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Record High Ocean Temperatures off Southern California Raise Fears of Prolonged Marine Heatwave

/in , /by /The Guardianby Roque Planas

For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures along the California coast. This year, they are flashing a warning sign.

Over the last three months, several stations have repeatedly posted record-breaking daily high temperatures – with the La Jolla station registering temperatures a full 10F above historical average at one point last month.

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What You Need To Know About Desalination, a Growing Source of Drinking Water

/in , /by /Times of San Diego

As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water.

Desalination, which is the process of removing salt from seawater, offers a way to produce freshwater in regions that lack sufficient rain, rivers or groundwater to meet demand. Today, it supplies water to hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from the Middle East to the U.S., and its use is growing as water scarcity deepens.

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WaterSmart Makeover: Creating a Space of Year-Round Color in Chula Vista

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Caron Golden Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Cathy Spence didn’t grow up gardening. She attributes that to the multiple moves her military family made when she was growing up — before they settled in Chula Vista. Now, she lives with her husband David in the same area — with their cute scruffy terrier mix rescue, Skipper.

They bought their house in 2018 after both retired from the military. David had been an emergency manager in the Army Corps of Engineers, while Cathy was a Department of Defense worker in the family services side of the Army and Air Force in Alaska, then in Germany, Georgia and Japan.

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Winter’s Alarmingly Low Snowpack Offers a Glimpse of the Changing Rhythm of Water in the Western U.S.

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Imtiaz Rangwala

Winter is more than just a season in the Western U.S. It is a savings account to get farms and homes through the long, dry summer ahead. As the snowpack that accumulates in the mountains through winter slowly melts in late spring and summer, it feeds into rivers and reservoirs that keep communities and ecosystems functioning.

The April 1 snowpack measurement has long been the single most important number in Western water management, considered a strong proxy for how much water the mountains are holding in reserve.

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EPA Proposes Studying Microplastics for Potential Drinking Water Limits

/in , /by /Fox 5 San Diegoby Rachel Frazin, The Hill

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to propose to study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in what could be the first step toward drinking water limits for these substances.

The Trump administration is touting the move as a win for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, a subset of voters that is skeptical of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries — and has at times been critical of the Trump administration EPA.

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How the San Diego County Water Authority Uses Data and Inspection Technology To Guide Infrastructure Decisions

/in , /by /PICA Corp Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

When Martin Coghill talks about water infrastructure, he does not start with technology. He starts with responsibility.

Coghill is the Operations and Maintenance Manager for Asset Management at the San Diego County Water Authority, where he leads a team focused on corrosion control and aqueduct integrity. Together, they help maintain a system of roughly 308 miles of large-diameter pipelines that ultimately serve about 3.3 million people across the region.

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Record March Heat Leaves California Snowpack at Just 18% of Average

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein

The final official snow survey of the year finds the California snowpack at just 18% of average thanks to record heat in March.

“It feels like we skipped spring this year and dropped straight into a summer heatwave,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the Department of Water Resources. “What should be gradual snowmelt happened suddenly weeks ago.”

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A Good “Problem” To Have In San Diego

/in , /by /KOGO News San Diegoby Jack Cronin Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

It’s a good problem to have in drought prone San Diego, an excess of water. Now, the county plans to sell some of it to other areas in need.

The San Diego County Water Authority has announced the sale of water to the Western Municipal Water District that covers parts of Riverside County, including Temecula.

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Helix Water District Goes Electric; Check Out The New Technology

/in , /by /NBC 7 San Diegoby Dana Williams

The Helix water district is flipping the switch on their new electric vehicle charging capabilities. This comes as the state of California is requiring public agency fleet vehicles to shift towards being electric and fast. All new vehicles purchased must be zero-emission by 2030.

NBC 7’s Dana Williams checked out the new technology and shares why these chargers, in particular, are so important for San Diegans.

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Western Water, SDCWA, MWD Approve Water Transfer Agreement

/in , /by /My Valley Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

A water transfer agreement involving the Western Municipal Water District, the San Diego County Water Authority, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California was signed March 19 in San Diego.

The signing followed a unanimous SDCWA board vote to approve the agreement. Western Water will purchase a minimum of 10,000 acre-feet of water annually from the CWA.

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