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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, gave a fiery speech on the House floor Wednesday urging her fellow lawmakers to withhold funds to Mexico until it sends the water it owes to South Texas and the United States.
A California regulation that requires government agencies to transition diesel fuel work cars to electric vehicles is prompting questions on how to access funding for the new vehicles. Helix Water District in East San Diego County is one government agency that has had to figure out how to pay for all electric cars to comply with the new state requirements.
The Rainbow Municipal Water District will be paying for $10 million of capital projects and equipment with a loan.
A 5-0 Rainbow board vote April 23 approved a resolution authorizing an installment purchase agreement with U.S. Bank to finance the infrastructure and equipment. The loan will begin as a line of credit with a variable interest rate before converting to a 4.7% fixed rate for the remainder of the ten-year period.
They generate green energy. The save money. They slow evaporation. They float.
And the Sweetwater Authority wants to put them on its Sweetwater Reservoir.
General Manager Carlos Quintero said the water agency is exploring the environmental impact of a 9.5 acre floating solar array that would be placed near the Sweetwater Dam.
As summer approaches, the Imperial Irrigation District is gearing up for another battle with the weeds that infest its canals. To do that, the regional water agency is calling in reinforcements: a small army of plant-munching fish.
