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‘SAVE OUR WATER’: Signs Urge Californians To Limit Outdoor Watering Amid Drought

/in , , /by /ABC7 KRCRby Nazy Javid

Beginning Friday, June 24, and running through Monday, June 27, Caltrans electronic signs across the state will display the message “Severe Drought. Limit Outdoor Watering.” The messaging raises awareness of the urgent need for Californians to save water as the state faces severe drought. Limiting outdoor watering is one of the best ways Californians can cut back on water use – outdoor watering accounts for up to 60% of the average Californians’ water use, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

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‘A Subtraction Problem:’ A Shrinking Colorado River Faces Sharp, Sudden Cuts

/in , /by /The Nevada Independentby Daniel Rothberg

Within the next two months, Colorado River negotiators face a daunting task: Develop ways to reduce use by an enormous amount, or the federal government will make the cuts on its own.

Earlier this month, the federal government told the seven states in the Colorado River Basin that reservoir levels are so low they face a pressing crisis that warrants large-scale conservation, even as water users negotiate long-term operating guidelines for a shrinking river in an arid future.

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Opinion: The Drought-Parched West Wants To Take Mississippi River Water? Fat Chance! Or Is It?

/in , /by /Desert News

Leave it to the Westerners to come up with solutions to their problems by causing problems for others.  Las Vegas resident Bill Nichols’ June 22 suggestion of diverting Mississippi River water to the Southwest to help solve the Southwest’s drought problem is nothing more than a plan to steal, under federal-government oversight at taxpayers’ expense, water that belongs to the Midwest. Bill doesn’t say what the Midwesterners who are deprived of this diverted water will do for their water needs.

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As Summer Begins, Thinking About Our Drought Problem: Empathy

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Steven P. Dinkin

In the rainless season we call summer in California, images of shrinking bodies of water have a way of looming large.

After more than 22 years of drought compounded by warmer temperatures, Lake Mead and Lake Powell — water sources that are vital to life in the Southwest — have declined to their lowest levels since they were filled. The two reservoirs now sit at just 28 percent of capacity.

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San Diegans Asked to Cut Back On Water Usage

/in , /by /CBS8by Keristen Holmes Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

 It’s time to cut back on water usage. That’s the message from city, county and state leaders Thursday afternoon as officials say this is the worst drought in 1,200 years. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria joined Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency and Gary Croucher, Chair of the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors for the announcement.

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Mayor Gloria and Other Leaders Urge Water Conservation, Warn of ‘Collapse of Colorado River’ System

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan Brennan Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego County’s water supplies are in good shape in the face of severe statewide drought, but local and state leaders said San Diegans should still take steps to avoid water waste and limit outdoor irrigation.

“We’re here on a somber note, and that is as we move into summer… we are navigating across the American West, an unprecedented drought,” California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said.

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Water Conservation Tips With Metropolitan Water District

/in , /by /KTLA

For more information on Metropolitan Water District visit their website or follow them on Instagram.

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Lake Mead Nears Dead Pool Status as Water Levels Hit Another Historic Low

/in , , /by /NBC Newsby Denise Chow

Lake Mead’s water levels this week dropped to historic lows, bringing the nation’s largest reservoir less than 150 feet away from “dead pool” — when the reservoir is so low that water cannot flow downstream from the dam.

Lake Mead’s water level on Wednesday was measured at 1,044.03 feet, its lowest elevation since the lake was filled in the 1930s. If the reservoir dips below 895 feet — a possibility still years away — Lake Mead would reach dead pool, carrying enormous consequences for millions of people across Arizona, California, Nevada and parts of Mexico.

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World’s Largest Water Recycling Plant Located in Orange County Getting Major Expansion

/in , , /by /ABC 7by David Gonzalez

The largest water recycling plant in the world can be found in Fountain Valley, California, and work is underway to make it even bigger.

According to the Orange County Water District, its Groundwater Replenishment System takes about 110 million gallons of wastewater from the county’s sanitation district every day that would normally be dumped in the Pacific Ocean.

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Where Colorado River No Longer Meets the Sea, a Pulse of Water Brings New Life

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Ian James

Beside a canal that runs through farmland, rushing water roared through an irrigation gate and flowed down a concrete culvert toward a wetland fringed with cottonwoods and willows.

For decades, so much water has been diverted to supply farms and cities that the Colorado River has seldom met the sea and much of its delta in Mexico has been reduced to a dry riverbed, with only small remnants of its once-vast wetlands surviving.

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