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September Sizzled to Records and Was So Much Warmer Than Average Scientists Call It ‘Mind-Blowing’

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Seth Borenstein

After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday.

Last month’s average temperature was 0.93 degrees Celsius (1.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1991-2020 average for September. That’s the warmest margin above average for a month in 83 years of records kept by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

“It’s just mind-blowing really,” said Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo. “Never seen anything like that in any month in our records.”

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Opinion: You’re Already Drinking Dinosaur Pee. So Don’t Be Afraid of Recycled Wastewater

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Times Editorial Board

Perhaps the biggest development in water over the last three decades has been the change in attitude among consumers about their liquid assets. After repeated droughts punctuated by history-making deluges, Californians appear more open than ever to embracing reuse of stormwater, wastewater and seawater — as long as we can be certain that it is clean and safe to drink.

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LA to Benefit From $19 Million State Grant for Turf Replacement Program

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Daily Newsby City News Service

The city of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 5, received more than $19 million in state grant money for climate resilience projects, including the Department of Water and Power’s turf replacement program that will pay for free yard transformations in underserved communities.

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Another Wet Year is Predicted in California. Officials Say This Time They’re Better Prepared

/in , , /by /KVPRby Kerry Klein

Water leaders across California are beginning to prepare for another wet winter, as a new water year got underway this week.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the state’s reservoirs are the fullest they’ve been at the start of a water year in 40 years. And, with an El Niño weather pattern looking more and more likely, so is the possibility for a lot of rain in the months ahead.

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2023 Lake Jennings Photo Contest Winners Take Shape

/in , /by /SDNews.comby SDNews Staff

Helix Water District recently announced the winners of the 2023 Lake Jennings Photo Contest, with this year’s first place in the adult category going to photographer Billy Ortiz of Lakeside for his image “Reflection.”

Now in its 12th year, the contest drew 60 photos from photographers throughout San Diego County.

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Sweetwater Mulls Increase

/in , /by /The Star News by Albert Fulcher Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

On Sept. 17, the Sweetwater Authority Governing Board accepted the 2023 rate study, which proposes a water rate structure for the following three years, determining the cost of providing water service and revenue required to maintain current water service levels.

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Vallecitos Water District Videos Win National EPA WaterSense Award

/in , /by /North County Daily Star by NC Daily Star Staff

The video series produced by the Vallecitos Water District public affairs team was distributed by the U.S. EPA WaterSense program to help educate the public about water conservation nationwide. The videos can be downloaded for free on the EPA WaterSense partner platform.

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City of Oceanside Awarded $201,000 for Water Recycling and Desalination Planning Project

/in , /by /North County Daily Star by NC Daily Star Staff

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded the City of Oceanside $201,000 for the City’s Water Recycling and Desalination Planning Project. The City received the award after applying for WaterSMART funding to investigate expanding water reuse and increasing water recharge.

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San Diego Fined $4.6M for Sweetwater Sewage Spill as Aging Pumps Fail and Overflows Intensify

/in , /by /KPBS by Philip Salata

Most of the fish that Marco Valdez catches at the mouth of the Sweetwater River in the South Bay he throws back. He says that in his community, talk of water contamination circulates on the regular – and ever more often.

“You hear this in the news all the time, Pa’,” Valdez told an inewsource reporter as he reeled in his line.

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Phoenix Spends $30 Million to Reopen Cave Creek Water Plant Back for Water With a Twist

/in , /by /AZ Central by Taylor Seely

A tiny, shuttered wastewater treatment facility in north Phoenix that the City Council voted to bring back online Wednesday will be the city’s first to use advanced water purification technology that officials hope to make widespread within a decade.

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