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L.A. Promised to Stop Wasting So Much Stormwater. But Progress Has Been Painfully Slow

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith

Only weeks ago, Angelenos watched as trillions of gallons of precious stormwater poured into the region’s concrete waterways, slid down slick pavement and washed out to sea. After so many months of drought-related water restrictions, it seemed to many like a missed opportunity.

While officials say they’re making progress when it comes to capturing more of the county’s stormwater, a new report from watchdog group Los Angeles Waterkeeper has focused on the plan’s sluggish progress so far, and calls for improved metrics and a more proactive approach, among other recommendations.

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L.A.’s New Water War: Keeping Supply From Mono Lake Flowing as Critics Want It Cut Off

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Louis Sahagún

With its haunting rock spires and salt-crusted shores, Mono Lake is a Hollywood vision of the apocalypse. To the city of Los Angeles, however, this Eastern Sierra basin represents the very source of L.A.’s prosperity — the right to free water.

For decades, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has relied on long-standing water rights to divert from the streams that feed this ancient lake as part of the city’s far-flung water empire. But in the face of global warming, drought and lawsuits from environmentalists, the DWP is now facing the previously unthinkable prospect of ending its diversions there.

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Celebrating 79 Years of Engineering at the San Diego County Water Authority

/in , , /by /Water News Networkby Noah Harrel, Andrea Mora, and Ed Joyce Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority is celebrating National Engineers Week by highlighting how the agency’s engineers are instrumental in keeping the water flowing to San Diegans. Since the Water Authority’s formation in 1944, engineers have played a pivotal role in the establishment and growth of the agency and its commitment to delivering safe, reliable water supplies to San Diego.

(Editor’s Note: Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Engineers Week (February 19–25, 2023) is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.)

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South Coast Water District’s Desalination Project Will Provide a Local, Reliable Water Supply

/in , , /by /Orange Coast Magazine

South Coast Water District plans to decrease its reliance on imported water by creating a local, reliable, drought-proof supply through the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project. The project would also provide emergency water should the delivery of imported water be disrupted by earthquakes or other natural disasters.

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Water Customers Will Need to Restrict Use Feb. 26

/in , , /by /Valley Roadrunner Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The Valley Center Municipal Water District has been advised by its wholesale supplier, the San Diego County Water Authority, of the following aqueduct shutdown.  The shutdown of the San Diego Aqueduct that delivers water to the District will be out of service for rehabilitation repairs and will begin at 1 a.m. on Sunday, February 26, through 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8. 

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Will Clouds Shield Us From Climate Change? San Diego Could Hold Key Answers.

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith

Researchers at UC San Diego have launched a year-long project aimed at better understanding the region’s clouds and, by extension, global warming.

A bevy of equipment provided by the U.S. Department of Energy was recently deployed on Mount Soledad and at the university’s Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier.

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2023 Scholarship Applications Open for Future Water Professionals

/in , , /by /Water News Network Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego regional member water agencies and California water associations will offer multiple college scholarship opportunities in 2023 to help candidates secure their education as water and wastewater professionals.

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See How Much Snow San Diego County Got and the Amount of Rainfall in Your Neighborhood

/in , , /by /NBC 7 San Diegoby Karla Rendon-Alvarez

We fell asleep to the sound of rain Sunday night and early birds who awoke bright and early Monday heard the last bit of showers passing through San Diego County.

The overnight storm made for a wet early morning commute and resulted in measurable rain for the county. Those who are in East County passing El Cajon got more rain than the rest of the region. Elsewhere, the rain measured below an inch.

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Pure Water Project Turns Wastewater Into Drinking Water

/in , , /by /Spectrum News 1by Ariel Wesler

It may not be the most pleasant thought, but the wastewater that flows through the Tapia Water Reclamation Facility in Agoura Hills could one day come out of your faucet.

“We’re taking the water that we would normally discharge into Malibu Creek and we’re going to create a local drinking supply out of this,” said Michael McNutt with the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District.

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Water Authority Helps Low-Income Customers With Water-Saving Devices

/in , , /by /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority has secured $3 million in grant funds to install water-saving devices  — water-efficient toilets and smart irrigation controllers — in underrepresented communities across the region, bolstering the agency’s long-running efforts to enhance water affordability.

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