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San Clemente Council Approves Letter of Support for South Coast Water’s Desalination Plant

/in , , /by /Dana Point Timesby C. Jayden Smith

As the South Coast Water District prepares to present its proposed desalination plant to the California Coastal Commission next week, the San Clemente City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night, Oct. 4, to publicly back the project.

The council will send a pre-written letter of support to the Coastal Commission, which will consider on Oct. 13 whether to approve SCWD’s application to construct the proposed Doheny Ocean Desalination Plant.

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Snow Loss is Fueling the West’s Megadrought

/in , , /by /Gristby Jesse Nichols

Lake Mead is America’s largest reservoir, supplying water for 25 million people across the southwest. It’s also drying up — a kind of poster child for the ongoing drought in the West. But upstream, a much larger but lesser known source of stored water is also disappearing: mountain snow.

This is how climate change is throwing one of the United States’ most critical sources of water out of whack.

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Upper Basin Officials See California Proposal to Conserve Colorado River Water as a Positive Sign — Even if It’s Not Enough

/in , , /by /The Colorado Sunby Chris Outcalt

California water agencies that use Colorado River water indicated Wednesday they’d be willing to cut 400,000 acre-feet of water use annually starting next year and running through 2025 — a move a top Upper Basin water official cast as a promising development in the negotiations over the future of the river.

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Climate Change Made Summer Drought 20 Times More Likely

/in , /by /AP Newsby Drew Costley

Drought that stretched across three continents this summer — drying out large parts of Europe, the United States and China — was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study.

Drought dried up major rivers, destroyed crops, sparked wildfire, threatened aquatic species and led to water restrictions in Europe. It struck places already plagued by drying in the U.S., like the West, but also places where drought is more rare, like the Northeast. China also just had its driest summer in 60 years, leaving its famous Yangtze river half its normal width.

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Opinion: Legislature Must Remake Water Laws for a Drier California

/in , /by /CalMattersby Walter “Redgie” Collins and Amanda Cooper

California’s water laws are stuck in the past. The Legislature can—indeed, it must—make the changes to state law necessary to address the 21st century’s complex water challenges.

A recent decision by California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal highlights everything that’s wrong with California water law. The ruling blocks the State Water Resources Control Board’s authority to reduce water deliveries to a group of water districts amid California’s ongoing drought.

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Amid Punishing Drought, California Is Set to Adopt Rules to Reduce Water Leaks. The Process has Lagged

/in , /by /Inside Climate Newsby Emma Foehringer Merchant

Underneath pavement, parks and lawns, a web of pipes carry the water that fuels urban life from the companies that distribute it to the people who consume it. Many Americans never think twice about how much water might be leaking from that system.  And water providers haven’t always been required to contain the leaks.

California Agencies Float Colorado River Water Cuts Proposal

/in , /by /AP Newsby Kathleen Ronayne

California water agencies that rely on the parched Colorado River said Wednesday they can reduce their use by one-tenth starting in 2023 in response to calls for cuts from the federal government.

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San Diego County Has New Top Crop as Agricultural Value Reaches $1.75 Billion

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby Debbie L. Sklar

For the first time in 12 years, San Diego County has a new top crop, while agricultural value exceeded $1.75 billion, according to the county’s Crop Report released Wednesday.

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Waterworks Management Degree Program Supports Career Growth

/in , , /by /Water News Network

Water and wastewater industry employees can advance their professional careers with a specialty degree to help them achieve their goals. The industry offers vast opportunities in engineering, operations, finance, public affairs, human resources, administration and information technology.

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Katz Elected Board Chair of San Diego County Water Authority

/in , , /by /San Diego Business Journalby Karen Pearlman Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

Water is our most precious resource, and business owner and civic leader Mel Katz knows it.

“It’s the lifeblood of our county and economy,” said Katz, a Del Mar resident and as of Oct. 1, the chairman of the board of directors for the San Diego County Water Authority, the region’s wholesale supplier of water.

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