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Declining Water Use May Force Higher Rates, More Fixed Fees

/in , /by /Valley Road Runner by David Ross

Water is a commodity held captive to the laws of supply and demand. High rains mean less water usage, which means fewer sales and higher prices. Also additional fixed fees.

In 1989, when the current Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD) Gen. Mgr., Gary Arant, came to work in VC, 93% of the district’s 55,000 acre feet sales was for agriculture. This year, due to two years of extremely wet winters, the water district is looking at selling about 12,000 AF, with 55% for ag.

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The Water Conservation Garden In El Cajon Can Help Get Your Backyard Sustainable And Summer-ready

/in , /by /CBS8by Evan Noorani

As we near the start of summer, now could be a good time to transition to a more drought tolerant, sustainable backyard. The Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon may be the place to go for ideas on that and how to slow down in our fast paced world.

From school field trips to yoga classes to weddings, they are inviting you to get your hands dirty in the name of sustainability.

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J.F. Shea Given CWA Contract to Reline Pipeline 5 in San Luis Rey Canyon

/in , /by /Fallbrook Village Newsby Joe Naiman Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

J.F. Shea Construction, Inc., was given the San Diego County Water Authority contract to reline Pipeline 5 in San Luis Rey Canyon.

The SDCWA board voted unanimously May 23 to award J.F. Shea a $47,913,795 contract for the work. The project will reline approximately 9,000 linear feet of existing 96-inch diameter pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe.

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San Diego Steps Up as Water Authority’s ‘Sugar Daddy’

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

When the region’s water importer said it was hurting for cash, the city of San Diego said: I’ll be your sugar daddy.  That’s basically what happened last week after the San Diego County Water Authority – in charge of getting water from the Colorado River and northern California to San Diego – broke the news to its 22 customer water districts that its prices were going up 39 percent over the next two years. Mayor Todd Gloria pushed back on the increase, calling on his board members to find a way to soften the blow on San Diegans.

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Water Authority Begins Three-year Project on Oldest Aqueduct

/in , /by /The Coast News Group Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

A three-year construction project on San Diego’s oldest aqueduct is underway, with the San Diego County Water Authority leading the $66 million effort to upgrade the infrastructure. Work on the project, known as the Southern First Aqueduct Facilities Improvement Project, is slated to run through summer 2026 and is intended to retrofit 99 structures connected to two water pipelines.

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A Drying Salton Sea: Research Finds Higher Particulate Pollution After Water Diverted to San Diego

/in , /by /Phys.org

When desert winds stir up dust from the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed, nearby communities suffer from increased air pollution. The deterioration coincides with reduced flows into California’s largest lake, finds a new research paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

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Supreme Court Could Upend America’s Clean Water Rules

/in , /by /Newsweekby Jordan King

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s new water rules.

In April, President Joe Biden’s administration and the EPA introduced national limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water. These PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” have been linked to health concerns such as cancer.

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San Diego Mayor Pushes Back on Huge Countywide Water Rate Hike

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

It’s been a rainy couple of years – and that means the region’s water importer and seller is hurting for cash. To help cover that gap, among other growing costs of its massive water infrastructure system, the San Diego County Water Authority proposed increasing water rates by up to 39 percent in the next two years.

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San Diego County is on Track for Much Higher Water Rates. Expect Your Bill to Go Up — but by How Much?

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

Local water agencies are bracing for much higher wholesale water costs, after the County Water Authority board voted unanimously Thursday to move a rate hike proposal forward to a June 27 final vote.

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Fire Burned at Water Treatment Facility in Santee

/in , /by /NBC San Diegoby Danielle Smith

Crews battled a blaze that broke out Wednesday afternoon at a water treatment plant being built in Santee, fire officials said.

The fire sparked at 12001 Fanita Py at around 3 p.m. due to a heating process used to merge plastic pipes, according to the Santee Fire Department.

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