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South Texas Congressman Says Mexico Will Start Repaying Water Debt ‘Soon’

/in , /by /Fox 5/KUSIby Sandra Sanchez

A South Texas congressman who is part of a bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers meeting with officials in Mexico City this week says Mexico intends to repay water owed to the United States very soon, Border Report has learned.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat from McAllen who is the only lawmaker from Texas on the trip, told Border Report that the current president and president-elect both have promised to pay the water that Mexico owes South Texas.

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California’s Heatwave Evaporates Billions of Gallons of Water from Reservoirs

/in , /by /Desert Sunby Damon Arthur and James Ward

California’s current record-breaking heat wave in July has caused hundreds of millions of gallons of water in Lake Shasta and other major reservoirs in Northern California to disappear into thin air.

During the first nine days of July, 3,392 cubic feet per second of water — or about 2.2 billion gallons — turned into vapor and floated away into the atmosphere off the man-made Lake Shasta. During just one day — July 3 — 288.8 million gallons of water alone evaporated.

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South Texas Leaders Push to Meet with Incoming Mexican President Over Water Debt ‘Crisis’

/in , /by /DC News Nowby Sandra Sanchez

Lawmakers from the Rio Grande Valley are vying to meet with Mexico’s incoming president over water owed to the United States.

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, this week wrote to Mexican President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum requesting a meeting to address water deliveries that are owed to the United States under a 1944 international treaty.

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U.S., Canada Reach New Agreement on Columbia River Hydropower, Water

/in , /by /The Oregonian

The U.S. and Canada said Thursday they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries.

The “agreement in principle,” reached after six years of talks, provides a framework for updating the Columbia River Treaty. It calls for the U.S. to keep more of the power generated by its dams while improving cooperation between the Bonneville Power Administration, which markets power from dams in the northwestern U.S., and Canadian utilities, to help avoid blackouts.

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Michael Smolens: San Diego Faces Minimal Water Cutbacks Under State Conservation Plan

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Michael Smolens Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego County’s water world hasn’t had much good news lately, with looming budget problems and whopping rate increases.

Well, here’s some: The state’s new mandatory water conservation plan won’t require big reductions locally. That’s due mostly to decades of spending on recycling, desalination, storage, conservation and imported supplies.

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North County Water Agencies to Receive $6 Million for Reused Water

/in , /by /The Coast News

The United States Bureau of Reclamation has recommended a $6 million grant to a coalition of local water and wastewater agencies to develop reused water infrastructure in the region.

If approved by Congress, the North San Diego Water Reuse Coalition will use the funds to support its Regional Recycled Water Program: 2020 Project, which seeks to increase water reuse in the region through expanded recycled water infrastructure.

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In an Era of Dam Removal, California is Building More

/in , /by /High Country Newsby Theo Whitcomb

When the largest dam removal in U.S. history began on the Klamath River this year, it seemed as if the era of dam building was over in the West. Just a month later, however, the federal government finalized $216 million dollars in funding for a controversial dam project south of the Klamath, adding to the $1 billion in direct grants already pledged to the project known as Sites Reservoir. Rights for the water are being distributed this summer.

This would be California’s first major new reservoir in half a century. The project will require building two main dams on a pair of streams that typically only run during big winter rains. Most of the water would come from much farther away, however: Filling the reservoir means piping water from the Sacramento River uphill, away from the Central Valley. If it’s built, the reservoir will inundate Antelope Valley, 14,000 acres of hilly grassland in the California Coast Range, northwest of Sacramento.

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California Farmers Set to Cut Use of Colorado River Water, Temporarily Leaving Fields Dry

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Ian James

Farmers who grow hay in the Imperial Valley will soon be eligible to receive cash payments in exchange for temporarily shutting off water to their fields for up to two months this year.

Under a program approved by the board of the Imperial Irrigation District, farmers can now apply for federal funds to compensate them for harvesting less hay as part of an effort to ease strains on the Colorado River.

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Calgarian Organizes ‘Awesome’ Gift Package for San Diego Water Officials

/in , /by /Global Newsby Gil Tucker

There’s a new effort to bring a bit of well-deserved recognition to some people who have made a big difference after the major water main break in Calgary.

After volunteering to deliver water to seniors and people with disabilities, Paul Godard set out to collected donated gifts to send to water officials in San Diego. They helped ease Calgary’s crisis by shipping up a couple of massive pipes needed for the repair job.

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Carlsbad Rejects Prepaying Fixed Charges to County Water Authority

/in , /by /The Coast Newsby Samantha Nelson Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Despite rising water rates, the city of Carlsbad has opted against prepaying fixed charges to the county’s wholesale water supplier in exchange for discounted rates in 2025.

In late May, the San Diego County Water Authority asked its 23 member agencies, including the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, to consider a prepayment option.

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