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Imperial Valley Farmers Brace for Potential Water Cuts

/in , , /by /Spectrum Newsby Jeremy Lindenfeld

During Mark McBroom’s 40 years of farming in the Imperial Valley, he’s had to adapt to changing climate conditions and water availability. After California, Arizona and Nevada came to an agreement in May to reduce their Colorado River water usage, McBroom may soon have to adapt again. Imperial County is the driest in California, only getting 2 to 3 inches of rainfall every year. So, farmers in the region get the vast majority of their water from the Colorado River.

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San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Sandra L. Kerl Retires

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

San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Sandra L. Kerl retired June 29, after more than 40 years of public service. Deputy General Manager Dan Denham is acting GM until the Water Authority Board of Directors permanently fills the position.

Kerl’s tenure at the Water Authority included 10 years as deputy general manager and four years as the agency’s top staff member during a period of unprecedented uncertainty regionally and nationally.

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Water Authority General Manager Sandra Kerl Retires After 40-Year Public Career

/in , /by /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Sandra L. Kerl retired Thursday after more than 40 years of public service, with Deputy General Manager Dan Denham taking over on an interim basis.

Kerl’s tenure at the water authority included 10 years as deputy general manager and four years as the agency’s top staff member during a period of unprecedented drought regionally and nationally.

“Sandy’s vision and management skills have been crucial in successfully navigating the challenges of an extreme drought while ensuring stability through the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mel Katz, chair of the water authority’s board. “Her deep experience with water issues, collaborative management style, and can-do spirit guided the agency through an unprecedented period of change.”

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Drought? Dam Crack? Fireworks Safety? Why is the Water Level at Lake Murray So Low?

/in , /by /NBC San Diegoby Joe Little

Alvis Jones looked out over Lake Murray and wasn’t impressed. “It’s dropping,” he said while casting a line into the lake. “Probably, looks like 10, 20 feet.” Jones stood on a metal dock that was floating on the surface of the water considerably lower than usual. “My first thought was evaporation,” said Valerie Weise, who was walking through dirt that should be underwater.

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Water Authority General Manager Sandra L. Kerl Retires

/in , /by /The Vista Press Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego County Water Authority General Manager Sandra L. Kerl retires today after more than 40 years of public service, with Deputy General Manager Dan Denham taking over as acting GM until the Board of Directors permanently fills the position.

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Opinion: Biden Should Declare an Emergency on Tijuana Sewage in San Diego. Newsom Should Demand It.

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union Tribuneby The San Diego Union Tribune Editorial Board

Local leaders are finally losing patience with the federal government’s anemic response to San Diego’s environmental nightmare. Now it’s the governor’s turn. For decades, an appalling aspect of life in the San Diego region has been the constant specter of untreated sewage from broken infrastructure in Tijuana flowing into the Pacific and fouling beaches, marshes and coastal areas on the U.S. side of the border from San Ysidro to Coronado.

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Nifty Fifty Plant Choices Featured in Winning Escondido Landscape

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

Escondido homeowners Marcus and Leanne F. decided it was time for a landscape makeover two years ago when their effort to keep their lawn green required a lot of water. But they didn’t know where to start, lacking experience with landscape design and working with a limited budget.

The couple started from the beginning, and the result was a waterwise landscape selected as the City of Escondido’s 2023 Landscape Makeover Contest winner.

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Long Beach Commission Approves 9% Hike in Water Bills

/in , , /by /ABC 7 Los Angelesby Staff

Long Beach water customers will likely see their bills increase this year.

This comes after the Utilities Commission approved a 9% increase for water usage Monday.

The increase would add just over $5 to the average single-family household’s bill starting Oct. 1.

A public hearing on the rates is tentatively scheduled for August.

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Supervisors Declare State of Emergency on Cross-Border Pollution, Sewage

/in , , /by /Times of San Diegoby Elizabeth Ireland

San Diego County supervisors unanimously approved a proclamation Tuesday declaring a state of emergency due to pollution and sewage flowing across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Board Chairwoman Nora Vargas and Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer introduced the proclamation, which asks Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Joe Biden to issue similar declarations, “suspend red tape that may hinder response efforts, and expedite access to federal resources for San Diego County.”

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Senator Padilla Secures Critical Investments for Imperial Valley in 2023/24 State Budget

/in , /by /Imperial Valley Press

On Tuesday, June 27, the California Legislature passed the 2023/24 state budget, which included critical investments in projects around the Imperial Valley.

According to a press release from the Office of Sen. Steve Padilla, Senator Padilla, whose district includes all of Imperial County, worked with legislative leaders to secure these investments in the Valley’s future. These projects will spur new investments in lithium separation and battery production, pave roads to help residents to travel around rural communities safely, improve water quality in heavy agricultural-use regions of the state, and assist communities delivering humanitarian aid to asylum seekers, according to the release.

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