VOSD Podcast: The Sports Episode
We also broke down San Diego’s soaring water rates and discussed Councilmember Marni von Wilpert’s surprising suggestion that the city of San Diego should consider leaving the San Diego County Water Authority.
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Rare Look Inside Underground Aqueduct in San Jacinto Built Almost 100 Years Ago Entirely by Hand
Eyewitness News was given a rare look inside the engineering marvel, which was the largest public works project in Southern California during the Great Depression, while it’s shut down for its annual maintenance. It’s the final leg of the massive Colorado River Aqueduct: the 13-mile-long San Jacinto tunnel, bringing up to 1,700 cubic feet of water per second underneath one of Southern California’s tallest mountains.
San Diego County Remains in Extreme Drought Despite Recent Rain
Even with heavy rain coming down this week, San Diego County remains in a drought, highlighting how much more is needed to replenish the region’s water resources. In the past two days alone “we saw really anywhere from one to three inches of rainfall in the valleys, coastal areas, the hills outside of the mountains and then up in the mountains we saw a significant amount of snowfall,” according to Samantha Zuber, meteorologist with the National Weather Service San Diego.
EPA to Revise Waters of the U.S. Rule
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced last week that EPA will work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review the definition of “waters of the United States.” EPA said it will move quickly to ensure that a revised definition follows the law, reduces red-tape, cuts overall permitting costs, and lowers the cost of doing business in communities across the country while protecting the nation’s navigable waters from pollution.
California, Arizona and Nevada All Agree: The Trump Administration Needs to Fix a Key Colorado River Dam
Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River. As Trump’s appointees inherit the task of writing new rules for dealing with the river’s chronic water shortages, the three states are raising several concerns they want to see addressed.
Trump Moves to Unwind Over Two Dozen US Air, Water Regulations
The Trump administration announced a wave of regulatory rollbacks on Wednesday including a repeal of Biden-era emissions limits on power plants and automobiles, as well as reduced protections for waterways.
Water Officials Knew That Opening Dams to Meet Trump’s Wishes Was Ill-advised. Here’s Why It Happened Anyway
When President Trump called for the federal government to “maximize” water deliveries in California, commanders of the Army Corps of Engineers quickly found two dams where they could carry out that order. And even though the officials knew the water couldn’t be moved out of the Central Vally as Trump wished, they released billions of gallons anyway, according to a newly released government document.
Why It Matters: Why Are San Diego Water Rates About to Soar?
People in San Diego are already feeling higher costs from food, housing and electricity. Now, water rates will also soar.
This week, the San Diego City Council voted to approve a 5.5% water rate increase.
The Salton Sea is California’s Most Imperiled Lake. Can a New Conservancy Save It?
Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, pecking at crustaceans. Something else emerged a few steps closer to the lakeshore: a briny, rotten egg stench wafting from the water. The Salton Sea is nearly twice as salty as the ocean, laden with agricultural runoff and susceptible to algal blooms that spew hydrogen sulfide, a noxious gas. It’s also a haven to more than 400 bird species and a key stop on the Pacific Flyway, one of North America’s main bird migration routes.
Expect a More Powerful, Possibly Damaging Storm Late Wednesday Night
The periodically heavy rain that spread across San Diego County on Tuesday afternoon will give way to a far more powerful and potentially damaging storm late Wednesday night, packing snow and rain that will last into late Thursday, with a third drenching possible late Sunday, the National Weather Service said. Collectively, the three storms could drop more than 1.5 inches of precipitation at the coast, twice as much inland, and 2 to 4 inches of snow above the 4,000-foot level, mostly on Thursday, when temperatures will be about 10 degrees below average throughout much of the region.
