Five months ago, San Luis Reservoir — the massive lake along Highway 152 between Gilroy and Los Banos — was just 24% full, an arid landscape of cracked mud and lonely boat ramps painfully far away from the dwindling water’s edge.
California has one of the most complex water systems in the world. And so, the factors giving rise to our region’s floods are more complicated than the simple cascading of rain and snowmelt downhill during a rainier-than-average wet season. We are well into one of the wettest winters on record in the San Joaquin Valley. […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $170 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to Poseidon Resources in San Diego County, California, to support its Carlsbad Desalination Plant Intake Modification and Wetlands Project, which will help provide sustainable access to drinking water.
The power and technology behind the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, which turns seawater into drinking water, is described in this video report from Reporter Trason Bragg. The Carlsbad Desalination Plant is the largest, most technologically advanced and energy-efficient desalination plant in the nation, and it has produced more than 100 billion gallons of drinking water for San Diego County since operations […]
Nothing says the end of drought like ending water restrictions — and the pesky drought surcharges on utility bills. On the heels of California’s remarkably wet winter, the Bay Area’s biggest water agencies, including the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and East Bay Municipal Utility District, have either rescinded their drought policies or are about to do […]
Colorado is awash in white this spring, with statewide snowpack topping 140% of average this week, well above the reading a year ago, when it stood at just 97% of normal. “Conditions in the American West are way better than they were last year at this time,” state climatologist Russ Schumacher said Tuesday at a […]
Water Windfall: Key California Reservoir Fills for Just Third Time in 12 years
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Mercury Newsby Paul RogersFive months ago, San Luis Reservoir — the massive lake along Highway 152 between Gilroy and Los Banos — was just 24% full, an arid landscape of cracked mud and lonely boat ramps painfully far away from the dwindling water’s edge.
Where Do Valley Rivers Start – and End? Examining Our ‘Tremendously Engineered’ System
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /KVPRby Kerry KleinCalifornia has one of the most complex water systems in the world. And so, the factors giving rise to our region’s floods are more complicated than the simple cascading of rain and snowmelt downhill during a rainier-than-average wet season. We are well into one of the wettest winters on record in the San Joaquin Valley. […]
EPA Announces $170 Million WIFIA Loan for Carlsbad Desalination Plant in San Diego, California
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water Digest Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $170 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to Poseidon Resources in San Diego County, California, to support its Carlsbad Desalination Plant Intake Modification and Wetlands Project, which will help provide sustainable access to drinking water.
Turning Seawater into Drinking Water
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Atlanta News Nowby Trason Bragg Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe power and technology behind the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, which turns seawater into drinking water, is described in this video report from Reporter Trason Bragg. The Carlsbad Desalination Plant is the largest, most technologically advanced and energy-efficient desalination plant in the nation, and it has produced more than 100 billion gallons of drinking water for San Diego County since operations […]
’We’re Looking Really, Really Good’: Bay Area Water Agencies End Water Restrictions, Drought Surcharges
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Kurtis AlexanderNothing says the end of drought like ending water restrictions — and the pesky drought surcharges on utility bills. On the heels of California’s remarkably wet winter, the Bay Area’s biggest water agencies, including the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and East Bay Municipal Utility District, have either rescinded their drought policies or are about to do […]
It’s All White: Colorado’s Statewide Snowpack Tops 140%, Though Reservoirs Are Still Low
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Colorado Sunby Jerd SmithColorado is awash in white this spring, with statewide snowpack topping 140% of average this week, well above the reading a year ago, when it stood at just 97% of normal. “Conditions in the American West are way better than they were last year at this time,” state climatologist Russ Schumacher said Tuesday at a […]