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Encina Power Station Demolition Begins

/in , , /by /North County Daily Star

NRG Energy began demolition of the 400-foot Encina Power Station stack this week. The apparatus mounted around the top of the stack, known as the Mende Spider, is equipped with a jackhammer that breaks the concrete in a cylindrical pattern; the pieces of the stack fall through the center of the stack and are recovered from the bottom. NRG estimates the device will remove the stack about 10 feet per day. At this rate, NRG anticipates removing the top 350 feet of the Encina stack by the end of April. The remaining 50 feet will be removed from the ground by an excavator.

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San Diego May Propose 28 Percent Sewer Rate Hikes for Single-Family Homes

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David Garrick Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Sewer rates for San Diegans in single-family homes would increase nearly 19 percent next year and a total of 28 percent over the next four years under a new city proposal.

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Know Your Plant Factor Water Requirements

/in , , /by /Water News Network

Landscaping plants have different water needs. The water requirement of each plant in your landscaping can be determined by gathering information about the plant and then comparing it to the amount of water needed by the cool-season grass growing in your climate zone.

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Heavy Metal: Facility Upgrades Enhance Flexibility of Regional Water System

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

San Diego County Water Authority crews recently replaced two pickup truck-sized valves at the agency’s Pressure Control and Hydroelectric Facility in central San Diego – each valve weighing about 35,000 pounds. The pressure-control facility is a key piece of the Emergency and Carryover Storage Project, which ensures water is available around the region if imported water deliveries are disrupted.

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Over $2.7 Million in Federal Grants Awarded to San Diego Water Agencies

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

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has awarded three San Diego County water agencies a total of $2,788,500 in 2021 WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants. A total of $42.4 million in grants was given to 55 projects across 13 states to improve water reliability and efficiency, conserving more 98,000 acre-feet of water per year.

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Audit: San Diego’s Effort to Inspect Industrial Polluters is Outdated, Inefficient

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David Garrick

A San Diego program that aims to keep toxic sewer water out of the Pacific Ocean suffers from outdated methods and inadequate efforts to identify and inspect the business sites of industrial polluters, a new city audit says.

The 56-page audit says the program, which oversees industrial polluters served by San Diego and 12 other local sewer districts, needs to step up efforts to find polluters and modernize its inspection program.

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Welcome to the Board: Ismahan Abdullahi, City of San Diego

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

Ismahan Abdullahi was seated on the Board of Directors on January 25, 2021, representing the City of San Diego. Director Abdullahi serves on the Administrative and Finance and Engineering and Operations committees for the Water Authority.

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Project Clean Water Launches Public Outreach Campaign

/in , , /by /Del Mar Times

On World Water Day, March 22, government agencies, nonprofits, organizations and individual citizens came together in support of clean water and healthy communities for the launch of Project Clean Water’s public outreach campaign. Project Clean Water is a county-wide initiative dedicated to protecting water quality in San Diego County. The public outreach campaign aims to raise awareness of stormwater issues and encourage behaviors that promote water quality.

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Helix Water District to Use Legal Settlement to Reduce Future Rates

/in , /by /East County Magazine Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Helix Water District will use $2.8 million received from the San Diego County Water Authority as part of a legal settlement with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to reduce future water rates for the district’s customers.

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Padre Dam Votes to Return Money to Customers

/in , /by /East County Magazine Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Padre Dam Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved using the recently received $1,157,552 rebate from the San Diego County Water Authority to offset the District’s next pass-through rate increase from the CWA. This action will result in a direct benefit to customers by the reduction or potential elimination of a water pass through rate hike in 2022.

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