Southern California’s biggest water supplier has chosen a new general manager — but the selection isn’t yet final, and the fiercely contested vote is exposing deep disagreements within the powerful agency as a severe drought grips the region. The Metropolitan Water District’s board of directors voted this month to select Adel Hagekhalil to lead the […]
Passing President Biden’s infrastructure bill would be the most significant step we’ve taken as a nation to start to address climate change head on. Greenbelt Alliance believes this infrastructure bill is a great start. Yet, so far there is no path to guide how we can equitably shift away from rebuilding in the most climate-vulnerable […]
Arizona and other Western states just lived through the driest year in more than a century, with no drought relief in sight in the near future, experts told a House panel Tuesday. The period from last April to this March was the driest in the last 126 years for Arizona and other Western states, witnesses said. It […]
Too often, ocean water is laced with sewage and pollutants, affecting how safe beaches are for swimming and surfing – that’s the message of this year’s Clean Water Report released Tuesday, May 25, by the Surfrider Foundation. “We believe the water should be clean, always. We should be able to do that in all but […]
Because Bay Area low-lying sewage treatment plants remain vulnerable to rising sea levels, government regulators told sewage facility managers to “provide a written plan for coping with SLR by the fall of 2021 – or they will be given a plan.” The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reached out to 10 “at risk” sewage treatment […]
Arturo Rodriguez and his colleagues on the Poplar Community Services District board are responsible for keeping clean water flowing to 2,500 residents in the middle of a global pandemic and drought. Of the community’s three wells, two are in production right now, although Rodriguez doesn’t know how long they’ll last through another drought. The other […]
As Drought Worsens, Tensions Erupt Over Control of SoCal’s Largest Water Supplier
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Sammy RothSouthern California’s biggest water supplier has chosen a new general manager — but the selection isn’t yet final, and the fiercely contested vote is exposing deep disagreements within the powerful agency as a severe drought grips the region. The Metropolitan Water District’s board of directors voted this month to select Adel Hagekhalil to lead the […]
Opinion: How Infrastructure Plan Can Accelerate Resilience
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Mercury Newsby Amanda Brown-StevensPassing President Biden’s infrastructure bill would be the most significant step we’ve taken as a nation to start to address climate change head on. Greenbelt Alliance believes this infrastructure bill is a great start. Yet, so far there is no path to guide how we can equitably shift away from rebuilding in the most climate-vulnerable […]
Arizona’s Current Historic Drought May Be ‘Baseline for the Future’
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Cronkite Newsby Alyssa MarkszArizona and other Western states just lived through the driest year in more than a century, with no drought relief in sight in the near future, experts told a House panel Tuesday. The period from last April to this March was the driest in the last 126 years for Arizona and other Western states, witnesses said. It […]
Surfrider’s Annual Clean Water Report Highlights Infrastructure Needs and Toxin-Removing Landscapes
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Beach Reporter by Laylan ConnellyToo often, ocean water is laced with sewage and pollutants, affecting how safe beaches are for swimming and surfing – that’s the message of this year’s Clean Water Report released Tuesday, May 25, by the Surfrider Foundation. “We believe the water should be clean, always. We should be able to do that in all but […]
As Sea Level Rise Threat Grows, SF Officials Don’t Have Public Plan to Save Sewers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /NBC Bay Areaby Stephen Stock, Robert Campos, Mark Villarreal, Michael Horn and Jeremy CarrollBecause Bay Area low-lying sewage treatment plants remain vulnerable to rising sea levels, government regulators told sewage facility managers to “provide a written plan for coping with SLR by the fall of 2021 – or they will be given a plan.” The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit reached out to 10 “at risk” sewage treatment […]
Valley Communities Lost Water in Last Drought. Are Small Water Systems Ready This Time?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Fresno Beeby Danielle BergstromArturo Rodriguez and his colleagues on the Poplar Community Services District board are responsible for keeping clean water flowing to 2,500 residents in the middle of a global pandemic and drought. Of the community’s three wells, two are in production right now, although Rodriguez doesn’t know how long they’ll last through another drought. The other […]