The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors voted unanimously at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 2 to endorse California’s Delta Conveyance Project, with managers and directors saying the plan could strengthen the State Water Project and reduce pressure on the drought-stricken Colorado River. The move is notable because Imperial County does not receive State […]
For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, rivers, soil and the world’s vast natural reservoirs underground — aquifers. An extensive global analysis of that data now reveals fresh water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large swaths of the Earth […]
California’s biggest irrigation district is throwing its support behind a controversial water diversion project that aims to help relieve the Golden State’s historic battle with drought but also faces widespread local opposition. The Imperial Irrigation District — the biggest district not only in California, but also the nation — declared on Tuesday that it was […]
For millennia, humans have sought to make seawater drinkable. Ancient mariners tried distillation by boiling the oceans in which they sailed, and in more recent times, engineers have experimented with filters and chemicals . As the climate warms, populations surge and droughts intensify, there is a growing need to make the sea drinkable. Desalination technology is spreading […]
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Palomar College’s Water Technology Program Doused With Handsome Grant
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Fox 5 San Diegoby Sharisse CoheeThe Water Technology Education program at Palomar College is receiving a little help from its friends on the national level to support water technician and training programs at the college. The college announced Wednesday that it received a $471,000 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will go towards its Tomorrow’s […]
Morning Report: Search for Water Leader Continues
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Voice of San DiegoMum’s the word on the new leader of the country’s biggest water distributor, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Last week, Metropolitan’s governing board came out of a closed session to discuss their next leader with no decision to share. Its former leader, Adel Hagekhalil, was brought down by accusations of workplace discrimination.
Proposed Lakeside Sand Mine Owner Sues City of San Diego for Damages From Water Release at El Capitan Dam
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /East County Magazineby Karen PealmanA lawsuit against the city of San Diego is highlighting safety and management concerns at the El Capitan Dam and Reservoir. The suit is also dredging up residents’ longstanding fight against sand mining in Lakeside’s picturesque El Monte Valley. Even deeper, it shines a floodlight on failure to make the dam safe, which could not […]
San Diego Sees Rare August Rain as Remnants of Tropical Storm Juliette Funnel Moisture Into West, Southwest
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Fox Weatherby Steven YablonskiMonsoon season is in full swing across the parched Southwest, but it’s the remnants of what was once Tropical Storm Juliette in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that could cause some problems in the western U.S. on Thursday. It’s been a wet and stormy week across the Southwest, and it’s looking like that trend will continue through at least the end of the week.