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Beginning Sunday Night, Los Angeles Could See A Week Full Of Rain

/in /by /The Los Angeles Timesby By Frank Shyong

A series of El Niño-related rainstorms and snowfall is expected to begin late Sunday night and could last all the way into next weekend.

There’s a 30% chance of rain between 10 p.m. Sunday and 4 a.m. Monday, and a 70% chance Monday morning, said Robbie Munroe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, with the possibility of up to a half-inch of rain.

The strongest storm of the week is likely to hit Tuesday, Munroe said, bringing 1 to 2 inches of rain in foothill areas and up to 4 inches at higher elevations. Mountain areas above 6,000 feet could see up to 2 feet of snow.

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OPINION: Planning Today For Tomorrow

/in /by /Lampoc Record.com (Santa Maria) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

We’ve talked a lot about desalination in recent years. We have examined the arguments for and against, and it can be compelling both ways.

Still, removing salt from sea water and using it to supplement California’s dwindling portfolio seems the only responsible thing to do.

Thanks to a billion-dollar experiment on the coast just north of San Diego, California and the rest of the nation will have evidence — one way or another — of the utility of desalination on a scale heretofore not seen in the Western Hemisphere.

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OPINION: California Needs an ‘All of the Above’ Solution for Water: Guest Commentary

/in /by /Los Angeles Daily Newsby By Randy A. Record

This year’s drought has brought an unprecedented amount of attention to California’s water future, and with that debate, two different views about the solution. There is the view we can solve this problem by emphasizing a single approach, such as conserving more water or desalinating the Pacific Ocean. And there is the view that we have to take many actions on many fronts, an “all of the above” strategy, to truly remain reliable.

 

As the regional planner and long-time importer of water supplies for the six-county region, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is among those advancing a comprehensive approach to our water future.

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