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Storm Will Plant A Wet One On San Diego This Valentine’s Day

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins

Not to take the romance out of Valentine’s Day, but this year a sturdy umbrella might be a better gift than chocolate or flowers. The National Weather Service says a huge, warm plume of moisture from the sub-tropics will arrive in San Diego County and drench a region that’s already squishy from earlier storms. The system will begin spreading rain late Wednesday. But the core will hit on Thursday — Valentine’s Day — when the moisture rides up the side of local mountains, condenses, and unleashes heavy rain. Its called orographic lift.

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Massive Response After Rancho Bernardo Creek Turns Purple

/in , /by /10 News (San Diego)by Jonathan Horn

Connie Bakken opened her bedroom window Sunday morning and didn’t quite believe her eyes. “I called my husband and said, ‘Why is the stream purple?” she says. Bakken lives in a Rancho Bernardo home that overlooks a creek just west of Matinal Circle. What she saw – the creek where she loves to watch turtles and crabs live naturally turn into a deep, unnatural purple. “It didn’t look like water,” Bakken says. “It actually looked like purple paint.”

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‘Critical Shutdown’ Stops River Water From Reaching Lake Casitas

/in , /by /Ventura County Starby Cheri Carlson

Runoff from the Ventura River gave Lake Casitas some much-needed relief over the past several weeks until about five feet of muck got in the way. With no imported water, the lake depends on local rainfall and river runoff, including through a diversion canal above the lake. In recent years, however, diverting water happened a lot less as a years-long drought dragged on. Rainstorms got fewer and much further between. Lake levels dropped and the local water supply shrank.

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VOSD Podcast: Going Deep On Pure Water

/in , /by /Voice of San Diegoby Adriana Heldiz

For more than a decade, San Diego has been talking about recycling water. Wastewater would be filtered to drinking water standards and eventually provide the city about a third of its water needs. In November, the City Council approved the first, $1.4 billion phase of the project, but the city can’t and won’t say how much that will affect customer’s bills. Voice of San Diego’s Ry Rivard joins the pod this week to talk about why the city is saying “there is no simple calculation” it could perform to see how much ratepayer’s will have to foot the bill. That discussion starts at minute 29.

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Local Elementary School Finds Increased Lead In Drinking Water

/in , /by /FOX 5 San Diego

Water from drinking fountains at a local elementary school tested for lead levels higher than district-mandated limits, officials announced. Parents at Juarez Elementary School in the Serra Mesa area were notified of the test results in a letter this week. District officials noted that the lead levels discovered actually fell below state and national legal requirements, but failed to meet the more stringent standard enforced by San Diego Unified School District. Federal law requires lead levels under 15 parts per billion, while the district enforces a limit of less than 5 parts per billion. Six different water outlets at Juarez Elementary, including five drinking fountains and one faucet, tested above the 5 ppb requirement.

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Water Use Restrictions Will Be In Place— Aqueduct Shut-Down February 23 – March 5

/in , /by /Valley Roadrunner Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Valley Center Municipal Water District (District) has been advised by its wholesale supplier, that from 8 a.m. February 23, through 8 p.m. March 5, the treated water aqueduct that delivers water to the majority of the District will be shut down to accommodate inspections, maintenance and repairs by the San Diego County Water Authority. As a result, water flow to the District will be severely restricted and the water remaining in storage will be the only water available only for domestic use and fire protection during the shut-down.

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Ashley Falls Water Quality Project To Begin This Summer

/in , /by /Del Mar Timesby Karen Billing

At the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board’s Jan. 24 meeting, the board approved a large-scale storm flow storage and multi-pollutant treatment system in the Ashley Falls neighborhood as part of the city’s water quality improvement strategies. The project, located at the corner of Carmel Knolls and Pearlman Way, includes the construction of three reinforced concrete storm drain pipes for low-flow collection and a shallow biofiltration basin.The system will capture pollutants and stormwater runoff to protect the Los Peñasquitos Creek subwatershed.

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With Impressive L.A. Rain and Bay Area Snow, Hope Rises For A Rare Wet Winter

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Javier Panzar and Rong-Gong Lin II

Snowcapped mountains are pretty typical in California — just not the peaks that got dusted this week. A series of storms has brought a rare wet winter to the state, sending snow levels plunging and creating some surreal scenes Californians won’t soon forget: blankets of white covering vineyards in Napa Valley. Plows clearing California 17 between Santa Cruz and San Jose. Peaks in the San Francisco Bay Area with an alpine feel. Even San Francisco’s Twin Peaks got a light dusting.

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Rain Harvesters Pocket Funds From City Rebate Program

/in , /by /NBC 7 San Diegoby Melissa Adan

Recent rainfall is filling the pockets of some San Diego residents who partake in rebate programs for harvesting rainwater. The area is seeing an increase in rainfall this rainy season and many residents are thinking smart. Rainfall totals are up by 2.67 inches since the start of the rainy season in October, according to the NBC 7 First Alert weather team. San Diego International Airport’s rain tracker has seen 3.5 inches of rain since the start of this year alone.

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San Diego County to Get Foot of Snow, Heavy Rain in ‘Full On’ Day of Winter Tuesday

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins

Tuesday’s weather forecast contains a sentence not often heard in San Diego County: We’re going to have a day of full-on winter. A distinct river of uncommonly cold, moist air will flow through the region, bringing heavy snow to parts of Mount Laguna and Palomar Mountain, and about half as much to some lower elevations. The mountain peaks could wind up with a foot of snow between late Monday and late Tuesday, while areas like Julian could get a half-foot, said the National Weather Service.

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