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Cadiz Inc. Wants To Sell Groundwater From The Mojave Desert. Will California Let It Happen?

/in , /by /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Sammy Roth

The next two days could help determine the fate of a proposal by Cadiz Inc. to pump groundwater in the Mojave Desert and sell it to Southern California cities. Environmental groups are making a last-minute push for lawmakers in Sacramento to pass a bill that could block the project. The state Assembly approved the measure in a 45-20 vote Wednesday evening. But the bill could face an uphill battle in the Senate, and the legislative session ends Friday night.

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Los Angeles Wants To Use The Hoover Dam As A Giant Battery. The Hurdles Could Be More Historical Than Technical

/in , /by /The Conversationby Anthony F. Arrigo

Los Angeles is looking into whether it should spend an estimated US$3 billion on a massive, 20-mile underground pumped hydropower storage system that would be connected to the iconic Hoover Dam on the Colorado River outside of Las Vegas. If it does get built, this system would essentially serve as a giant battery to store power. Having written a book about the aggressive propaganda program behind the Hoover Dam’s construction in the 1920s and 1930s, I can say that the technical and financial challenges of this plan are sure to pale in comparison to the legal and political roadblocks that will have to be overcome.

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Water Department Has Backlog Of Repairs Needed

/in , /by /NBC 7 (San Diego)by Dorian Hargrove, Consumer Bob and Tom Jones

New issues continue to surface from inside San Diego’s Water Department. The latest: a backlog of broken water meter boxes citywide. NBC 7 Responds has learned that the water department needs to repair or replace 21,605 boxes holding water meters across the city. The city confirmed this number to NBC 7 Responds days before the City Auditor is expected to release its own audit looking into the backlog.

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In Rare Move, Federal Judge Presiding Over Tijuana Sewage Lawsuit Tours Border

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith

Federal court judge Jeffrey T. Miller toured the Tijuana River Valley for several hours on Tuesday to observe pumps and canyon collectors along the border intended to prevent sewage from spilling into San Diego. The unusual move comes as the result of a contentious legal battle in which Miller must decide whether the Trump administration is doing enough to stop sewage that routinely pours into the United States from Mexico.

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In Rare Move, Federal Judge Presiding Over Tijuana Sewage Lawsuit Tours Border

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith

Federal court judge Jeffrey T. Miller toured the Tijuana River Valley for several hours on Tuesday to observe pumps and canyon collectors along the border intended to prevent sewage from spilling into San Diego. The unusual move comes as the result of a contentious legal battle in which Miller must decide whether the Trump administration is doing enough to stop sewage that routinely pours into the United States from Mexico. The cities of Imperial Beach and Chula Vista, as well as the Port of San Diego, sued the federal government in March, alleging violations of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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Hundreds Of Fish Die In Malibu Lagoon; Scientists Suspect Unusually Warm Water To Blame

/in , /by /Ventura County Starby Ariel Tu

California officials are trying to solve a stinky mystery: A die-off has left hundreds of fish floating in a recently restored lagoon on the tony Malibu coast. Scientists believe the Malibu Lagoon die-off, which began last week, is likely caused by unusually warm water temperatures, said Craig Sap, superintendent of California State Parks’ Angeles District. “We had many days in a row of warmer-than-usual temperatures. We hadn’t had much of a breeze down there to keep the temperatures down,” Sap said Monday.

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Lindo Lake In Lakeside Suddenly Turns Bright Green

/in , /by /CBS 8by Brandon Lewis

Beautiful Lindo Lake in Lakeside is looking a bit different these days. People living nearby want to know why the lake seems to be a bright shade of green. Mindy Collier and other Lakeside residents who frequent the lake know all too well about the algae-like affair. “It seems to have improved a little bit,” said Collier. “It looks a little better.” The lake is only about three feet deep; combined with hot summers and slow-moving waters, it’s prime blooming grounds for blue-green algae, which, despite its name, is actually a bacteria.

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East County Water Festival Coming To Santee Lakes Sept. 8

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Karen Pearlman

A festival to celebrate water and show how at least one entity recycles waste and turns it into drinkable water is on tap for next month. The East County Water Festival is set for 9 a.m. until 1 p.m, Saturday, Sept. 8, at the East County Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Project Visitor Center at the Padre Dam Municipal Water District in Santee.

 

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Center For Water Studies Moves Into New Home At Cuyamaca College

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

The transformation of Cuyamaca College’s trailblazing Water and Wastewater Technology Program into the Center for Water Studies is all but complete. Among the premier water and wastewater training facilities in California, the Center for Water Studies relocated in late August to a renovated complex complete with new classrooms, a water quality analysis laboratory and a workshop for back flow, cross-connection controls, and related skills-based courses. The complex sits next to a state-of-the-art field operations skills yard that opened in January, with an above-ground water distribution system and an underground wastewater collection system.

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Statewide November Vote Could Be Key To Solving Borrego Springs Water Woes

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones

A major step toward solving the water woes of the desert community of Borrego Springs depends on passage of a statewide $8.8 billion bond initiative in November known as Proposition 3. If it passes, $35 million would go to Borrego, much of which would be used to purchase and fallow farmland in the Borrego Valley. “We are very hopeful,” said Beth Hart, president of the Borrego Water District. “If it goes through then the struggles the community has been facing and will be facing in the future under the Sustainable Ground Management Act (SGMA) will find some significant relief.”

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