President Donald Trump’s top Colorado River official visited San Diego Wednesday to say the president sees “real potential” in developing more plants that make drinking water using the ocean – right off the California coast. That’s a problem for environmentalists, who say desalination plants are environmentally harmful, energy intensive and costly.
The federal government and water agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada signed a landmark agreement Wednesday to explore ways to exchange supplies across the drought-challenged Colorado River Basin. The goal is to find ways to work across state borders on desalination, recycled water and other projects to ensure adequate water supplies for 43 million residents […]
Even as California is offering to take less water from the drought-shrunken Colorado River, one of the state’s biggest cities that’s long been the most dependent on it curiously now has excess water to sell. In a good year, San Diego gets barely 8 inches of rain. And not too long ago, the picturesque coastal […]
Las Vegas has signaled interest in buying San Diego’s desalination water, the latest development in what will surely be a complex agreement permitting cities to trade water over state lines. Last week, the board of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which provides water to the Las Vegas metropolitan area, officially signaled it wants to talk […]
Trump Official Shares Vision of Desal Plants Lining California Coast
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityPresident Donald Trump’s top Colorado River official visited San Diego Wednesday to say the president sees “real potential” in developing more plants that make drinking water using the ocean – right off the California coast. That’s a problem for environmentalists, who say desalination plants are environmentally harmful, energy intensive and costly.
Agencies in 3 States Sign MOU To Share Water Across Dry Colorado River Basin
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe federal government and water agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada signed a landmark agreement Wednesday to explore ways to exchange supplies across the drought-challenged Colorado River Basin. The goal is to find ways to work across state borders on desalination, recycled water and other projects to ensure adequate water supplies for 43 million residents […]
Why One of the Cities Most Dependent on the Colorado River Now Has Water for Sale
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /NPRby Kirk Siegler Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityEven as California is offering to take less water from the drought-shrunken Colorado River, one of the state’s biggest cities that’s long been the most dependent on it curiously now has excess water to sell. In a good year, San Diego gets barely 8 inches of rain. And not too long ago, the picturesque coastal […]
Morning Report: Las Vegas Signals It’s Interested in Buying San Diego Water (scroll down)
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Voice of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityLas Vegas has signaled interest in buying San Diego’s desalination water, the latest development in what will surely be a complex agreement permitting cities to trade water over state lines. Last week, the board of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which provides water to the Las Vegas metropolitan area, officially signaled it wants to talk […]