise to consider. San Diego’s desalination plant first opened in 2015, and it now supplies about 10 percent of the […]
Arizona Agencies Take Step to Buying Desalinated Ocean Water From California
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /KTAR News Arizonaby Heidi Hommel Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityArizona agencies have taken a key step that could eventually allow the state to buy desalinated ocean water. Central Arizona Project (CAP), Salt River Project and the Arizona Department of Water Resources – along with the Southern Nevada Water Authority — recently signed a memorandum of understanding with a desalination plant in Southern California.
Arizona Signs Memorandum of Understanding With California Water Agencies
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /12 News Phoenix Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe ongoing drought in Arizona is prompting everyone to examine what lies ahead. Acquiring water in the Grand Canyon State becomes increasingly difficult as water resources dwindle, including the Colorado River.
Arizona Could Get Water From San Diego Within 6 Months
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Tucson.com Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityUnder a landmark agreement, Arizona is negotiating to buy Colorado River water now owned by a San Diego-area agency, and experts say the first of that water could be headed to the state in four to six months. The goal of the new agreement, signed by federal officials and leaders of water agencies in Arizona, California […]
OPINION | San Diego’s Big Bet on Salt Water
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /The Washington Post Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWhile cities across drought-stricken western states struggle to meet their water needs, San Diego has a surplus of the all-important resource. That’s largely thanks to the county’s investment in desalination, which other localities would be wise to consider. San Diego’s desalination plant first opened in 2015, and it now supplies about 10 percent of the […]