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Carlsbad Desal Plant gets $19.4 Million for New Seawater Intakes

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Carlsbad’s desalination plant, which provides 10 percent of San Diego County’s drinking water, will get $19.4 million for the construction of its new seawater intakes as part of $142 million in federal grants for water projects throughout the West.

Construction of the new facilities began in January 2023 at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, a spokesperson for the San Diego County Water Authority said Friday. The new intake screens will be placed in operation this fall, and the full project should be finished in early 2025.

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‘Happy to Help’: Replacement Pipes Start Journey from San Diego to Calgary

/in , /by /CTV Newsby Jordan Kanygin Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

Twelve days after a massive water main broke in Calgary, a pair of replacement pipes from San Diego will start a multi-day journey heading north to help crews here repair five sections.

“These are spare pipes that we’ve had in our yard and they are a suitable size for use in Calgary,” Martin Coghill told CTV News.

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Environment Report: San Diego Provoked a Budget Battle at MWD That Helped Take Down Its GM

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby Scott Lewis Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The letter that brought down Adel Hagekhalil, the general manager of the Metropolitan Water District, is getting buried by the news it generated.

The big headline about the letter, Politico first revealed, is that its claims of dysfunctional management and harassment led the Metropolitan Board of Directors to place Hagekhalil on administrative leave and appoint an interim general manager.

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Meet the Man Who Painted “Good Luck Calgary, love SDCWA” on the Pipe Coming from San Diego

/in , , /by /Global Newsby Sarah Crosbie Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Quoted: Martin Coghill

Current. Credible. Calgary. That’s the focus on CONNECT with Sarah Crosbie.

San Diego County Water Authority program manager Martin Coghill: “I can only imagine how much stress is involved.”

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San Diego Water Agency Gives Calgary Part of Feeder Main Pipe

/in , /by /Western Standardby Jonathan Bradley Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Help is on the way for the City of Calgary amid its water problems.

The City of Calgary confirmed the San Diego County Water Authority helped it to source a piece of feeder main pipe.

“It is currently being transported from San Diego to Calgary and will be arriving this week,” tweeted the City of Calgary on Sunday.

“Stay classy, San Diego.”

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Opinion: Calgary’s Water-main Break Has Important Lessons for the Rest of Us

/in , /by /TVO Todayby Matt Gurney Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

I saw a heartwarming tweet on Sunday. It was notable for two reasons. The first was that something heartwarming was a nice change of pace. But the second was that it spoke to a story that is currently very much in the news and also very relevant to my interests. The municipal water-service department in San Diego, California, is shipping the city of Calgary a spare section of pipe. It is apparently exactly what Calgary needs to help recover from the recent catastrophic water-main failure that has deprived the city of 60 per cent of its potable water supply, resulting in the declaration, this weekend, of a state of emergency.

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Rep. Levin Announces $32 Million in Federal Funding for Regional Desalination Projects

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Rep. Mike Levin announced Thursday that he has secured $32.2 million in federal funds for three desalination projects to increase water security in north San Diego and south Orange counties.

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San Diego County Continues to Have Necessary Water Supply for 3.3 Million Residents

/in , /by /SDNEWSby Mickey Zeichick Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Last month, the San Carlos Area Council hosted Sami Sweis (pictured above), a water resources engineer with the San Diego County Water Authority, for an overview and update from the agency.

 

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Study Says Water Transfer Deal is Raising Dust and Draining the Salton Sea

/in , /by /KPBSby Thomas Fudge

The Salton Sea is a terminal saltwater lake. It’s a flooded basin with no natural outlet, similar to the Great Salt Lake or the Aral Sea. And the Salton Sea is shrinking.

One of the reasons for that is the Imperial Water Transfer deal that has brought hundreds of thousands of acre feet of water to San Diego over the last two decades. The deal, signed 21 years ago, meant the Imperial Valley began transferring excess water from the valley’s farm fields to San Diego’s water taps.

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Proposed Rules On Water Quality May Overwhelm Farmers

/in , /by /Village News by Christine Souza

Farmers in San Diego County say proposed water quality regulations that establish updated general waste discharge requirements for commercial agricultural operations are burdensome, costly and duplicate work by growers participating in other regulatory programs.

Tasked with protecting water quality, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board on March 29 released a proposed draft that creates new monitoring and reporting requirements for nitrogen applications and removals. It also identifies paths to compliance for individuals or use of third-party programs to help farmers achieve the order’s objectives.

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