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Dry And Getting Drier: Southwestern Water Scarcity The New Norm, Climate Study Says

/in , /by /KUNC (Greeley, Colo.)by Luke Runyon

The effects of climate change are not far off problems for future generations. They are existential problems for everyone alive today. That’s one big takeaway from the U.S. federal government’s latest roundup of climate science, the National Climate Assessment, now in its fourth iteration. Released the day after Thanksgiving, the newest report is unequivocal. In heavily footnoted, short declarative sentences it urgently tells readers that climate change is happening, it’s human-caused, and it could make life in the Western U.S. increasingly difficult.

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EPA Gives $614-million Loan To San Diego For Pure Water Project Development

/in , /by /CBS 8

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer accepted a nine- figure loan from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to help the city finance phase one of the Pure Water San Diego water recycling program. Faulconer joined EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to formally claim the $614 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan. The city estimates that the first phase of the program will cost roughly $1.4 billion, including funding from the loan.

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Trump Officials Announce $450 million Loan For New California Reservoir Project

/in , /by /Redding Record Searchlight by Damon Arthur

Trump administration officials were in California on Tuesday to announce a $450 million loan for the Sites Reservoir project in Colusa County. The money will be used to build a tunnel to carry water from the Glenn-Colusa Canal to an existing reservoir, giving farmers on the west side of the Sacramento Valley more access to irrigation water. The 12-foot diameter tunnel, called an intertie, will also be used to transport water to and from Sites Reservoir after it is built, said Jim Watson, general manager of the Sites Reservoir Authority.

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Imperial Irrigation District Fight Could Threaten Federal Colorado River Drought Plan

/in , /by /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Janet Wilson

A fierce local battle over water rights unfolding in a small Southern California courtroom Wednesday could threaten federal plans to replenish rapidly dwindling Colorado River water supplies. A third-generation farmer is seeking an injunction to block the Imperial Irrigation District from signing on to the seven-state compact.

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USDA Invests More Than $449 Million In Innovative Management Of California Water Supply

/in , /by /The Sierra Sun Times (Mariposa, Calif.)

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $449 million to help build an innovative water management system that will increase the reliability of the California water supply and create more than 560 jobs in the Sacramento Valley. Secretary Perdue was joined by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Rickey “R.D.” James. The announcement follows on President Donald J. Trump’s memo to promote a reliable supply and delivery of water out west.

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Pure Water Program Set To Break Ground Early Next Year

/in , /by /The Daily Transcriptby Mark Armao

San Diego’s plan to use recycled wastewater to provide one-third of the city’s water supply by 2035 was given the green light earlier this month by city council, which voted to authorize Mayor Kevin Faulconer to begin awarding construction contracts for the first phase of the project. Phase one of Pure Water San Diego will cost roughly $1.4 billion and involve the construction of a water purification facility near the North City Water Reclamation Plant, located just east of interstate 805 near Miramar Road.

 

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Desalination May Move To Santa Cruz Permanent Back Burner

/in , /by /Santa Cruz Sentinelby Jessica A. York

Desalination, five years after it was last considered a viable water treatment project for Santa Cruz, may soon lose its footing even as a looming backup plan. With a little more than a year before the city is expected to decide how to ensure its long-term water supply security, the Santa Cruz City Council will consider Tuesday all but crossing off construction of the ocean water processing plant, per a recommendation from the city Water Commission, with city Water Department backing.

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Rounds Of Storms To Send Wind, Rain And Snow Into The West Coast This Week

/in , /by /Accuweather by Courtney Spamer and Faith Eherts

Rounds of rain are expected to soak areas from Washington to Southern California this week. The first storm rolled ashore in Washington and Oregon on Monday and settled into Northern California on Tuesday. Rain is forecast to push farther south across California during Tuesday night. Rain will fall on San Francisco, as well as the Paradise, California, area from Tuesday afternoon to Tuesday night. More rain is in the offing prior to the end of the week. Overall, this first round will bring mostly rain, but the higher elevations of the Cascades in Washington are likely to receive snow.

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15 Takeaways From The US Climate Change Report

/in , /by /CNNby Jen Christensen

The average global temperature is much higher and rising more rapidly than “anything modern civilization has experienced,” according to David Easterling, one of the authors of a new US government report that delivers a dire warning about our future. Thousands more could die, food will be scarcer, and the US economy could lose hundreds of billions of dollars — or, in the worst-case scenario, more than 10% of its GDP — by the end of the century.

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Airport Ads Remind Travelers San Diego Is Brought To You By Water

/in , /by /Water News Network

The San Diego County Water Authority’s Brought to You by Water outreach and education program made its debut on advertising monitors at Lindbergh Field the day before Thanksgiving – just in time for the busy holiday travel season. Through the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority’s community promotion program, the ads are expected to remain in the rotation indefinitely, reminding travelers about the importance of water reliability to the region’s quality of life. The electronic display ads are visible in multiple spots throughout baggage claim areas in both Terminal 1 and Terminal 2

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