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State Warns of Possible Rolling Blackouts Amid Scorching Heat Wave

/in , , /by /KPBS-FM/TVby City News Service and Alexander Nguyen Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The operator of the state’s power grid warned residents Tuesday to prepare for possible rolling blackouts, as a drawn-out heat wave reaches its peak and drives electricity demand to an anticipated record level.

 

VIDEO: The heat wave is stretching into the seventh day and relief is not expected anytime soon which means the demand for energy is straining the grid. The California Independent System Operator has issued a Flex Alert asking residents to conserve energy during peak use but as KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen shows us it is also tapping other sources for energy.

 

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San Diego County Residents Are Saving Water, Poll Says

/in , , /by /WaterWorld Magazine Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

A regional public opinion survey, released by the San Diego County Water Authority, finds that San Diego County residents have taken multiple actions to conserve water and nearly two-thirds feel they can do more to conserve.

An overwhelming majority (88 percent) of respondents agree that they have a civic duty to use water efficiently. Even though conservation has become a way of life in San Diego County, two-thirds (66 percent) of respondents feel they can do “a little more” or “much more” to conserve.

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At Lake Powell, a ‘Front-Row Seat’ to a Drying Colorado River and an Uncertain Future

/in , , /by /Arizona Republicby Brandon Loomis

At his office whiteboard on this dam town’s desert edge, the water utility manager recited the federal government’s latest measures of the colossal reservoir that lay 4 miles down the road, then scrawled an ominous sketch showing how far it has shrunk.

In his stylized drawing of Lake Powell, the surface lapped just above where he marked his town’s drinking water pipe, bringing the Colorado River drought crisis uncomfortably close to home.

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California Set To Become First in Nation to Test Drinking Water for Microplastics

/in , , /by /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis Alexander

Microplastic is everywhere.

The tiny particles that shed from clothing, food packaging and tires are in the air, the soil, the ocean and, almost certainly, your drinking water.

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Carlsbad Desal Plant Water Output Cut 20% to Conserve Power Amid Heat Wave

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein

Water production at the Carlsbad desalination plan has been temporarily reduced to conserve power while the heat wave stresses California’s electric grid.

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, which can produce up to 50 million gallons per day, typically accounts for about 1% of peak electricity demand in San Diego Gas & Electric’s service area.

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Make Your Landscape Trees a Priority During This Record Drought

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby Editor Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

As the unprecedented drought continues to affect California and the San Diego region, homeowners can still balance the need to conserve water as efficiently as possible while preserving valuable landscaping, including trees.

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4 Million in LA County Asked to Suspend Outdoor Watering, Starting Tuesday

/in , , /by /NBC Los Angeles by Jonathan Lloyd

More than 4 million residents in Los Angeles County are being asked to suspend outdoor watering for more than two weeks

The shutdown, required to repair a leak in a water pipeline, will impact residents in a large swath of southern Los Angeles County, parts of the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys and Malibu.

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California’s Water Year is Nearly Over. Here’s Where Our Reservoirs Stand Amid Drought

/in , , /by /Sacramento Beeby Michael McGough

With California about to experience perhaps the hottest and driest start to September in its modern history, 16 of the state’s 17 major reservoirs entered the month below their historic average levels — several of them well below average, in another daunting reminder of California’s extraordinary ongoing drought and water concerns.

 

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Up to $2,000 In Water Bill Assistance Now Available to Qualified SWA Customers

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Chula Vista, Calif. – Sweetwater Authority (Authority) customers may be eligible for water or wastewater bill assistance from a new federal debt relief program. The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) provides a one-time payment of up to $2,000 to qualified customers.

The program is administered locally by Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty of San Diego County (MAAC). After the customer applies to the program, MAAC will work directly with the Authority to apply funding to the qualified accounts.

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Parched: California’s Climate Crisis

/in , , /by /CBS Stations in San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

Parched: California’s Climate Crisis

A special report on California’s changing climate and the ongoing drought by CBS stations across the Golden State: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/video/parched-californias-climate-crisis/

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