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Garcetti Calls For State Of Emergency Amid Concerns That Flooding Could Damage DWP Facilities

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Dakota Smith

Mayor Eric Garcetti proclaimed a state of emergency Monday, citing concerns that melting snowpack in the eastern Sierra Nevada could flood homes and highways in the Owens Valley and damage the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The proclamation, which takes effect immediately and lasts seven days, is designed to help the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power protect its pumps, pipes and reservoirs in the Owens Valley and surrounding areas.

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Bill Would Expand Protections For California’s Rivers

/in /by /Capital Public Radio (Sacramento)

A bill to expand protections for California’s wild and scenic rivers is working its way through the state legislature. The measure approved by an Assembly committee Monday would bring state rules in line with more expansive federal laws. Supporters say California needs to step in now in case the federal government relaxes its rules under the new administration. Republican Assemblyman Travis Allen voted against the bill and based his position on the state’s water needs.

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Bay Area Storm: Rain Returns, But No Flooding Concerns

/in /by /NBC Southern Californiaby Ian Cull

A month after floods devastated a San Jose neighborhood, rain returned to the Bay Area, but no overflows are expected this time around, officials say. On Monday, rainfall was relatively light, but by Tuesday, the William Street area of San Jose will see its first significant rain since flood waters quickly overtook homes, cars, streets and parks after Coyote Creek overflowed. The good news this time: Flooding is not expected. The city, however, is moving forward in case another storm arises where it would need to warn people.

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Los Angeles Moves to Prevent Flooding in Area Near Aqueduct

/in /by /Associated Press (As published by U.S. News & World Report)by Brian Melley

The threat of destructive flooding from a monstrous Sierra Nevada snowpack that supplies Los Angeles with its water led Mayor Eric Garcetti to declare an emergency Monday to protect the city’s aqueduct system and the people who live nearby. Flooding is not a threat in the nation’s second-largest city. But it could swamp the rural Owens Valley hundreds of miles north, which has long had a fraught relationship with the metropolis that surreptitiously bought rights to its water and channeled it south more than a century ago.

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California Drought’s Biggest Lesson? Build More Water Storage

/in /by /Redding Record Searchlight

The winter’s welcome wet spell has brought at least an unofficial end to California’s drought. But has the rain washed away the most obvious lesson of the Golden State’s dry weather? Quite possibly. The Democrats who control state government say the right things about continuing to push water conservation and to move away from unmetered water systems. But when it comes to perhaps the drought’s most obvious lesson — the need to sharply increase water storage capacity — their silence is deafening.

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County Residents Can Get Break On Water Leak Repairs This Week

/in /by /Patch.com (Rancho Bernardo) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diegans will be able to get a financial break on water leak repairs this week from a San Diego County Water Authority program. From today through Sunday, participating plumbers will offer 10 percent discounts on products and services needed to fix leaks, up to $100. The program is a partnership between the Water Authority and Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association.

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Wet Weather Abates Drought In Southern California

/in /by /AndNowUKnow (Sacramento)by Eva Roethler

The Santa Fe Irrigation District’s (SFID) board voted unanimously, last week, to lift all restrictions on water use by its customers—essentially declaring that the official drought has ended for the 20,000 residents of Solana Beach, Rancho Santa Fe, and Fairbanks Ranch. Local news source the Del Mar Times noted that the decision came at the tail end of one of the wettest winters in the state’s recent history—during which time five years of drought gave way to concerns over flooding.

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Little Change In Oroville Dam Operations, Feather River Flow

/in /by /Oroville Mercury Register

Little has changed in the operation of Oroville Dam or in the flows in the Feather River. Flows in the part of the river past downtown Oroville are 40,000 cubic-feet per second, according to a Department of Water Resources press release. Another 7,000 cfs is entering the river at the Thermalito Afterbay outlet downstream from town. Most of the water — 40,000 cfs — is coming down the damaged main spillway. Another 6,450 cfs is being released through the Hyatt Powerhouse under the dam.

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Endless Snow Cheers Skiers But Has Downsides in California’s Sierra Nevada

/in /by /The Wall Street Journalby Jim Carlton

David Manahan has a lot of responsibilities as director of the Sierra Expeditionary Learning School here. This year, a major one has been digging out from under the mountains of snow burying sidewalks and classroom entrances of the K-8 charter school.

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Toilet To Tap: California Brewery Makes Beer With Treated SEWAGE Water… And Curious Customers Describe The Taste As ‘Outstanding’

/in /by /Daily Mail (London, U.K.)by Forrest Hanson

A Southern California brewery has successfully tested a beer using treated sewage water. Stone Brewing, a large craft brewing operation headquartered in Escondido, presented its Full Circle Pale Ale to curious customers at an event Thursday in San Diego. The new ale is made using recycled, treated sewage water and is part of San Diego’s plan, ‘Pure Water San Diego,’ to get a third of its water from recycled sources by 2021.

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