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The World’s Largest Dam Demolition Has Begun. Can the Dammed Klamath River Finally Find Salvation?

/in , , /by /Cal Mattersby Rachel Becker

Oshun O’Rourke waded into the dark green water, splashing toward a net that her colleagues gently closed around a cluster of finger-length fish.

The Klamath River is wide and still here, making its final turn north to the coast as it winds through the Yurok reservation in Humboldt County. About 150 baby chinook salmon, on their long journey to the Pacific, were resting in cool waters that poured down from the forest.

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States at the Forefront of Fights Over Wetlands Protections After Justices Slash Federal Rules

/in , , /by /AP Newsby John Flesher and Michael Phillis

A month after the U.S. Supreme Court severely restricted the federal government’s power to oversee wetlands, the Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature handed state agencies an order: Don’t give the ecologically crucial waters any more protection than newly weakened federal rules provide.

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US is Coming Clean on PFAS in Drinking Water

/in , /by /Engineering News-Recordby Pam McFarland, Mary B. Powers, Debra K. Rubin

Congress has allocated billions of dollars to address contamination caused by the ubiquitous class of “forever” chemicals known as PFAS—with billions also earmarked in recent legal settlements with manufacturers—but drinking water managers, construction sector experts and other stakeholders say the true cost of cleanup could be much higher.

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Will Northern California See Another Stormy Winter This Year? Here’s What Experts Predict

/in , , /by /The Sacramento Bee by Hanh Truong

This summer’s heat seems to be easing down as temperatures decline to the 70s and 80s , a reminder that seasons are changing and winter is coming. In June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association officially declared an El Niño, predicting that it will strengthen in the northern hemisphere this winter. But it’s too soon to know exactly what this winter will look like for California.

 

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Supervisors Support Countywide Vote on Whether Fallbrook, Rainbow Can Leave Water Authority

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

The county Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to support state legislation that would require a vote by all customers served by water districts within the San Diego County Water Authority before individual districts can leave the authority.

 

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Tish Berge and Kelley Gage Appointed to Key Leadership Positions

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

San Diego County Water Authority executives Tish Berge and Kelley Gage were promoted Monday by General Manager Dan Denham. Berge moves from assistant general manager to deputy general manager after two years in her prior post. Gage, who served as director of water resources the past five years, is now assistant general manager.

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Supervisors Support County Water Authority Customer Vote for Rainbow, Fallbrook Departure

/in , , /by /NBC 7by City News Service

The San Diego county Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to support state legislation that would require a vote by all customers served by water districts within the County Water Authority before individual districts can leave the authority.

Proposed by Supervisor Joel Anderson in a board letter, the policy follows a July 10 decision from the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission to allow the Rainbow Municipal Water District and Fallbrook Public Utility District to leave the water authority.

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San Diego Researchers Work on Forecasting Tool for Ocean Pathogens

/in , , /by /KPBSby Erik Anderson

California is investing $3 million in an effort to allow researchers to predict when and where ocean waters near Imperial Beach may be contaminated.

The ocean off the coast of Imperial Beach has suffered decades of contamination which includes trash, toxic chemicals and untreated sewage runoff.

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Feinstein, Padilla Ask Senate for $310 Million to Address Border Pollution

/in , , /by /Times of San Diego by Elizabeth Ireland

California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla Tuesday called on U.S. Senate leadership to include $310 million in an upcoming emergency supplemental bill — money that would be used to repair infrastructure to treat raw sewage spilling across the border from Mexico.

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California Electricity Pricing Exploded in the Last Three Years, Far Outpacing Inflation

/in , /by /PV Magazineby John Fitzgerald Weaver

Energy Toolbase, a financial modeling platform specializing in solar and energy storage that collects nationwide electricity tariffs and rates, has published an in-depth analysis on the inflation of California’s electricity rates over the past decade. The analysis found that the state’s electricity inflation far outpaced generation inflation, averaging 15.3% from the 2020 through 2023. This surge came on the heels of a comparatively modest six-year span, which saw an average inflation of 1.6%.

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