You are now in Home Headline Media Coverage San Diego County category.

Spring Storm Brings More Rain and Snow to California

/in , , /by /Associated Pressby John Antczak

Rain and snow continued to fall Thursday on parts of California as a wet spring following a no-show winter pushed back against resurgent dryness that spread over three-quarters of the state this year.

Mountain peaks from the Sierra Nevada to major ranges crossing Southern California glistened with new coats of white as hillsides sported increasingly vivid shades of green fueled by precipitation that began in March after a largely withering January and February.

The latest storm entered the state from the north last weekend and slowly moved down the coast.

Full Story

Lawmakers Urge Governor Newsom to Reconsider Incidental Take Permit

/in , , /by /AGnet Westby Brian German

Several Congressional leaders sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom expressing disappointment in the decision to issue an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) for long-term operations of the State Water Project.  The six Members of Congress who represent a large portion of California noted that the ITP will have a detrimental impact on cooperative efforts to govern California waterways.

Full Story

Record-Setting Storm to Continue Crawl Over California into Friday

/in , , /by /AccuWeatherby Renee Duff

A nearly stationary storm will be slow to wring out all of its moisture over central and Southern California into the end of the week.

Full Story

Carlsbad Desalination Plant Running at Full Capacity with ‘Shelter In Place’

/in , , /by /KUSI Newsby Dan Plante

When your business is water, your business is essential. Over at the desalination plant in Carlsbad, it’s anything but business as usual.

Full Story

How Sweetwater Authority is Bringing People Water Service During COVID-19

/in , , /by /KUSI Newsby KUSI News

In these difficult and uncertain times, Sweetwater Authority Chair, Steve Castaneda, joined Good Morning San Diego to let customers to know that they will continue to provide safe, reliable water service during the COVID-19 emergency and beyond.

Full Story

Unusual Storm Guarantees a ‘Green Spring’ in Greater San Diego

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

An Alaska storm that dropped unusually far south, drawing moisture from the subtropics, put San Diego over its annual rainfall mark.

Full Story

Construction Finishes on $650 Million Water Pumping Station at Lake Mead

/in , , /by /NBC 3 News Las Vegasby Cody Miller

The Southern Nevada Water Authority, along with contractor Barnard of Nevada, Inc., announced the completion of the Low Lake Level Pumping Station after nearly five years of construction.

Full Story

Newsom Accomplishes Rare Feat: A Water Plan No One Likes

/in , , /by /San Joaquin Valley Sunby Alex Tavlian

In the century-long “us-versus-them” mentality of California water, a plan released by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Department of Water Resources last week achieved something perhaps never accomplished before in the Golden State’s water industry. It incited universal scorn. First, as is always the case, some recent history on California’s water infrastructure. Much of California’s surface water – that is, water captured from rainfall, stored in dams and reservoirs, and transported via canals and aqueducts – is delivered via two massive projects: the Central Valley Project, operated by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, and the State Water Project, operated by the State of California’s Department of Water Resources.

Full Story

Democrats, Nonprofits Urge Congress to Help Keep Water Flowing

/in , , /by /Bloomberg Lawby Amena H. Saiyid

Republican and Democratic congressional leaders were urged Tuesday to include at least $12.5 billion in stimulus funds to help people struggling to pay their water and sewer bills.

Congress is preparing another stimulus package that will include billions of dollars to improve the nation’s aging water and sewer infrastructure. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi already has indicated her support for legislation to help families who can’t afford to pay their water and sewer bills.

House Democrats and a coalition of environmental, social justice, labor and religious groups wrote separate letters to congressional leaders seeking assistance for local water and wastewater utilities that are losing revenue from suspending water and sewer shutoffs and forgiving water and sewer debts.

“Handwashing is our first line of defense against the spread of COVID-19,” the deadly pandemic spread by coronavirus, Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence (D-Mich.) wrote in a letter on behalf of 80 Democrats.

Full Story

Judge Urged to Close Gates on Federal Water Grab in California Delta

/in , , /by /Courthouse News Serviceby Nick Cahill

Taking advantage of recently approved rules, the federal government is quickly following through on President Donald Trump’s promise to quiet environmentalists and “open up the water” to California farmers.

Full Story