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San Diego Offers Landscape, Rain Barrel Rebates for Water Customers

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Debbie L. Sklar Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The city of San Diego offers money-saving ways for water customers to conserve water. The city’s Public Utilities Department provides rebates through grant funding by the Department of Water Resources for removing lawns and installing rain barrels. Homeowners can apply now for financial rebates to convert their lawns into a drought resistant landscape. The city is offering a $1.25 per square foot rebate for all lawns that are converted. Converted areas must be designed to capture rainfall for reuse. Applications are now being taken for Rainwater Harvesting Rebates. Rain barrels and downspouts catch rainwater from hard surfaces such as rooftops.

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Water Authority, NASSCO Celebrate Manufacturing Day

/in , /by /Water News Network

General Dynamics NASSCO – one of the San Diego region’s largest employers – hosted Water Authority Board Chair Jim Madaffer for national Manufacturing Day on Oct. 5 as part of a partnership to promote the importance of a safe and reliable water supply to sustain the local economy.  The partnership was forged during the Water Authority’s Brought to You by Water outreach and education program, which includes stakeholders from key industry sectors such as tourism, manufacturing, brewing and agriculture.

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California Might See Construction On Water Storage

/in , /by /ABC30 (Fresno)

For the first time in decades California may see construction of new water storage. The legislation would pay for new water storage projects as part of America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. It now goes to President Trump to sign it into law after the U.S. Senate approved the measure yesterday. The legislation provides financing for water projects throughout the western U.S. including new reservoirs, below ground storage, and desalination projects.

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San Diego To Get One-Half Inch Of Rain This Weekend

/in , /by /ABC10 (Sacramento)by Mark Saunders

Forecasters expect San Diego to receive about one-half inch of rain this weekend, with rainfall likely Friday night into Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, low pressure over Southern California will tap into moisture from Tropical Storm Sergio. Rain is expected to continue through Sunday morning.

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Good Chance An El Niño Is On The Way To California

/in , /by /ABC10 (Sacramento)by Tracy Humphrey

The latest report from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicates an increased likelihood of El Niño conditions being present by December. That’s right. It seems we have a 70 to 75 percent chance of a wet winter, this year. The most recent report shows warming ocean temperatures in the Pacific, which is a precursor to a more southern track of the jet stream.

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Dry 2018 Water Year Comes To An End In California

/in , /by /WeatherNation (Denver)by Tom Di Liberto

October 1 is New Year’s Day for water in the U.S. west. This year, Californians were bidding farewell to a dry 2018 water year (October 2017-September 2018), which saw precipitation totals fall below the annual average for much of the state. The return to drier than average conditions was a let-down following an extremely wet water year in 2017 that had helped bring about drought relief.

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Should California Expand The Definition For The ‘Beneficial Use’ Of Its Water?

/in , /by /Pacific Standard (Santa Barbara)by Matt Weiser

Groundwater depletion is a big problem in parts of California. But it is not the only groundwater problem. The state also has many areas of polluted groundwater, and some places where groundwater overdraft has caused the land to subside, damaging roads, canals, and other infrastructure. Near the coast, heavy groundwater pumping has caused contamination by pulling seawater underground from the ocean.

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Less Snow Could Be Coming To California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains

/in , /by /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)by Ezra David Romero

If temperatures increase in California because of climate change, snow could melt earlier in the Sierra Nevada — and you might only find it at higher elevations. In a study released this week a UC Irvine team found that if winter temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius, it will lead to a 20 percent jump in the likelihood of below-average snow accumulation in the high country.

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As States Near Deal On Colorado River Shortage, California Looks At Water Cuts Of As Much As 8%

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Bettina Boxall

After years of stop-and-go talks, California and two other states that take water from the lower Colorado River are nearing an agreement on how to share delivery cuts if a formal shortage is declared on the drought-plagued waterway. Under the proposed pact, California — the river’s largest user — would reduce diversions earlier in a shortage than it would if the lower-basin states strictly adhered to a water-rights pecking order. California’s huge river take would drop 4.5% to 8% as the shortage progressed.

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Gov. Brown Names 3 To San Diego River Conservancy Governing Board

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Ken Stone

Gov. Jerry Brown has named four San Diegans to various boards, including three to the San Diego River Conservancy Governing Board. The three are Benjamin Clay of San Diego, Clarissa Falcon of Bonita and Elsa Saxod of San Diego, the governor’s office said Wednesday. The state Legislature created the San Diego River Conservancy in 2002 to preserve the San Diego River area and, in turn, the residents and wildlife that are directly affected by the river’s conservation. The governing board is composed of local, state and federal officials and currently has 13 members, 11 of whom vote on board matters.

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