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California Court Upholds Large Urban Water Transfer

/in /by /Associated Press (As Published by San Jose Mercury News)by By Elliot Spaga

A California appeals court on Tuesday upheld plans for a large transfer of Mojave Desert groundwater to homes and businesses in Southern California.

The ruling by a three-judge panel in Santa Ana moves urban districts a step closer to getting up to 75,000 acre feet of desert groundwater a year from the Cadiz and Fenner valleys in San Bernardino County — enough to supply about 150,000 homes. The water will be pumped with about 34 new wells and sent on a 43-mile pipeline to the Colorado River aqueduct, which serves 19 million people in Southern California.

 

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Cadiz Water Project in Mojave Desert Wins Big in Appellate Court

/in /by /The Sun (San Bernardino) by By Jim Steinberg

Cadiz Inc. won a decisive courtroom victory Tuesday for its plans to transfer ancient groundwater in a remote part of San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert to parts of Orange County and other locations.

California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana upheld six lower court decisions dealing with various governmental approvals and environmental reviews of the controversial water project.

 

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SoCal Water Giant Defeats Challenge to Delta Islands Buy

/in /by /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena)by By Matt Reynolds Mentioned: Yen Tu
Quoted: Keith Lewinger

Despite growing opposition, the largest supplier of treated drinking water in the United States on Tuesday batted away a challenge to its planned $175 million purchase of four islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Earlier this year, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to purchase the islands. The matter was placed as an informational item on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting should an issue arise during escrow that would cause the board of directors to reconsider.

Brown Issues Permanent Water Limits

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Gary Arant and Sandy Kerl

On the same day that Gov. Jerry Brown sought to make water conservation a way of life for Californians by permanently banning some wasteful practices, regulators in Sacramento prepared to significantly ease the current drought restrictions for urban residents and businesses.

Brown issued an executive order Monday that places an indefinite moratorium on hosing off sidewalks and driveways, as well as washing cars with hoses that don’t have a shut-off valve. All fountains and decorative water features must use recirculated water, and watering lawns is restricted for 48 hours after a rainfall.

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Nestle Fights Feds Over Water Rights

/in /by /USA Todayby By Ian James

Nestle is objecting to the U.S. Forest Service’s terms for issuing it a new permit to continue piping water out of a national forest, saying the agency is overstepping its authority and infringing on the company’s water rights.

Nestle Waters North America detailed its concerns publicly for the first time in a 79-page document submitted to the Forest Service. The company, the largest producer of bottled water in the country, has long drawn water from the San Bernardino National Forest to produce Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water.

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Governor Brown Issues Order to Curtail Water Use

/in /by /Seaside Courier (Encinitas) Quoted: Sandy Kerl

San Diego County residents will need to permanently curtail their water use under an order issued Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown that bans activities such as hosing off sidewalks and requires urban suppliers to continuing producing monthly reports on water-reduction efforts.

The order calls for long-term implementation of temporary water conservation measures put in place to combat the ongoing statewide drought, with Brown pointing to some parts of the state that are still dealing with dry conditions and the likelihood of continued water shortages.

 

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MWH Announces New Global Dams Practice Leader

/in /by /San Diego Business Journal by By Katie Callahan

MWH Global, an engineering, consulting and construction firm, announced that San Diego-based Michael Rogers will be its new global dams practice leader.

Rogers replaces Glenn Tarbox and will lead planning, design and construction management for structures designed to store, regulate and deliver water. A news release from the company stated that Tarbox will serve as a senior technical adviser in Washington state.

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Governor Jerry Brown Signs Permanent Water Conservation Mandate

/in /by /San Diego 6 Quoted: Sandy Kerl

San Diego County residents will need to permanently curtail their water use under an order issued Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown that bans activities such as hosing off sidewalks and requires urban suppliers to continuing producing monthly reports on water reduction efforts.

The order calls for long-term implementation of temporary water conservation measures put in place to combat the ongoing statewide drought, with Brown pointing to some parts of the state that are still dealing with dry conditions and the likelihood of continued water shortages.

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Gov. Brown Orders Californians to Permanently Curtail Water Use

/in /by /KUSI Quoted: Sandy Kerl

San Diego County residents will need to permanently curtail their water use under an order issued Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown that bans activities such as hosing off sidewalks and requires urban suppliers to continuing producing monthly reports on water-reduction efforts.

The order calls for long-term implementation of temporary water conservation measures put in place to combat the ongoing statewide drought, with Brown pointing to some parts of the state that are still dealing with dry conditions and the likelihood of continued water shortages.

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Everything We Know About the Climate Action Plan Could Be Wrong

/in /by /Voice of San Diegoby By Andrew Keatts

San Diego’s mayor and City Council have been getting national attention for their landmark Climate Action Plan, precisely for one simple characteristic of it: It is legally enforceable.

But Mara Elliott, a city attorney candidate who as a chief deputy city attorney oversaw the vetting of the policy, says that’s just not true. “The entire policy right now is, frankly, a dream until they find ways to implement it,” she said.

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