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How City of Phoenix, CAP Are Addressing Water Supply Issues
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Cronkite Newsby Huston Dunston Jr.Arizona, much like California and other states with large deserts, is having an issue with dwindling Colorado River water levels. With so many people living in and moving to Arizona, specifically the Phoenix area, state and local agencies are working toward water solutions, including expanding the Bartlett Dam and adding new infrastructure.
Feds to Install Solar Panels Over Western Canals
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Farm Progressby Tim HeardenThe U.S. Interior Department will install solar panels above irrigation canals in California, Oregon and Utah, aided by $19 million from a congressional spending bill. Planned projects include a $15 million pilot with the University of California, Merced to deploy up to three floating solar technologies in the Delta-Mendota Canal to assess the viability, costs […]
Flint Residents Grapple With Water Crisis a Decade Later: ‘If We Had the Energy Left, We’d Cry’
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Guardianby Hilary BeaumontEarlier this month, Brittany Thomas received a call that her 11-year-old daughter Janiyah had experienced a seizure at school. “She’d been seizure-free for about two years now,” said Thomas, a resident of Flint, Michigan. “And they just came back.”
Opinion: 10 Years Later, Flint’s and America’s Water Remains Unnecessarily Hazardous
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Hillby Ella Greene-MotonLong before my role as president of the American Public Health Association, I was a normal woman from Flint, Mich. Flint is home. It is where I committed myself to public health over the last 40 years, started a family, developed rich friendships and found my voice. It is where I learned to speak the […]
California Increases Water Allocation After Wet Winter, but Fish Protections Limit Pumping
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesWith runoff from this year’s snow and rain boosting the levels of California’s reservoirs, state water managers on Tuesday announced plans to increase deliveries of supplies from the State Water Project to 40% of full allotments, up from 30% last month.
California Farmers and Residents to Receive an Increase in Water Supply From DWR
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /FOX40by Veronica CatlinThe California Department of Water Resources announced an increase in the State Water Project water supply allocation forecast for 2024.
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Encinitas Will Pay for Native Plant Demonstration Gardens
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Barbara HenryEncinitas will fund the construction of native plant demonstration gardens in the coming fiscal year, but it won’t pay for a consultant to produce a city ordinance spelling out how native plants should be used generally.
Alysha Stehly Appointed to Fill Polito’s Seat
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /Valley RoadrunnerMonday, April 22, the Valley Center Municipal Water District board voted 4-0 to appoint longtime VC resident Alysha Stehly to fill the vacancy created last month by the resignation of Bob Polito. She is the first woman appointed to the VC water board in its existence. The fact that Polito quit in the second half of […]
San Diego May Scale Back Its Ambitious Pure Water Sewage-Purification Plans — or Scrap Some Entirely
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David GarrickWith San Diego more than half done with the first phase of its Pure Water sewage recycling system, city officials say they are considering major changes to how they will handle the second, larger phase. Construction of the first phase continues to overcome hurdles like flooding at pump stations and impenetrable boulders at tunnel sites to stay […]
California Map Shows Where People Will See Huge Increases in Water Bills
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /Newsweekby Anna SkinnerAn updated map created by Newsweek shows where millions of residents in southern California counties can expect their water bills to leap by substantial amounts after another water bill rate hike this week.
Late Water Bills Hit $75 Million and Counting for San Diego, 1 Customer Owes More Than $2 Million
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /ABC10 Newsby Craig HarrisWhile thousands of San Diegans don’t get their water bills on time, the city has another problem — massive late payments. Team 10 has uncovered that unpaid bills later than four months have skyrocketed to $75 million in 2023, while four customers currently owe more than $1 million to the city.
East County Recycled Water Treatment Facility Set to Go Online in 2026
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /NBC San Diegoby Brook MartellWork has been underway on a recycled water treatment project in Santee for about two years. In another two years, some East County residents will get their drinking water from the East County Advanced Water Purification program.
‘Painful but Necessary’: San Dieguito Water District to Hike Water Prices
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /Fox 5 San Diegoby Sarah AlegreIf you’re under the San Dieguito Water District, your water rates will increase by mid-summer following a unanimous board vote Wednesday evening.