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Climate Change Is Driving a Global Water Trade You Can’t See

/in , , /by /Bloomberg by Jin Wu, Laura Millan, Chris Udemans and Jack Wittels

Every manifestation of the ­dangerous weather wreaking havoc around the world has one thing in common: water. As the Earth’s climate changes, the lack of water, or its sudden abundance, is reshaping the global economy and international trade. From prolonged drought slowing down ships in the Panama Canal to deluges halting industrial production in Japan, it’s one of the most obvious ways that rising temperatures are affect­ing businesses.

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Cal Water Gives a Closer Look on How They Bring Water to 450,000 Bakersfield Residents

/in , , /by /Bakersfield Now by Leslie Santibanez-Molina

The California Water Service in Bakersfield hosted their annual ‘Imagine a Day Without Water.’ The day aims to highlight the essential nature of water.

Officials with Cal Water gave us a tour of their Northeast Bakersfield plant that adds around 20 million gallons of water to the city’s water supply every day.

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Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Countywide Vote in Future Water District Detachment

/in , , /by /Times of San Diego by Chris Jennewein Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill requiring a countywide vote before a local water district can “detach,” though it’s too late to prevent local votes in Fallbrook and Rainbow.

The two rural districts have sought to leave the San Diego County Water Authority for a cheaper, if potentially less reliable water supply from Riverside County.

Assembly Bill 399, introduced by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner of Encinitas and sponsored by the city of San Diego, expands voting requirements should agencies seek to withdraw from any county water authority.

The new law is effective Jan. 1, but the votes in Fallbrook and Rainbow are scheduled for Nov. 7.

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What El Niño Will Mean for Lake Mead’s Water Levels

/in , , /by /Newsweek by Robyn White

The U.S. is set for an El Niño winter—the warmer counterpart to La Niña—a climate pattern that starts with warm water building up in the tropical Pacific Ocean west of South America.

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City of Phoenix Plans to Convert Wastewater into Drinking Water Within the Decade

/in , , /by /ABC15by Jorge Torres

In just a few years, water that’s flushed down toilets and drains in Phoenix may eventually flow through taps for people to drink.

Nazario Prieto with Phoenix Water Services claims it’s responsible and the way to go to preserve water.

“It’s a sustainable resource, and it keeps coming to us,” he explained.

The project will start at the Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant near Cave Creek and Deer Valley roads.

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Best Project – Water/Environment: First Aqueduct Tunnels Rehabilitation Project

/in , , /by /Engineering News-Record Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

When inspections discovered groundwater infiltration in three 72-in. aqueduct tunnels owned by the San Diego County Water Authority, a complex rehabilitation project became necessary. Those tunnels—Lilac Tunnel (500 ft), Red Mountain Tunnel (3,100 ft), and Oat Hills Tunnel (3,600 ft)—were originally built in 1947.

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As Drought Grips the Southwest, Water Utilities Find the Hunt for More Workers Challenging

/in , , /by /Inside Climate News by Wyatt Myskow

Selwyn Sekaquaptewa has been on the hunt for talent for months.

As the general manager of the Hopi Utilities Corporation’s water service, he works with just two other staff members to provide clean and safe drinking water to the Hopi Tribe’s reservation in Northeast Arizona. When the corporation formed in 2017, five of the community’s wells did not meet federal arsenic standards, and it’s looking to expand its operations and upgrade existing infrastructure to continue improving the quality of the water on which the tribe relies.

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Opinion: Climate Change Isn’t Just About Emissions. We’re Ignoring a Huge Part of the Fight

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby David G. Victor and Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Last month, we heard yet again about the need to stop global warming at about 1.5 degrees centigrade above preindustrial levels. The International Energy Agency outlined a plan to meet that goal, and the United Nations secretary-general implored nations to get serious about cutting emissions to make it a reality.

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Newsom Signs Law Making it Tougher for Water Districts to Secede — But it Won’t Affect Rainbow and Fallbrook Plans

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Jeff McDonald Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The next time a member of a regional water agency wants to secede, a majority of voters across the entire wider district will have to approve the change under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Late last week the governor signed Assembly Bill 399, legislation authored by Encinitas Democrat Tasha Boerner and originally designed to thwart an effort by water officials in Fallbrook and Bonsall from divorcing from the San Diego County Water Authority.

Newsom signed the bill without issuing any public comment.

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Opinion: San Diego-Imperial Water Deal: 20 Years of Success With Questions Ahead

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Michael Smolens Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego has secure water supplies that are the envy of many agencies throughout the western United States.

The key to this was an agreement reached 20 years ago this week with the Imperial Irrigation District to send Colorado River water from that desert farming region to San Diego County.

The nation’s largest agriculture-to-urban water transfer was primarily accomplished through vast payments by San Diego to Imperial Valley farmers to modernize their

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