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Carlsbad Desal Plant gets $19.4 Million for New Seawater Intakes

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Carlsbad’s desalination plant, which provides 10 percent of San Diego County’s drinking water, will get $19.4 million for the construction of its new seawater intakes as part of $142 million in federal grants for water projects throughout the West.

Construction of the new facilities began in January 2023 at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, a spokesperson for the San Diego County Water Authority said Friday. The new intake screens will be placed in operation this fall, and the full project should be finished in early 2025.

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‘Happy to Help’: Replacement Pipes Start Journey from San Diego to Calgary

/in , /by /CTV Newsby Jordan Kanygin Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

Twelve days after a massive water main broke in Calgary, a pair of replacement pipes from San Diego will start a multi-day journey heading north to help crews here repair five sections.

“These are spare pipes that we’ve had in our yard and they are a suitable size for use in Calgary,” Martin Coghill told CTV News.

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Environment Report: San Diego Provoked a Budget Battle at MWD That Helped Take Down Its GM

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby Scott Lewis Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The letter that brought down Adel Hagekhalil, the general manager of the Metropolitan Water District, is getting buried by the news it generated.

The big headline about the letter, Politico first revealed, is that its claims of dysfunctional management and harassment led the Metropolitan Board of Directors to place Hagekhalil on administrative leave and appoint an interim general manager.

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Meet the Man Who Painted “Good Luck Calgary, love SDCWA” on the Pipe Coming from San Diego

/in , , /by /Global Newsby Sarah Crosbie Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

Current. Credible. Calgary. That’s the focus on CONNECT with Sarah Crosbie.

San Diego County Water Authority program manager Martin Coghill: “I can only imagine how much stress is involved.”

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San Diego Water Agency Gives Calgary Part of Feeder Main Pipe

/in , /by /Western Standardby Jonathan Bradley Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Help is on the way for the City of Calgary amid its water problems.

The City of Calgary confirmed the San Diego County Water Authority helped it to source a piece of feeder main pipe.

“It is currently being transported from San Diego to Calgary and will be arriving this week,” tweeted the City of Calgary on Sunday.

“Stay classy, San Diego.”

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El Niño Makes an Exit, but La Niña Could Bring Dry Conditions Back to California

/in , /by /Los Angeles Times by Hayley Smith

After a year of dominance, El Niño’s wrath has come to end — but its climate-churning counterpart, La Niña, is hot on its heels and could signal a return to dryness for California.

El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, sometimes referred to as ENSO. The climate pattern in the tropical Pacific is the single largest driver of weather conditions worldwide, and has been actively disrupting global temperatures and precipitation patterns since its arrival last summer.

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‘Collaboration for the Sake of Success’ is Critical to Water Resilience

/in , /by /AgNet West Radio Network by Lauren McEwen

In a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on May 8, Westlands Water District, Metropolitan Water District, and Friant Water Authority agreed to improve collaborations on surface, groundwater, transfers, and exchanges of water from the San Joaquin Valley to Southern California.

Furthermore, a second MOU was signed between Metropolitan and Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley, a coalition that aims to advance water accessibility across the state. The MOU intends to identify, develop, and initiate water projects for the Central Valley to solidify water resilience.

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Opinion: Calgary’s Water-main Break Has Important Lessons for the Rest of Us

/in , /by /TVO Todayby Matt Gurney Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

I saw a heartwarming tweet on Sunday. It was notable for two reasons. The first was that something heartwarming was a nice change of pace. But the second was that it spoke to a story that is currently very much in the news and also very relevant to my interests. The municipal water-service department in San Diego, California, is shipping the city of Calgary a spare section of pipe. It is apparently exactly what Calgary needs to help recover from the recent catastrophic water-main failure that has deprived the city of 60 per cent of its potable water supply, resulting in the declaration, this weekend, of a state of emergency.

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As California Water Agency Investigates Top Manager, Some Worry Progress Could Be Stymied

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Ian James

In the three years that Adel Hagekhalil has led California’s largest urban water supplier, the general manager has sought to focus on adaptation to climate change — in part by reducing reliance on water supplies from distant sources and investing in local water supplies.

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Rep. Levin Announces $32 Million in Federal Funding for Regional Desalination Projects

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Rep. Mike Levin announced Thursday that he has secured $32.2 million in federal funds for three desalination projects to increase water security in north San Diego and south Orange counties.

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