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VIDEO: Negotiations Toward A Salton Sea Consensus Are Progressing, Water Agency Says

/in /by /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian James Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The Imperial Irrigation District has been using its clout as the agency with the biggest water entitlement along the Colorado River to press for California officials to live up to their commitment that they will keep the Salton Sea from turning into an environmental disaster. During the past year, IID has warned the state that without a credible, well-funded “road map” to restore deteriorating shoreline habitats and cover up growing stretches of dust-spewing lakebed, the district won’t take part in a proposed deal to use less water from the dwindling Colorado River.

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Thunderstorms, High Surf and Muggy Conditions in Store For Southern California

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Veronica Rocha

Southern California will enjoy a brief respite from record-breaking temperatures for the next few days, but it probably won’t feel like it. High humidity will bring muggy and sticky conditions to the Southland this week, while a band of moisture could generate thunderstorms in the deserts, according the National Weather Service. On Monday, scattered showers will move throughout Los Angeles County and could bring dangerous lightning and flash flooding in the mountains and deserts, forecasters say. Temperatures will drop by 4 to 8 degrees in Los Angeles County and Ventura County on Monday and Tuesday.

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Floods, Then Fires. California Residents Again Face Evacuations Due to the Elements

/in /by /The Washington Postby Amy Westervelt

Jeremiah Keller toddled around, clad only in his last diaper, the hot, smoky air surrounding him. His mother — exasperated from two days of fleeing, seeking help, wondering about the future — struggled to stop the 18-month-old from running into the parking lot. The family has done a lot of running in the past few days. As wildfires closed in on towns across California, they and thousands of others had to evacuate, leaving the fates of their homes and their neighbors a mystery as the fires blazed through dry lands.

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Western Drought Recedes; Push For New Reservoirs Continues

/in /by /La Junta Tribune-Democratby Candace Krebs

A period of historic drought in the West might be over for now, but the war over water never is. From Colorado to California, a snowy late spring finally broke through what was left of the drought’s fierce grip. Soil is saturated again, reservoirs are full and water worries have temporarily receded as farms return to their full productive capability. Even so, wrestling over water during the recent shortages was a wake-up call for agricultural leaders who are now putting heightened importance on developing better outreach to the public while still pushing long-term resource planning.

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Western Drought Recedes; Push For New Reservoirs Continues

/in /by /Fowler Tribuneby Candace Krebs

A period of historic drought in the West might be over for now, but the war over water never is. From Colorado to California, a snowy late spring finally broke through what was left of the drought’s fierce grip. Soil is saturated again, reservoirs are full and water worries have temporarily receded as farms return to their full productive capability. Even so, wrestling over water during the recent shortages was a wake-up call for agricultural leaders who are now putting heightened importance on developing better outreach to the public while still pushing long-term resource planning.

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OPINION: Poll Shows San Diegans Value Water for Life

/in /by /The Coast News Groupby Mark Muir

As we enter the peak water-use months of summer and early fall, it’s worth taking a moment to assess the value of this resource that is often taken for granted. After all, water makes everything possible in this semi-arid region, from baseball fields and microbrews to biotech and backyard gardens. We recently asked 1,000 county residents what they thought about the value of water as part of the San Diego County Water Authority’s long-running series of public opinion polls. On an unaided basis, two-thirds of respondents (67 percent) said they considered water a good or excellent value.

 

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OPINION: Perseverance Pays Off In Rate Case Ruling

/in /by /Fallbrook & Bonsall Village Newsby Mark Muir

When the San Diego County Water Authority filed its initial rate case lawsuit in 2010 against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we knew it would be a marathon. Seven years later, we passed another important marker in the long-running litigation when a June 21 ruling by the state Court of Appeal sided with the Water Authority and the San Diego region on several significant issues. The decision includes a few key takeaways: The Water Authority has a right to significantly more water from MWD than MWD had credited.

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Here’s Where Construction Efforts On Oroville Dam Spillway Lie In Early July

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby David Caraccio

Drone video footage released Friday shows how construction progressed on the Lake Oroville main spillway from July 1 through July 6, 2017. The reconstruction of Oroville Dam’s flood-control spillways began in May, more than three months after a near disaster forced the emergency evacuation of thousands of downstream residents. Kiewit Corp. of Omaha, Neb., which was awarded a $275.4 million contract to fix the dam’s two spillways, has more than 200 employees on the site, a workforce that will balloon to 500 by August.

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131-Year-Old Heat Record In Downtown L.A. Could Fall On Saturday, Forecasters Say

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Joseph Serna

The records are set up, ready to fall like dominoes if forecasters’ predictions prove accurate for Southern California’s heat wave this weekend. On Friday, the National Weather Service expects heat records for July 7 in at least six parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties to fall. Other records could be tied.

 

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With San Clemente Dam Gone, Are Steelhead Trout About To Make Comeback On The Carmel River?

/in /by /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Teresa L. Carey

Brian LeNeve has been fishing for almost 70 years, but he hasn’t dropped a line in his hometown river for the last 15. He says fishing in the Carmel River isn’t worth the risk of harming a steelhead trout – a threatened species. But this winter’s pounding rains, coupled with the 2015 removal of the San Clemente Dam, have given hope to LeNeve and other local fishermen that steelhead could make a comeback on their beloved river.

 

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