Opinion: How to Revitalize California’s Water Landscape With Sensible Infrastructure Projects
Water is the lifeblood of California, and the state has always faced unique challenges in managing its precious water resources.
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San Vicente Dam Raise Wins Global Acclaim
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Chelsea Campos /San Diego Metro Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority this week received a prestigious international engineering award for using an innovative construction technology to raise the historic San Vicente Dam – a project that helps ensure regional water security for generations to come.
TreePeople and Water in Southern California– A Decades-Long Push for a Resilient Future
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The San Fernando Valley Sunby Adam Thomas“The story of Los Angeles is the story of water,” remarks Peter Massey, TreePeople’s project manager of Water Equity Programs, noting how California’s modern history is so deeply intertwined with water issues.
Harris Unveils White House Plan to Tackle Water Scarcity as National Security Priority
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Courtney Subramanian and Ian JamesVice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday unveiled a White House plan to tackle water security as a foreign policy priority in light of ever tightening global water supplies.
The plan pledges U.S. leadership in the efforts to ensure there is enough water to support food supplies and healthcare systems. Under the initiative, the U.S. government will also spearhead ways to defuse potential disputes over access to water, Harris said.
San Diego Pays a Lot for Abundant Water. Tijuana Pays a Different Price for Water Scarcity.
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Vicente Calderón and MacKenzie Elmer Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityMaria Herrera had about a quarter left in her last five-gallon water jug.
On that April afternoon, though, spotty water service returned to the 67-year-old woman’s apartment, before the jug emptied. If it hadn’t, that was all she had left to bathe, do housework or drink.
Nacimiento Reservoir Low But Officials Say San Luis Obispo Remains Water-Secure
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /KCBXby Rachel ShowalterOfficials say the City of San Luis Obispo is water-secure for now, despite several years of drought conditions.The City of San Luis Obispo relies on water from Santa Margarita Lake, Whale Rock Reservoir and Nacimiento Reservoir. Mychal Boerman is Deputy Director of Water for the city. He said Nacimiento’s water capacity is at 13 percent, due to low rainfall years and continuous use of the reservoir for Salinas Valley farming
An Entire California Town is Without Running Water — In a Heat Wave
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /CalMattersby Melissa MontalvoThis is how California’s water crisis is going these days: The only functioning well in the rural community of Teviston broke in early June, leaving more than 700 residents without running water as temperatures in the Central Valley soared to triple-digits in a drought.
“It’s day to day” for the people of Teviston, said Frank Galaviz, a board member of the Teviston Community Services District, in an interview with The Fresno Bee.
Opinion: Too Many in Arizona Lack Water Security. It’s Time to Rethink How We Manage It
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /AZ Centralby Chris Kuzdas and Haley PaulThe past year has shown Arizonans how critical water is to all we hold dear. It’s a pillar of public health, a precious and finite resource, and the lifeblood of our economy and food production.
Water is essential for life, and climate change is shrinking already scarce supplies. Fortunately, we also know what we can do now to help safeguard our water.
Water Security vs. Water Marketing
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Independentby Melinda BurnsIt’s not long ago that Lake Cachuma, the main water source on the South Coast, was in danger of going dry in a seven-year drought.
Water agencies from Carpinteria to Goleta spent millions of dollars scrambling to buy surplus state aqueduct water from around the state to avert a local shortage. They did so not only because their groundwater levels were plunging and Cachuma was failing, but because their yearly allocations from the aqueduct had dropped to zero.
COVID-19 Pandemic Should be a Wake-Up Call for Water Security
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /PHYS.ORGby University of BirminghamUrgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. and Northwestern University in the U.S.
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