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Proposed Doheny Desalination Project Will Be Discussed At Water District Workshop

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Bryce Alderton

The South Coast Water District will hold a board workshop Tuesday in Laguna Beach to discuss the proposed Doheny Ocean Desalination Project. District staff will update board members about desalination studies, placement of slant wells, hydrology, alternative power supplies and cost estimates. South Coast, which serves customers in South Laguna, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente, proposes a 5-acre facility on 30 acres of district-owned property near San Juan Creek.

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Seawater Desalination Will Quench The Thirst Of A Parched Planet

/in /by /Yahoo News

Humanity has sought to make the Earth’s oceans potable for thousands of years. The Norse tale of Utgarda-Loki tells of Odin being tricked into drinking from a horn connected to the sea, while Exodus 15:22–26 of the Bible likely describes Moses desalinating the water of Marah: When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

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Two New Nembers for Tiny Water Board that Billed Customers for Legal Services

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribune

The tiny backcountry water district that billed one of its ratepayers the cost of the agency’s private attorney has installed two new board members. Steve Kincaid and Brian Lightbody were the only applicants for two Wynola Water District board vacancies announced earlier this year, said Tim Taschler, the former volunteer office manager who was elected to the panel in 2016.

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OPINION: A Shrunken Delta Tunnels Project? Decision Time is Upon California

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Jay Lund

A new option has entered the discussion of Delta water supplies: one cross-Delta tunnel instead of two. For now, California’s WaterFix proposal, pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown, is for two tunnels under-crossing the Delta for 35 miles, allowing up to 60 percent of Delta water exports to come from the main channel of Sacramento River. Implementing such a major project requires extraordinary political and financial support that so far is lacking.

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VIDEO: LA 90: Trump Administration Will Help with California Water Project

/in /by /Los Angeles Times

The Interior Department will continue to work with California on its $17 billion water project. An earlier statement saying the Trump administration didn’t support the project confused state officials. An official later clarified the department will continue to help with the project but not in its funding.

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Researchers Find Link Between Media Attention To Drought and Household Water Savings

/in /by /Phys.org

With increased drought coverage from newspapers, water conservation increased in the San Francisco Bay Area during the drought that ended in 2016. That’s according to a new study from Stanford researchers that links real water consumption data with the public attention garnered by California’s recent droughts.

 

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Facing Rollbacks, California Must Protect Drinking Water, Wetlands

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)

Californians strongly support action by state and federal agencies to ensure that the water in our streams and the water we drink are free of dangerous contaminants, and that our precious wetlands are preserved. Unfortunately, the Trump administration and Congress propose to weaken federal Clean Water Act protections for those essential resources. But California regulatory agencies needn’t and shouldn’t wait for this federal rollback. They should instead take action proactively to use state law to ensure clean water and wetlands protections for all Californians.

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Water Authority’s Garden Displays Sustainable Landscapes

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribune

Tucked between the corporate offices and condos of Kearny Mesa, a new model of next-generation landscape practices has sprouted at the headquarters of the San Diego County Water Authority — an oasis brimming with graffiti star clusters, Dallas red lantana, Santa Barbara daisies and dozens of other plant varieties arranged artfully between pavers, mulch and stone. As part of its efforts to promote water-use efficiency no matter the weather, the Water Authority recently installed the showcase garden to feature four core principles of sustainable landscapes — healthy soils, climate-appropriate plants, high-efficiency irrigation and using rainwater as a resource.

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APNewsBreak: Trump Opposes Massive California Water Project

/in /by /The Associated Press (As published by The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will not support a massive water project proposed by California, the latest and most serious blow for Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to re-engineer the state’s water system by building two giant water tunnels. “The Trump administration did not fund the project and chose to not move forward with it,” Russell Newell, spokesman for the U.S. Interior Department, said in an email. Asked if that meant the Trump administration did not support California’s tunnels project, Newell said yes.

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First-Ever Lawsuit Asks: Does the Colorado River Have a Right to Exist?

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)

Should a river have legal rights of its own? Should it be able to thrive, and even evolve naturally, without human interference? Those are the deep questions asked in a precedent-setting federal lawsuit filed in September in which the Colorado River, as an ecosystem, seeks federal legal rights to exist and to flourish. It is the first action of its kind in the United States. The plaintiff in the case is the Colorado River itself, with the organization Deep Green Resistance acting as a “next friend” on its behalf.

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