With California reservoirs full after a historically wet winter, the Long Beach Utilities Commission has signed off on a plan to buy more imported water at a discount to help other cities clear space to capture more rain during the upcoming winter season. Long Beach typically pumps over 60% of its customers’ water from local […]
September was one of the warmest ever in the United States, with records falling in 111 counties, but conditions were moderate in Southern California. Most of the country baked under record heat in September as large swaths of hot air covered the Midwest and East. The final tally put September 2023 as the seventh warmest […]
Health officials reported Sunday that Point Loma has reached the highest concentration of COVID-19 viral load in local wastewater since August 2022. According to the San Diego Epidemiology and Research for COVID Health Alliance, a partnership between Scripps Research and UC San Diego, scientists measure concentration of the virus at the Point Loma, Encina and South […]
Twenty years ago, in October 2003, water officials from across the Southwest signed the largest water conservation-and-transfer agreement in U.S. history, the QSA, or Quantification Settlement Agreement. The agreement has provided decades of water security for San Diego County and benefits for numerous partners across the Southwest. In total, that pact supplies more than half of […]
Reservoirs Are So Full Long Beach Will Buy Water at a Discount, Save its Groundwater
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Long Beach Post by Jason RuizWith California reservoirs full after a historically wet winter, the Long Beach Utilities Commission has signed off on a plan to buy more imported water at a discount to help other cities clear space to capture more rain during the upcoming winter season. Long Beach typically pumps over 60% of its customers’ water from local […]
September Was Hot in the US, But Not So Much in San Diego
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBS-FM/TVby Erik AndersonSeptember was one of the warmest ever in the United States, with records falling in 111 counties, but conditions were moderate in Southern California. Most of the country baked under record heat in September as large swaths of hot air covered the Midwest and East. The final tally put September 2023 as the seventh warmest […]
Traces of COVID-19 in Point Loma Wastewater Reach Highest Levels in More Than a Year
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Times of San Diego by EditorHealth officials reported Sunday that Point Loma has reached the highest concentration of COVID-19 viral load in local wastewater since August 2022. According to the San Diego Epidemiology and Research for COVID Health Alliance, a partnership between Scripps Research and UC San Diego, scientists measure concentration of the virus at the Point Loma, Encina and South […]
QSA: Landmark Conservation Pact Marks 20 Years of Water Security for San Diego
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Network Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityTwenty years ago, in October 2003, water officials from across the Southwest signed the largest water conservation-and-transfer agreement in U.S. history, the QSA, or Quantification Settlement Agreement. The agreement has provided decades of water security for San Diego County and benefits for numerous partners across the Southwest. In total, that pact supplies more than half of […]