Southeastern San Diego County residents can expect even pricier water bills due to higher sewer rates that their water agency approved earlier this month.
Otay Water District board members unanimously approved gradually increasing sewer rates over a five-year period. Next year’s hike takes effect in January and will raise the cost of sewer service by about 4%, though increases in subsequent years could reach nearly 10%.
The runoff carries trash and contaminants into our local waterways and ocean, reports NBC 7’s Brooke Martell.
San Diego is stepping up its efforts to tackle billions in overdue infrastructure projects by shifting to a model where contractors help design projects, instead of just building ones already designed by city engineers.
Officials expect the new model, which the City Council approved last week, to reduce cost overruns, improve quality, boost transparency and help the city tackle its massive infrastructure backlog more quickly.
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday.
The World Meteorological Organization said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases, an annual study released ahead of the U.N.’s annual climate conference, that C02 growth rates have now tripled since the 1960s, and reached levels not seen in at least 800,000 years.
San Diego International Airport experienced dozens of flight delays Tuesday as the region’s first major storm of the season brought heavy rain, strong winds and chilly temperatures to Southern California.
The National Weather Service issued an airport weather warning for San Diego International Airport due to high wind gusts, prompting operational changes and passenger concerns.
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Southern California water leader Shivaji Deshmukh will be the next general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the nation’s largest drinking water provider, following a unanimous vote today by the agency’s board of directors.
Deshmukh will become Metropolitan’s 16th general manager in its nearly 100-year history, replacing retiring general manager Deven Upadhyay.
A strong, early-season winter storm will dump as much as 3 feet of snow in the high-elevation parts of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains this week, which could eventually supplement the water levels of many reservoirs in the area.
Newsweek reached out to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) by email for comment.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use.
New data centers have been rapidly proliferating in California and other western states as the rise of artificial intelligence and growing investments in cloud computing drive a construction boom. The centers, full of equipment, generate lots of heat and can use large quantities of water to cool their servers and interiors. Many companies don’t reveal how much they use.
California is experiencing its first widespread soaking of the season, which will also include the heaviest Sierra snowfall so far this fall. This storm system is currently diving southward along the California coast, with rain from the Central Valley into parts of Southern California, and snow falling in the Sierra.
There’s even a severe thunderstorm watch until 6 a.m. PDT for parts of Southern California, including L.A., Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. According to the National Weather Service, this is the first severe thunderstorm watch issued for the L.A. Basin in over 17 years, since Jan. 27, 2008.
