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BLOG: What You Need to Know About California’s $17 Billion Water Project

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)by Alastair Bland

Water, or the lack of it, has emerged as one of the greatest sources of stress for California, its people and its native species. Fish populations are declining in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, while farmers are facing short supplies. Urban dwellers have come under pressure to use less water, and underground reserves are being rapidly depleted. Making matters much worse is the ongoing drought, which shows no sign of ending. In fact, forecasts for less annual rainfall in years to come have cast uncertainty on the very future of California and its rapidly growing human population.

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Rosarito Beach Desalination Project Moves Forward

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Sandra Dibble Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant

 

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San Vicente Reservoir Reopening for Boating, Fishing After 8 Years

/in /by /Times of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Vicente Reservoir, closed for eight years, will reopen Sept. 22, and boating and fishing permits are scheduled to go on sale this evening, according to the city of San Diego. The permits, which will go on sale on the Ticketmaster website at 7 p.m. Pacific Time, will allow for water activities Sept. 22-26 at the facility. Permits are $8 for adults to fish and $7 for boat launches, plus Ticketmaster processing fees. The reservoir has been closed since September 2008 to allow the San Diego County Water Authority to raise the dam 117 feet, creating more water storage capacity at the municipally owned facility.

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L.A. Betting That Stormwater Can Help Ease California’s Drought

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Matt Stevens Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Five years of drought have struck different parts of California unevenly. Cities with multiple sources of water have weathered the crisis relatively well, even after important reservoirs have hit bottom. But residents of some small towns in the San Joaquin Valley and northern California, who depend on a single source of water, have had their daily routines upended when one important well or creek has run dry.

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Gov. Jerry Brown Hails Sweeping Climate Legislation, Plans to Sign Both Measures into Law

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Chris Megerian

Flanked by legislative leaders, Gov. Jerry Brown said new measures approved on Wednesday would be a milestone for the state’s climate change policies. “This is a real commitment backed up by real power,” he said during a Capitol news conference. Brown and top lawmakers spoke with reporters shortly after the Legislature gave their final stamp of approval to the two bills, a stark change in fortune after they appeared to lack the necessary support earlier this month. The governor has said he plans to sign the bills.

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BLOG: Driving Sustainable Water Management With Market-Based Solutions

/in /by /The Huffington Post (New York)by Giulio Boccaletti Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The 21st century may turn out to be the time in history when we hit the natural resource limits of the planet. Despite the technological innovations of the last century, natural resources – from fresh water to and forests, to healthy soils and fisheries-are becoming exhausted as we rely on them to meet the food, water and and energy needs of a global population that is expected to exceed 10 billing by 2050.

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Climate Change is Really Dangerous. Here are 6 Environmental Issues That are Even Worse.

/in /by /KCET (Burbank)by Chris Clarke

Climate change is dangerous, and it’s happening now. It threatens wildlife and the ecosystems they live in. It will make life harder for billions of people, with the greatest harm hitting the world’s poorest people. It may make some parts of the world uninhabitable for humans, and will almost certainly drive many species to extinction. But there are a half-dozen other environmental threats that are even worse. That’s according to a study published this month in Nature, generally considered the world’s most respected scientific journal.

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Brown’s Tunnels Cannot be Economically Justified, Says New Study

/in /by /Central Valley Business Times (Stockton)

The governor’s $68 billion California Delta twin water tunnels project cannot be economically justified, says a new report from the University of the Pacific. The tunnels scheme, promoted by Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. as one of his legacies to the people of California, would be the most costly water proposal in California history, the report says. But the new independent research, released Wednesday, shows that the tunnels’ costs are four times larger than its benefits, “and thus the project is not is not economically justified.”

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Poseidon Water Moves to Speed up Huntington Beach Project Permits

/in /by /Desalination + Reuse

Poseidon Water is adjusting its strategy for gaining permits for Huntington Beach desalination plant, as it moves to keep the project running to schedule. Instead of requesting a coastal development permit in September as planned, Poseidon will first renew its Regional Water Board operating permit, after new policies on seawater desalination came into effect in California in January.

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OPINION: California Must Stay The Course With Climate Policy

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Fran Pavley and Eduardo Garcia

A decade after California took a global lead by adopting its comprehensive policy to clear the air, transition to clean energy and reduce climate pollution, here’s what we know about what its effect has been: The economy has grown, in recent years outpacing the rest of the nation. Fueled by billions of dollars in private investment, a thriving clean-energy sector has blossomed, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. Greenhouse gas emissions have dropped, and are on pace to meet the target of rolling them back to 1990 levels by 2020.

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