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Colorado River Officials to Expand Troubled Water Conservation Program in 2024

/in , , /by /Colorado Newslineby Robert Davis

Colorado River officials plan to expand a conservation program next year that pays farmers and ranchers to use less water. But questions remain about some of the proposed ideas and the program’s overall efficacy.

The state initially launched the System Conservation Pilot Program in 2015 as a part of a multistate effort to conserve water from the Colorado River, which provides water for millions of residents throughout seven states as well as Mexico. The effort was designed to see if conservation efforts could stabilize the water levels in critical reservoirs along the river, like Lake Powell.

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Pamphlets Sent to Voters Ahead of District 4, Water Separation Special Elections

/in , , /by /Fox 5 by Danielle Dawson

Information pamphlets have been sent out to registered voters for the upcoming special elections on Nov. 7, including the District 4 supervisor runoff.

Voters who live in the Fourth Supervisorial District, City of Chula Vista, Fallbrook Public Utility District and Rainbow Municipal Water District will be receiving the pamphlet in the next few days, county officials say.

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How Much Rainfall Has San Diego County Had This Water Year?

/in , , /by /Fox 5 by Danielle Dawson Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego County has seen its fair share of storms over the last year, bringing historic levels of rainfall to the region.

After the driest three-year period on record, California has been battered by extensive precipitation, between a series of unrelenting atmospheric rivers that hit last winter and more recently, Tropical Storm Hilary.

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A Very Wet Year for San Diego

/in , , /by /KPBS by Erik Anderson

San Diego’s water year ends Saturday — and it will be recorded as the 14th wettest year on record for the city.

A recorded 15.72 inches of rain fell at the San Diego Airport over the past 12 months. The weather station there typically sees about 9.5 inches a year.

It was the wettest year ever on Palomar Mountain. Rainfall there totaled 69.24 inches.

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IID Director Dockstader Elected to ACWA Region 9 Board

/in , , /by /Imperial Valley Pressby Staff Report

Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Director Gina Young Dockstader has been elected to serve on the Association of California Water Agency’s (ACWA) Region 9 Board for the 2024-2025 term, the water association announced this week after finalizing its board officer and regional election results.

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El Niño is Coming, But Will It Be a Super One?

/in , , /by /Las Vegas Review-Journal by Marvin Clemons

An El Niño winter is ahead, weather forecasters firmly believe. The question they are pondering is exactly how strong it might be.

Locally, the worldwide weather factor is mostly known for directing heavy moisture toward California and the Southwest as temperatures warm several degrees across the eastern and central Pacific Ocean.

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Reviewing the Record-Breaking Water Year in Northern California

/in , , /by /ABC 10 by Brody Adams

Sept. 30 marks the end of a water year to remember in California.

With the new water year kicking off Oct. 1, it’s worth looking back at the water year that was from record snowfall to landfalling tropical storms and everything in between.

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‘Creative and Constructive’: Supervisors Advance Borrego Springs Water Rights

/in , , /by /Times of San Diego by Elizabeth Ireland

The Board of Supervisors Wednesday unanimously advanced a proposed ordinance amendment that would align county regulations with a court ruling in connection with water rights in the Borrego Springs community.

Supervisors also voted to find that the amended ordinance complies with state Environmental Quality Act guidelines. The supervisors will consider adopting the updated ordinance during a second reading, at their Oct. 11 meeting.

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Nine Years in, California’s Groundwater Sustainability Overhaul is Becoming a Reality

/in , , /by /KVPRby Kerry Klein

For years, conversations about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act – known commonly as SGMA – have largely taken a tone of speculation and even apprehension.

The 2014 law, which aims to slow California’s unlimited tapping of underground aquifers, gives locally organized groundwater sustainability agencies until 2042 to overhaul pumping practices for the spectrum of groundwater users — from cities and rural communities to dairies, small farms and agricultural conglomerates.

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California’s First Snow of Season is Coming to Sierra Ski Resorts

/in , , /by /San Francisco Chronicle by Anthony Edwards and Jack Lee

Less than two months since Mammoth Mountain’s historic ski season concluded, the first snowfall of the new season is set to arrive in the Sierra Nevada.

Weather models predict a low-pressure system with Canadian roots will bring cool temperatures and rain showers to the California coast and Central Valley on Saturday. In the Sierra Nevada, the air is expected to be cold enough for the first snowfall of the season at Kirkwood Mountain, Mammoth Mountain and other high-elevation ski resorts.

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