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Rainbow Approves Contract to Install Morro Reservoir Tank Mixing System

/in , , /by /Fallbrook Village Newsby Joe Naiman

The Rainbow Municipal Water District approved a contract to install a reservoir mixing system in the Morro Reservoir.

Helene Brazier did not participate in the Sept. 22 board meeting, when the other four board members gave support to the contract with CPC Systems Inc. The contract will be for $232,998 and CPC Systems, which is based in Irwindale, will install nine Kasco mixers with an option to install three more Kasco mixers.

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Strong Infrastructure and Skilled Staff Add to the Value of Water

/in , /by /Valley News

Customers know when they need clean drinking water, they simply have to turn on the tap. At Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, we take pride in ensuring customers don’t have to worry about the safety or reliability of their water.

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SDG&E Releases Sustainability Strategy with Green-and Justice-Oriented Goals

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby City News Service

San Diego Gas & Electric released a sustainability strategy Thursday with climate change-conscious goals in the areas of environmental stewardship, clean transportation, grid modernization, community engagement and company operations.

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East County Special Districts Looking to Fill Seats on Governing Boards

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union Tribuneby Karen Pearlman

San Diego County has a variety of special districts, those independent public agencies with governing bodies that deliver core services to communities. The East County contingent of agencies include several water, health care and fire districts.

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Olivenhain Social Media Solves Water Infrastructure Mysteries

/in , , /by /Water News Network

If you’ve ever driven past pipes sticking out of the ground and wondered, “What is that thing?” you aren’t alone. While sitting at a red light one day, Olivenhain Municipal Water District Customer Services Manager John Carnegie glanced at a pipe and realized there were probably members of the public who are unaware of the role key water infrastructure objects in their neighborhoods play in delivering safe, reliable water.

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California Governor Calls for Protecting 30% of State Land

/in , , /by /AP Newsby Brian Melley

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday to protect nearly a third of California’s land and coastal waters in his latest effort to fight climate change that he has blamed for recent record-breaking wildfires.

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California Water Probe Finds PFAS in Majority of Tested Wells

/in , , /by /Bloomberg Lawby Emily C. Dooley

Sixty percent of California’s public water supply wells that were tested for so-called forever chemicals contain those compounds, according to research that the State Water Resources Control Board released Wednesday.

That same investigation into contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances also found that groundwater and surface water sampled at airports far exceeded the concentrations detected in water near landfills and public supply wells.

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Report: A Combination of Factors Caused California’s Rolling Blackouts in August

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob Nikolewski
A report from three key state groups analyzing what caused a pair of blackouts in mid-August largely conformed to reasons previously cited by California’s grid operator — that a combination of factors, including a sweltering heatwave, pushed the state’s power system to its edge, leading to the first statewide outages in nearly 20 years.
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Imperial County Wants to Help Representative Vargas Draft New River Bill

/in , , /by /Holtville Tribune (Imperial Valley)by Elizabeth Varin

Imperial County Supervisor Ryan Kelley wants the board to work with Congressman Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, and the county’s lobbyists in Washington, D.C., to draft a legislation to fully fund a wastewater treatment project to clean the New River.

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Key Indicators Discovered of Climate Change Impact on California Water Supply

/in , , /by /PHYS.ORGby Anton Caputo, University of Texas at Austin

Determining how climate change is affecting water supplies is difficult in a state like California that swings between floods and droughts, but a new study has found that climate models agree on key metrics that could help water managers in the Golden State.

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