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Residential Water Use in Los Angeles Declines After Winter Rains

/in , , /by /Crosstownby Christina Chkarboul

Los Angeles saw its eighth wettest season in 145 years last winter. The torrential downpours did more than fill aquifers, shrink water waste complaints and ease drought concerns—they also led to the biggest cutbacks in regional residential water use in four years.

The average customer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power used 59.5 gallons per day from Jan. 1–May 31, according to publicly available water use and conservation data from the California State Water Resources Control Board.

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California Regional Water Usage Declines as Statewide Water Stores Remain Above Average

/in , , /by /California Globe by Evan Symon

According to new data released by the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB),  average monthly residential water use sharply declined in the first half of 2023, with water stores in reservoirs and other places continuing to remain well above average.

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Opinion: 37,000 County Residents Want to Raise Water Costs for 3.3 Million San Diegans Without a Vote

/in , , /by /Voice of San Diego by Brigette Browning and Carol Kim Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Imagine going to dinner with a large group where everyone orders a full meal and one couple leaves just as the bill arrives. Unfortunately, this “dine and dash” is happening right now in San Diego County. Except it’s not just friends at dinner but rather two water districts attempting to leave us all with a tab of more than $200 million as they form a new partnership in Riverside.

What does this mean for the rest of us? All our water bills will go up as we’re forced to foot the bill.

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Water Authority Earns National Conservation Innovation Award

/in , , /by /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority was recognized with a national award from the Alliance for Water Efficiency for programs that help county residents and businesses conserve water. The Water Authority earned the 2023 Utility Innovation Award for developing and deploying of one of the first and most comprehensive multi-benefit water-use efficiency incentive programs in the nation, in partnership with the County of San Diego.

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The Compost: 10 Things to Know About Doheny Desal Plant

/in , , /by /The Orange County Registerby Brooke Staggs

It’s been nearly a year since the California Coastal Commission gave an Orange County water district the green light to build a new desalination plant in Dana Point. So I decided to check in to see how the project is coming along.

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Bypassing Glen Canyon Dam, Once Considered a Radical Idea, is Becoming Mainstream

/in , , /by /Fronteras Desk by Ron Dungan

The Bureau of Reclamation is analyzing future operations of Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell.

The Colorado River reservoir is facing record low water levels that threaten the current system, and conservationists are proposing a work-around: a tunnel to bypass the dam.

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11 Billion Gallons of Water Released from Hodges Reservoir

/in , /by /CBS8by David Gotfredson, Dorian Hargrove Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Over the past year, eleven billion gallons of water have been wasted/released from the Hodges Reservoir.

The City of San Diego said it is under a state order to keep the water level low in the lake. Water districts said the city is to blame because the San Diego Public Utilities Department failed to maintain the dam for decades.

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California Avocado Industry Remains Resilient Through Storm

/in , /by /Ag Net West Radio Networkby Brian German

It appears the California avocado industry got through the recent storm system largely unscathed. California Avocado Commission (CAC) President Jeff Oberman said that this year’s harvest is just about finished. Despite some tumultuous environmental factors, the industry appears poised for a good season.

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State Bill is Just a Little Too Late

/in , /by /Voice of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

A bill that would have made it harder for two water districts to break up with the San Diego County Water Authority lost a bit of steam late last week.

What happened: The state Senate Appropriations Committee passed AB 399 to the Senate floor for debate but got rid of a clause that would have allowed the bill to become law more quickly.

The bill would require that voters across the county approve any water district’s desire to leave the Water Authority. And that clause was important to the bill’s supporters because it would have stopped two districts from leaving.

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California Water Purification Facility Marks Major Milestone

/in , , /by /Water Finance and Management by WFM Staff

The Chino Basin Program (CBP), a program led by the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and partners, has reached a significant milestone as environmental engineering firm Brown and Caldwell completes the preliminary design of a new 13.4 million gallons per day Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF), a vital component of the innovative water program.

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