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San Diego County Water Authority Completes First Aqueduct Project In North County

/in , , /by /KPBS FM/TVby City News Service Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority has completed a major rehabilitation project on the historic First Aqueduct in North San Diego County, it was announced Thursday.

The project renovated and replaced dozens of structures on two large-diameter pipelines which delivered the first imported water to the San Diego region in 1947 and remains a part of the regional water delivery system. The construction contract for the project was worth approximately $30 million.

“The First Aqueduct delivered imported water to our region for the first time more than 70 years ago, and it remains critical to water supply reliability for our region to this day,” said Gary Croucher, chair of the authority’s board of directors. “Coordination across water authority departments and collaboration with our member agencies allowed us to complete this extraordinarily complex project and ensure these pipelines operate for generations to come.”

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What an Extension of the Solar Federal Tax Credit May Mean for California

/in , /by /The San Diego Union Tribuneby Rob Nikolewski

Although it may have gone unnoticed by many due to the holiday season and the storming of the U.S. Capitol, a relatively small part of a mammoth $1.4 trillion omnibus bill passed and enacted a few weeks ago included an extension of the federal tax credit for solar installations.

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Lower Water Levels Impacting Grebes’ Mating Habits at Lake Hodges

/in , /by /CBS 8 (San Diego)by Shawn Styles

San Diego has over 500 different species of bird that migrate though or live here. One of the more unusual is Grebes. “[They are] white birds with a black neck and head and very red eyes,” said Brian Caldwell. Caldwell is a naturalist that guides tours at Lake Hodges and said water level changes nesting.

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Water District Appoints Ad Hoc Committee to Look at Accounting and Financial Systems

/in , /by /Ramona Sentinelby Julie Gallant

With an eye on improving the Ramona Municipal Water District’s accounting and financial reports, the district’s board of directors unanimously agreed Jan. 12 to appoint a two-person Ad Hoc Financial Reporting Committee, though the committee’s goals and objectives are being debated. The committee is tasked with reviewing and recommending potential changes to the district’s accounting practices and the contents and format of its financial reports, district officials said. The intent is to report the findings and make recommendations if appropriate to the board on Feb. 9.

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Poway Council Unready to Dip Toes into Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Restoration

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

The Poway City Council Tuesday evening directed staff to further negotiate with regional partners on the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon restoration project. The council chose that option over immediately spending $6.7 million, as part of a multi-agency agreement, to reduce the level of sediment in the lagoon.

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Water Authority Prevails in Two Rate Cases Against Los Angeles MWD

/in , , /by /Times of San Diego Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled the San Diego County Water Authority is the prevailing party in the first of two lawsuits challenging rates and charges set by the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The order entitles the Water Authority to recover its attorneys’ fees and costs in those cases, in addition to a $44 million damage and interest award made earlier.

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Consortium Wants to Cut Down L.A. County Arboretum Trees to Make Room for Storm Water Treatment

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

Officials at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden are in an uproar over a plan to manage storm water and boost climate resiliency by cutting down “specimen trees” — some 70 years old and more than 100 feet tall — to make room for groundwater recharge ponds and a pump station.

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2020 Ties 2016 as Hottest Year on Record, Even Without Warming Boost from El Niño

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Tony Barboza

Global warming pushed temperatures into record territory in 2020, in effect tying 2016 as the hottest year on record, according to data released Thursday by U.S. science agencies.

Last year’s average global surface temperature was 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit above the late 19th century average, according to NASA. It was the fifth consecutive year of more than 2 degrees above that base line. Indeed, the seven hottest years in 140 years of record keeping are the last seven. In descending record order, they are 2020 and 2016, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2018 and 2014.

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Water Authority Prevails in Rate Litigation

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

The San Francisco Superior Court has ruled the San Diego County Water Authority is the prevailing party in the agency’s first two lawsuits to be heard challenging rates and charges set by the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The order entitles the Water Authority to recover its attorneys’ fees and costs in those cases, in addition to a $44 million damage and interest award made earlier.

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La Jolla Permit Reviewers Hear Safety and Environmental Concerns About La Jolla View Reservoir Project

/in , , /by /La Jolla Lightby Ashley Mackin-Solomon

About 30 people attended the Jan. 12 La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee meeting to discuss the planned replacement of the La Jolla View Reservoir, many with concerns about the project.

DPR did not vote during the online meeting but scheduled another hearing for Jan. 19 (after the La Jolla Light’s deadline). The project also is scheduled to be heard at the Feb. 4 La Jolla Community Planning Association’s online meeting.

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