The state of California is walking back protections meant to keep destructive golden mussels out of Lake Oroville, one of the largest and most important reservoirs in the state. The move follows a new state-funded risk assessment that the invasive species poses a lower risk to the lake, which water managers say changes the state’s calculus on […]
Third-generation farmer from California’s San Joaquin Valley may become the next head of the federal agency that oversees water supplies in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin. Aubrey Bettencourt, who recently stepped down as head of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, is expected to be formally nominated by President Donald Trump as the next commissioner of […]
Colorado’s low snowpack and ongoing drought conditions led Gov. Jared Polis to declare a statewide drought emergency Thursday. The governor activated Phase 3 of Colorado’s Drought Response Plan, which allows the state to take additional emergency response actions, such as emergency funding for unmet response needs, a request for a federal disaster declaration, and reductions […]
In a neighborhood flanked by grapevines and orange groves on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, people cannot drink the water from their faucets because it’s contaminated. Residents in the area north of Porterville, many of them farmworkers, have been discussing a solution, which they expect will require running pipes to connect to the […]
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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 […]
Congress Dives Into the West’s Water Brawl
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Politico by Annie SniderCongress will not stand on the sidelines much longer as the drought-riddled Colorado River system careens toward crisis and the states that share its flows remain deadlocked, one of the region’s most powerful Republican senators said Wednesday. Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee of Utah used a Wednesday hearing as a show of political […]