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OPINION: A Water District Using Its Own Water Shouldn’t Be Controversial

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Manny Delgado and Steve Castaneda Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

A water district drawing down water from its own reservoir should not be controversial. It should be expected. That is, quite literally, what reservoirs are built for: to store water in wet times and use it wisely when conditions allow.

Yet in recent weeks, after one of the wettest Novembers in recent memory, Sweetwater Authority’s transfer of water from Loveland Reservoir to Sweetwater Reservoir has generated debate. That debate misses the larger point.

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Christmas Eve Storm Could Hit San Diego County With 4 Inches of Rain and 40 Mph Winds

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins

The souped-up Pacific storm that will hit San Diego County on Christmas Eve could drop 3 to 4 inches of rain over a short period, making travel dicey and raising the risk of flooding, the National Weather Service said.

San Diego averages less than 2 inches of rain in December and hasn’t had a drop this month.

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No Buyers for San Diego Water … Yet

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority, Dan Denham

San Diego arrived in Las Vegas this week ready to sell off some of its excess water at negotiations over the dwindling Colorado River between the states, tribes and farmers who use it.

They left without a deal in place.

 

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California, the Biggest Water User in the Basin, Pitches Colorado River Framework

/in , /by /Nevada Current by Jeniffer Solis

California’s biggest water districts presented their own framework Tuesday for how to share the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, including a commitment to conserve 440,000 acre-feet of water per year – enough to meet the needs of 1.5 million households annually.

Last month, the seven western states that rely on the Colorado River missed a federally-imposed deadline to submit a preliminary agreement for a plan to replace the river’s operating guidelines set to expire at the end of 2026.

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San Diego State University Breaks Ground on New Mission Valley Water Lab

/in , /by /NBC San Diego

Researchers at San Diego State University want to better understand how water is affected by drought, winter storms, contaminated rivers and oceans. NBC 7’s Brooke Martell is at the ground breaking of a new laboratory in Mission Valley.

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Water Levels Across the Great Lakes Are Falling – Just as U.S. Data Centers Move In

/in , /by /The Guardianby Stephen Starr

The sign outside Tom Hermes’s farmyard in Perkins Township in Ohio, a short drive south of the shores of Lake Erie, proudly claims that his family have farmed the land here since 1900. Today, he raises 130 head of cattle and grows corn, wheat, grass and soybeans on 1,200 acres of land.

For his family, his animals and wider business, water is life.

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California on Track for Lowest Lake Mead Use in 75 Years

/in , /by /Las Vegas Review Journalby Alan Halaly

Lake Mead may be facing historic shortages, but officials from the Colorado River state that uses the most water are celebrating unprecedented water savings.

At a briefing for reporters at Tuesday’s Colorado River Water Users Association conference at Caesars Palace, leaders from California’s biggest water districts said the state is on track to use 3.76 million acre-feet this year. That’s about 1.2 trillion gallons — the smallest amount of water from the river since 1949, despite explosive population growth.

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Dispatch From Sin City: Colorado River Negotiations Are Stuck in the Mud

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The only thing the users of the dwindling Colorado River agreed upon Tuesday was that the situation is dire.

Representatives from the seven U.S. states and Mexico that drink from or whose industries run on Colorado River water are negotiating in Las Vegas this week – as they have every year since 1945. There is pressure to come to an agreement on how to use less of the climate change-stricken river by the end of the conference on Thursday, but all indications point to that not happening.

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Big Rain and Snow Could Hit California Around Christmas, Risking Floods, Landslides and Snarling Travel

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin II

Big rain and snow could hit California around Christmastime, ending a long dry spell for the state.

There’s a high risk for heavy rainfall along the entire California coast between Dec. 23 through Christmas Day, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center said. There’s also a high risk of heavy snow along the Sierra Nevada.

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OPINION: California’s Water Partnerships Are Effective—And in Danger

/in , /by /Public Policy Institute of Californiaby Jeffrey Mount, Letitia Grenier

In a year of profound shifts at the federal level, uncertainty has been the name of the game across the United States. Nowhere is that truer than in the California water world.

Over many decades, the state has forged a symbiotic relationship with federal agencies to manage its notoriously complex—and aging—water system. The state has worked with an alphabet soup of federal agencies to manage some of the worst floods and droughts the state has ever seen.

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