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Storm Brings Rainfall To San Diego

/in /by /NBC 7 (San Diego)

Wet roads greeted San Diegans for the morning commute on Thursday as the second in a series of winter storms dumped rain on many parts of the county. The National Weather Service said the showers will be ending this morning with just a few showers lingering along the coastal mountain slopes this afternoon. Additional rainfall amounts will be light, according to the NWS. The storm responsible for the rainfall has brought cooler weather to the region with slightly below-average temperatures expected through Friday.

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San Diego County Water Authority Enhances Solar With Battery Storage

/in /by /Solar Industry (Southbury, Conn.)by Betsy Lillian Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority is expecting to save approximately $100,000 per year with commercial-scale batteries installed at the agency’s solar-powered Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant near San Marcos. The energy storage system is designed to reduce operational costs at the facility by storing low-cost energy for use during high-demand periods when energy prices increase. The batteries were installed at no charge to the agency as part of an agreement with Santa Clara-based ENGIE Storage, formerly known as Green Charge.

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San Diego County Water Authority Installs Commercial-Scale Batteries To Enhance Value Of Solar Energy

/in /by /WaterWorld Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority will save approximately $100,000 per year with commercial-scale batteries installed at the agency’s Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant near San Marcos. The energy storage system is designed to reduce operational costs at the facility by storing low-cost energy for use during high-demand periods when energy prices increase. The batteries were installed at no charge to the Water Authority as part of an agreement with Santa Clara-based ENGIE Storage, a division of ENGIE North America, formerly known as Green Charge.

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Southern California Storms Expected To Continue Into Next Week, National Weather Service Says

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Joseph Serna

Southern California’s soggy week will continue Friday with another rainstorm that is expected to stretch into the weekend, the National Weather Service said. A storm that is expected to drop about a quarter-inch of rain along the coast and up to three-quarters of an inch in the local mountains should arrive Friday night and bring showers through Saturday afternoon, said weather specialist Stuart Seto.

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March Storms Have Raised Lake Oroville Level 13 Feet

/in /by /Oroville Mercury Register

State Parks workers were pulling cable up a launch ramp at Bidwell Marina Thursday because the water level in Lake Oroville is on the rise. March’s storms have brought the lake level up almost 13 feet since the start of the month, according to the Department of Water Resources website. As of 2 p.m. Thursday the surface was just over 738 feet above sea level, up almost 3 feet in the previous 24 hours.

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Whiteouts Expected Through Friday As Storm Continues To Roll Through Mountains

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Benjy Egel

Travel in the upper foothills and mountains is expected to be seriously affected Friday as a snowstorm blankets the Sierra Nevada. Whiteout or near-whiteout conditions are predicted in the mountains until the National Weather Service’s winter storm warning expires at 11 p.m. Friday. Homewood Mountain Resort and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows each reported 16 inches of snow Wednesday, bringing them up to 34 and 28 inches, respectively, since the first of two storms began Monday night. Kirkwood, Tahoe Donner and Sierra-at-Tahoe have reported 2 feet of so far this week.

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Why Your Water Provider Is Fighting California’s Ban On Watering Sidewalks

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow

It seemed like the sort of thing any drought-wary Californian could support. The state’s water cops were poised last month to pass a set of rules prohibiting what most everyone agrees are wasteful water uses –like letting water from a hose without a nozzle flow into a storm drain. But no change in California water policy ever comes easily. The State Water Resources Control Board’s proposal to impose permanent conservation rules – such as prohibiting hosing down driveways, watering lawns less than two days after it rains and washing a car without attaching a shut-off nozzle to the hose – ran into a cascade of opposition.

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New Fees Proposed To Pay For California’s Contaminated Water Problem

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Billy Kobin

As part of his final budget proposal, Gov. Jerry Brown wants new fees on water to provide clean and affordable drinking water to the approximately 1 million Californians who are exposed to contaminated water in their homes and communities each year. The fund would pay for short- and long-term improvements to water infrastructure and help clean up contaminated drinking water systems that affect primarily rural, low-income regions. The fund would rely on fees paid by residential and commercial water users as well as fertilizer and dairy producers.

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More Rain And Snow Coming To Northern California

/in /by /KCRA Sacramentoby Mark Finan

As snow and rain taper down Wednesday evening, Northern California will see another round of storms Thursday night into Friday. More rain and snow will return to the Valley and Sierra Thursday and Friday. Lingering showers are expected Saturday in the Valley, but the day will also see sunshine and long dry periods. The next wave of wet weather is expected next week.

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5 Things Companies Can Do To Grow In A Water-Stressed World

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)by Paul Reig and Will Sarni

In a water-stressed world, there’s a powerful business case for companies to manage this essential resource sustainably, engage in water stewardship and drive collective action. As a shared resource, water provides diminished benefits to all if each user acts only in their own self-interest. Addressing today’s wicked water problems – including droughts, dwindling groundwater and failing infrastructure – will require coordinated, collective responses. Companies across sectors, nonprofits, disclosure initiatives, industry associations and investor groups recognize this challenge and have responded with a range of water stewardship frameworks – in fact there are now more than 10 corporate water stewardship frameworks.

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