Tag Archive for: San Bernardino

Will Global Warming Turn L.A. into San Bernardino? Map Models Climate Change in 60 Years

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith

Imagine it’s a Saturday morning in Santa Monica in the year 2080. You brew your coffee, open your front door and breathe in the hot, dry air of … San Bernardino?

That’s the potential future if climate change continues unabated, according to a new mapping tool from researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The tool draws direct lines between an area’s projected climate in 60 years and the places that are experiencing that climate today.

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Calming the Flow

/in , , /by /WaterWorldby Rocky Wellborn

California’s East Valley Water District began evaluating the existence and severity of pressure transients as a way to actively manage its water distribution system to reduce line breaks.

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Recharge Totals Get Boost from March Rains, With More to Come

/in , /by /Redlands Community Newsby James Folmer

Last month’s storms brought nearly 4.5 inches of rain to the San Bernardino region — about 57 percent above normal for March — helping to reverse the season’s plummeting precipitation totals to about 86 percent of normal for this time of year, the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District has announced.

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Imported Water Helps the Valley Endure Another Year of Drought

/in , /by /Community Newsby San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District

Thanks in part to a wet December that brought heavy snow to the Sierras, 2020 is off to a good start with reservoir storage levels at or above historic averages throughout most of the state – good news for San Bernardino Valley residents. Even though water districts and cities throughout the San Bernardino Valley rely on local rainfall and mountain runoff for about 70 percent of their water supply, local supplies are not enough. The region relies on Sierra snowmelt from Northern California to meet the remaining 30 percent.

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New Leader Selected at the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District

/in , /by /InlandEmpire.USby News Staff

San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District did not have to look far to find its new General Manager. At its Board Meeting on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, after a statewide search for the best candidate to lead the regional water resource agency, Valley District’s Board of Directors announced the selection of Heather Dyer as its new General Manager.

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Rancho Cucamonga-Based Water District Reports Data Breach

/in , , /by /Daily Bulletin (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)by Eric Licas

Unauthorized access of a server used to process payments for a San Bernardino County water utility may have exposed some customers’ billing information to theft, authorities disclosed last week.

Central Square, an outside vendor for the Cucamonga Valley Water District, reported that a server handling one-time credit card transactions for the utility had been breached between Aug. 26 and Oct. 14, CVWD officials said Dec. 4 in a post on the utility website.

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