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Fitch Ratings: EPA’s Cyber Rules Will Add Financial Burden for Utilities

/in , , /by /Water Finance and Management

According to a release from credit rating firm Fitch Ratings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) requirement that all public water systems incorporate cyber risk and resiliency in their periodic reviews will add an increased regulatory and financial burden that could be even greater for smaller systems and systems with minimal existing cyber infrastructure.

Fitch Ratings says the requirement could have a significant effect on water utilities’ capex budgets, and margins would be pressured if systems are unable or unwilling to pass on the added costs to customers through rate increases.

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California Pledges to Build Channel for Threatened Fish to Bypass Gold Rush-Era Dam

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Adam Beam

California officials on Tuesday said they will spend about $60 million to build a channel along the Yuba River so that salmon and other threatened fish species can get around a Gold Rush-era dam that for more than a century has cut off their migration along the chilly waters of Sierra Nevada streams.

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Preliminary Engineering Report to Be Done for New River Wastewater Treatment Plant

/in , , /by /Imperial Valley Pressby Marcie Landeros

The  Imperial County Board of Supervisors approved development of the New River Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) after being awarded $167,000 by the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) U.S.-Mexico Border Rivers Program.

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Yuba Water Agency Approves $39 Million for Power Plant Project

/in , , /by /The Appeal Democrat by Michaela Harris

In a unanimous vote, the Yuba Water Agency Board of Directors approved a $39.46 million budget on Tuesday for the Power Systems Headquarters facility, a power plant project which will allow current staff and future hires to work in an upgraded workspace.

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Welcome to the Board: Neal Meyers, Olivenhain Municipal Water District

/in , , /by /Water News Network Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Neal Meyers was seated on the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors on March 20, 2023, representing the Olivenhain Municipal Water District. Meyers serves on the Administrative and Finance and Imported Water committees for the Water Authority.

 

 

 

(Editor’s Note: The Water Authority’s Board of Directors typically meets on the fourth Thursday of each month. The Board invites the public to attend its monthly meetings and to comment on agenda items or other matters before the Board. For meeting times, agendas and documents, go to​ www.sdcwa.org/board-directors)

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How Will La Jolla Fare in the Next El Niño? Infrastructure, Sea Lions and More May Be Impacted by Storms

/in , , /by /La Jolla Light by Ashley Mackin-Solomon

With the sun finally emerging recently after a cool, wet winter and early spring, the storms that may lie ahead next winter aren’t what most people want to think about. But meteorologists are forecasting that an El Niño year is probably coming, bringing more storms, and La Jolla and other coastal communities may need to brace for impact.

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Even After a Wet Winter, California is Preparing for the Next Drought

/in , , /by /Statelineby Matt Vasilogambros

Mountains are capped with record snowpack, rolling hills are covered in a rainbow of wildflowers, reservoirs are filled to the brim, and rivers are rushing with snowmelt.

A vast majority of California is finally out of drought this month, after a punishing multiyear period of severe aridity that forced statewide water cuts and fueled existential fear over the future of the water supply.

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California’s Atmopsheric River Storms Ranked as a Billion-Dollar Disaster by NOAA

/in , , /by /KCRA 3by Heather Waldman

So far, in 2023, seven different weather and climate-related disasters have cost the United States at least $1 billion.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data dating back to 1980, that is the second-highest number of events on record for the first four months of a year.

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Shasta, Lake Oroville Rise to the Top

/in , , /by /Enterprise-Recordby Michael Weber

California when it rains: water cooler talk.

Both Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta reported near-full capacity Monday with plenty of snow in the northern mountains anticipated to melt.

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Graphs Show Rise in Lake Mead’s Water Levels

/in , , /by /Newsweekby Robyn White

Lake Mead’s levels have risen as planned, after a large amount of water was released from the Glen Canyon Dam.

The Glen Canyon Dam forms Lake Powell, the huge Colorado River reservoir that lies between Arizona and Utah.

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