Officials in multiple cities across the United States in recent months have warned citizens about scams targeting water systems that involve payments to improve so-called quality issues and provide adequate testing.
April 1 marks an important milestone for snowpacks and water supply forecasts as the date basin snowpacks typically reach a peak before melting. However, a wave of warm temperatures late March started the melt early, adding a caveat to April 1 measurements.
President Donald Trump has long complained about modern rules that limit water flow for showerheads, making it harder for him to wash his “beautiful hair.”
In his first term, Trump directed that restrictions on showerheads be loosened, an action that former President Joe Biden reversed.
Now Trump is going to let the water flow — again.
Nearly all of California’s major reservoirs are fuller than they were in previous years after a wet and stormy winter. As the rainy season fizzles out, the California reservoirs are seeing “well-above average” water levels, setting up a positive scenario for the dry, summer months, Jay Lund, a professor and vice director for the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, told SFGATE.
The United States is holding back water payments to Mexico in order to send a message, the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commissioner told Border Report.
California public health officials are touting the safety and health benefits of fluoride in drinking water, as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly revealed plans to curtail the practice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will conduct a review on the topic.
There’s no doubt that customers of Padre Dam Water District, already paying among the highest rates in the nation, will pay even more for the coming year. It’s just a matter of how much. At its April 2 meeting, PDWD’s board of directors heard from the San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Dan Denham about all the various reasons his agency will probably increase what it charges for the water it imports from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metro), the Los Angeles-based agency that transfers water south from both the Colorado River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
The Trump administration wants to rewrite the definition for what counts as protected ‘waters of the United States.’ The rule has caused frustration among farmers, but environmental attorneys worry a change could lead to more pollution. On National Agriculture Day in March, newly-appointed Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin laid out a lofty goal during a visit to a farm outside of St. Louis. “I would love to see, ‘I love EPA, I love Trump EPA,’ t-shirts on everybody,” Zeldin joked.
In Orange County, California, wastewater from people’s homes is not considered waste. Instead of treating it and sending it to the ocean, Orange County purifies its wastewater with an additional three-step process. Each day, the county treats about 130 million gallons until it’s safe enough to drink.
