San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has publicly commended the San Diego County Water Authority’s (SDCWA) latest move to diminish ratepayer costs through a fresh water-saving agreement. Gloria highlighted the agency’s collaborative effort at the Colorado River Users Association conference, resulting in a significant $20 million savings for regional ratepayers.
Gusting Santa Ana winds will again batter much of Southern California Monday and into mid-week, raising concerns about potential wildfires.
A red flag warning of critical fire danger conditions will be in effect until 4 a.m. Wednesday for the San Diego County mountains and inland valleys.
Seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River are ending the year at an impasse in negotiations over the writing of new rules for dealing with chronic water shortages.
Representatives of California and other states who attended an annual Colorado River conference in Las Vegas last week said they remain deadlocked in their talks on long-term plans for reducing water use to prevent the river’s reservoirs from reaching critically low levels.
The country’s biggest water supplier is set to vote tomorrow on whether to fund one of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s top priorities on water — and he’s not leaving the result up to chance.
Newsom and his top aides are leaning on board members and top staff at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to approve additional funding to plan and permit the Delta Conveyance Project, a version of which has been floating around — first as a canal, then a pair of tunnels — for more than half a century.
A major Southern California water supplier will vote Tuesday on whether to spend millions of dollars to help move forward a project that would tunnel water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California.
Members of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will consider approving $141.6 million for the planning and preconstruction of the Delta Conveyance Project.
The 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River will continue to wait for a long-term plan for its management as negotiations between the seven states in the river basin remain stalled.
An unusual idea floated by the president of the Utah State Senate to get more shares of Colorado River water is intriguing California water officials. Utah’s Department of Natural Resources
An unusual idea floated by the president of the Utah State Senate to get more shares of Colorado River water is intriguing California water officials.
In an interview with FOX 13 News in May, Senate President J. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, proposed a novel idea: “We actually build desalination plants in California and trade them for the Colorado River water.”
Encinitas, Calif. — Scott Maloni was sworn in today as the newest member of Olivenhain Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors.
Voters in OMWD’s Division 2—consisting of communities in Carlsbad and Encinitas— overwhelmingly selected Mr. Maloni as their representative to the Board of Directors in the November 5 general election.
“The Olivenhain Municipal Water District is one of the most recognized and respected public water agencies in California,” said Mr. Maloni. “I look forward to working collaboratively with my colleagues and our professional staff to build on the District’s legacy of providing reliable and cost-effective water and wastewater services to our residents and businesses,” he said
In the negotiations over new agreements managing the Colorado River, the people involved in the high-stakes talks describe things as moving “slowly.”
The Colorado River Water Users Association’s annual meetings got underway here on Wednesday, with leaders from seven states, tribes, the federal government and the country of Mexico hoping to hammer out a deal before the current management agreements expire in 2026. The CRWUA meeting itself brings together stakeholders from all over to discuss issues facing the river that supplies water to more than 40 million people across the western United States.
