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SDG&E Rolling Out New Fuel Cell Technology to Ease Power Outage Disruptions

At first glance, it looks like a storage refrigerator you might see in somebody’s garage — and it runs just as quietly. But the GenCell G5rx is a hydrogen fuel cell generator that is part of a compact system using the latest technology to help companies like San Diego Gas & Electric reduce disruptions during power outages. “When the grid is off, this is on,” said Gil Shavit, chairman of GenCell, the company that has contracted to deliver more than two dozen G5rx systems to SDG&E.

EMWD Urge Governor Jerry Brown To End Drought State Of Emergency

Eastern Municipal Water District’s (EMWD) Board of Directors on Wednesday urged Governor Jerry Brown and the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) to declare an end the ongoing Drought State of Emergency and corresponding regulations. EMWD’s Board of Directors approved by a 4-0 vote a resolution requesting an end to the statewide drought emergency status due to the response of customers and drastically improved statewide water supply and snowpack conditions.

Bay Area Storms: New Atmospheric River Heading Toward Northern California

On the heels of a storm-tossed January, another atmospheric river is taking aim at Northern California, but there’s a chance it might miss the Bay Area, according to the National Weather Service.The steady flow of moisture from the Pacific is expected to set up Tuesday morning above the North Bay and Northern Sierra Nevada; however, there’s a possibility it could shift south to the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to Steve Anderson, a forecaster with the weather service. Forecasters will have a better idea of its path in the coming days.

County Water Authority Declares Drought Over

The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors (SDCWA) declared on Jan. 26 an end to drought conditions in the region, citing heavy local rainfall and snow in western mountain areas. According to the Water Authority, precipitation at San Diego’s official reporting station at Lindbergh Field is 172 percent of average at this time. Statewide snow-water content is 193 percent of average, while the snowpack in the Colorado River Basin – where San Diego obtains some of its water – is also well above normal, the SDCWA reported.

San Jose Water Company Drops Drought Surcharges

Amid heavy winter rains, recovering reservoirs and improving groundwater, the San Jose Water Company — which provides drinking water to 1 million people in San Jose and neighboring communities — has dropped its drought surcharges. The private company announced the change Wednesday, making it the last large water provider in the Bay Area to suspend fines and penalties for excessive water use.

‘Astounding’ Snowpack Bodes Well For Summer Water Supply

Two years ago, as the Sierra snowpack would normally be peaking, Gov. Jerry Brown stood on a barren mountain slope near Lake Tahoe and announced statewide emergency drought measures. Standing in the same spot today, he’d be buried under more than seven feet of snow. “It’s a transformed landscape,” observed Tom Painter, a snow hydrologist and  principal investigator at the NASA Airborne Snow Observatory.

VIDEO: From The Air, Views Of Flowing Waters Suggest Sacramento Region’s New Abundance

Titled “Raindance,” this drone-shot video provides images that begin at Lake Clementine Dam on the Middle Fork American River in the foothills east of the Sacramento Valley and brings viewers down to the confluence with the heavy-flowing Sacramento River at the capital’s flooded Discovery Park to Tower Bridge and beyond.

State Water Board Staff Proposes To Extension Water Conservation For Another 270 Days

The State Water Resources Control Board staff is formally proposing that the state’s emergency conservation regulation be extended another 270 days! A draft resolution to amend and readopt the emergency regulation will be taken up after 1 p.m. on February 8, 2017 at the State Board meeting in Sacramento.  Comments on the proposed resolution will only be accepted through noon Monday, February 6, 2017!

OPINION: Time For The People To Take Back Power Over Calif. Water

A state Initiative would establish in the California Constitution that the highest priorities of beneficial water use are: first, domestic use, and second, irrigation use. The California State Water Resources Control Board is now the greatest threat facing water users in the state, a threat that can best be overcome by returning power to the People of California. The Board claims that double the current environmental flows from the San Joaquin River and tributaries must be taken for fish. The Board, with complete indifference, calls the resultant community and economic devastation an “unavoidable impact.”

The Snowiest Place On Earth Right Now Is California

California is the snowiest place on earth right now. This is after it experienced record snowfalls since November. Prior to this, it had statewide drought problems for years.In the California resort of Mammoth, which is near Yosemite National Park, the record on snowfall has been broken. More powder fell in January compared to any month in its history. Last January 25, more than 6 meters of snow fell, breaking the record by 1 meter, according to Telegraph Co UK. What’s more, it was expected that more snow would fall during the succeeding days.