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This Reservoir on the Sacramento River Has Been Planned for Decades. What’s Taking So Long?

/in , , /by /CalMattersby Alastair Bland

Last century, California built dozens of large dams, creating the elaborate reservoir system that supplies the bulk of the state’s drinking and irrigation water. Now state officials and supporters are ready to build the next one.

The Sites Reservoir — planned in a remote corner of the western Sacramento Valley for at least 40 years — has been gaining steam and support since 2014, when voters approved Prop. 1, a water bond that authorized $2.7 billion for new storage projects.

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How the Winter Storm Could Impact California Reservoirs

/in , , /by /Newsweekby Pandora Dewan

Southern California is bracing for a cold winter storm this weekend that is expected to bring up to 5 feet of snow accumulation in certain areas.

While this forecast might curtail your outdoor weekend plans, it is excellent news for the state’s recovering water reservoirs.

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How Weather Forecasts Can Help Dams Supply More Water

/in , , /by /Yale Environment 360by James Dinneen

Between Christmas and January this year, a parade of nine atmospheric rivers — vast streams of water vapor flowing east from the tropical Pacific — pummeled California. The trillions of gallons of rain poured on the state caused widespread flooding. While the rain topped up some drought-depleted reservoirs and aquifers and filled out snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, much of the water quickly ran off into the sea, flowing off asphalt and farms or released from reservoirs to prevent further flooding.

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Cold Storm Brings Rain, Blizzard Warnings to California

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Robert Jablon

California and other parts of the West faced heavy snow and rain Friday from the latest winter storm to pound the U.S., while thousands of people in Michigan shivered through extended power outages wrought by one of the worst ice storms in decades.

The National Weather Service warned of a “cold and dangerous winter storm” that would last through Saturday in California.

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California Invests in Critical Central Valley Water Infrastructure Projects

/in , , /by /Courthouse News Serviceby Natalie Hanson

California’s water authorities will spend $15 million in three crucial water management zones within the drought-ravaged southern Central Valley.

The hub of agricultural production in the Golden State, the Central Valley has also faced the most dire impacts from another historic drought, as thousands of wells went dry last year and many communities faced a total lack of safe drinking water.

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Orange County Water District Looks to Replenish Groundwater Basin for the 2nd Time This Year

/in , , /by /ABC 7 by David Gonzalex

The Orange County Water District said it’s grateful for all the rain this year.

Adam Hutchinson, recharge planning manager for OCWD said in the past, there’s been years when they’ve had almost no storm water to collect.

He said it is crucial to retain as much of it as possible when we have it.

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Opinion: Your Water Bill is Going to Go Up. Arizona Can’t Keep Ignoring This Fact

/in , , /by /AZ Centralby Joanna Allhands

Water is going to get more expensive.

It’s a matter of supply and demand:

Clean, easily accessible water is dwindling across Arizona, while those who rely on it aren’t going anywhere. That means we’ll all pay more for the thing that no desert dweller can live without.

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Snow Totals: Storm Dumps Nearly 2 Feet on San Diego Mountains With More on the Way From Atmospheric River

/in , , /by /NBC 7 San Diegoby Christina Bravo

When we describe snow on San Diego County’s mountains, it’s typically with words like dusting and slushy. This time, we can safely use the word dumping.

Three to five feet of snow is possible on San Diego’s mountain tops by the time a winter storm combined with an atmospheric river is finished on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

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Biggest Storm Since 2011 Has San Diego County in ‘Crosshairs’

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins and Karen Kucher

The most powerful storm in more than a decade will hit San Diego County late Friday and early Saturday with snow that could cause whiteout conditions in the mountains and shut down Interstate 8, rain that could cause widespread flooding and mudslides, and winds that could make kindling out of trees, the National Weather Service said.

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First Aqueduct Maintenance Shutdown Runs Feb. 27-March 8

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

The final shutdown for scheduled maintenance of the San Diego County Water Authority’s First Aqueduct is scheduled to begin February 27. The shutdown will run through March 8, allowing crews to reline portions of the historic aqueduct and perform regular maintenance work that ensures a safe and reliable water supply for the region. Portions of the First Aqueduct were shut down earlier this year for similar work, as part of a proactive approach to saving on future maintenance or replacement costs.

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