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CWA rates and charges to rise 5.9 percent for treated water, 6.4 percent for untreated supply

/in /by /Bonsall Villlage News (Fallbrook) by Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) board approved an increase in water rates for next year.

The CWA board action June 23 set the water rates and charges for calendar year 2017. The rates on a countywide basis will increase by 5.9 percent for treated water and 6.4 percent for untreated water. The new rates and charges will be effective Jan. 1, and the CWA’s member agencies have the option of absorbing the rate increases or passing on the additional cost to customers.

 

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VIDEO: Mail Print More County to Establish Groundwater Sustainablilty Agency

/in /by /KGET (Bakersfield)
County supervisors took action this morning to officially file a notice of intent with the state to establish a groundwater sustainability agency.
It’s more of a technical maneuver than anything else. GSAs are starting to pop up in Kern County, to comply with state law that mandates a statewide effort to balance demand for our groundwater with supplies.
The city of Bakersfield has joined with Kern Delta Water District to form their own GSA.They both draw water from the Kern River.
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Sites Reservoir likely years down the road

/in /by /The Redding Record Searchlightby Damon Arthur

Don’t expect to see a reservoir built in the hills west of Maxwell anytime soon.

Plans to build the Sites Reservoir have been in the works since 1957, and if it is eventually approved, work on the project probably would not be complete for another 10 to 12 years, according to Jim Watson, the Sites Reservoir Project general manager.

“Sites is not for us. Sites is for our grandchildren,” said Nadine Bailey, chief operating officer for the Family Water Alliance in Maxwell.

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San Diego facing $4.6M water pollution fine

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David Garrick

Local water quality officials proposed on Tuesday fining San Diego $4.6 million for allegedly allowing private construction sites to pollute sensitive waterways, including the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon.

Over a period of nearly five years, city officials failed to conduct proper site inspections, prevent harmful sediment erosion and enforce the city’s water quality ordinances at multiple sites, according to the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board.

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Bill seeks to use renewable energy to boost water supplies

/in /by /89.3 KPCCby Kevin Walker

As the state slogs through its fifth year of drought, many water agencies are increasingly turning to alternative water sources to boost supplies — source like seawater, brackish groundwater and recycled wastewater.

But those need a lot of energy to treat. Now a local state senator wants to use California’s growing renewable energy supply to help meet that demand. “In the old days I remember we had this thing called Flex Your Power,” said state Senator Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys).

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California To Set Legal Limit On Probable Carcinogen In Water

/in /by /Capital Public Radio News (Sacramento)by Amy Quinton

The California State Water Resources Control Board will soon set a maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3 Trichloropropane, or 1,2,3 TCP.

It’s found in industrial solvents and cleaning agents, but it was once found in two popular soil fumigants made by Dow Chemical and Shell Oil Company.

The pesticide byproduct contaminated groundwater throughout the Central Valley. State water regulators have found 1,2,3 TCP in 94 public drinking water systems in 16 counties.

Right now, water systems in California are only required to notify residents if the chemical is found at a certain health-based advisory level.

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Water Board Proposes Fining San Diego $4.6 Million

/in /by /City News Services (As Published by KPBS)

A $4.6 million penalty against the city of San Diego was proposed Tuesday by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board for the city’s alleged failure to make sure construction sites did not prevent the pollution of local waterways.

The allegations cover the time period from 2010 to 2015 and affected water bodies stretching across city limits from the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon to the north, down to the Tijuana River Estuary to the south, according to water board officials.

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Imperial County Agency Opposes Regionalizing Grid

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jeff McDonald

The Imperial Irrigation District, which could lose its authority over transmission lines across its service area, has adopted a resolution formally opposing the state’s plan to regionalize the California power grid.

The board of directors said the California Independent System Operator’s proposal to expand the power grid to six other Western states is not in the best interest of the public and should be scrapped.

 

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BLOG: MWD boss on being a ‘good neighbor’

/in /by /eSan Joaquin Blog by Alex Breitler

Now that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California officially owns 20,000 acres of Delta farmland, a question asked of General Manager Jeff Kightlinger at a public forum last week becomes even more relevant.

The question: As an absentee landowner in the Delta, what does it mean to Metropolitan to be a “good neighbor?”

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Southern California water district finalizes land purchase

/in /by /The Associated Press (As Published by The Washington Times)

Southern California’s largest water supplier has bought sprawling farmland that could be used to help build twin tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2a3qYUm) the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California said Monday it has completed its purchase of five islands at the hub of California’s water system east of San Francisco.

The newspaper reports Metropolitan announced the completion of the purchase in a two-paragraph memo to board members from the agency’s general counsel.

 

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