Little more than two months ago, on an unusually rainy November evening, the Queen Creek Town Council staked claim to the city’s future. Queen Creek, located in central Arizona southeast of Phoenix, was founded in 1989 but is already home to some 88,000 people. In a unanimous vote, the council approved a $244 million deal […]
A long-awaited Bay-Delta Plan is on track to be ready for adoption this year, with possible refinements still under review — but with no signs of major changes to the proposal as released in December. Eric Oppenheimer, executive director of the State Water Board, on Friday told The Sacramento Bee that the board’s staff is […]
Much of the discourse on how to handle the Colorado River’s viability as the West’s biggest water source is focused on water conservation measures. In reality, those sorts of interventions might be missing the forest for the trees. Vox’s Kenny Torrella reported on the Colorado River Compact’s struggles to reach a deal for the next two […]
The seven Western states that rely on the Colorado River for water supply have yet to reach an agreement on how to share the shrinking resource. States failed the meet a deadline earlier this month to establish a plan to confront what experts have said is the result of climate change.
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Why San Diego’s Water Rates Keep Going Up
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Jordan Beane /ABC 10by Olivia Gonzalez-Britt Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWater is a necessity, and one that’s costing San Diegans more over time. You may have already noticed it on your water bill. Rates went up 14.7% this year. But it’s not going to stop there; another 14.5% increase is scheduled next year, 11.5% in 2028 and 11% in 2029, which adds up to a […]
WaterSmart Makeover: A Plant Playground in Vista
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Jordan Beane /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Caron Golden Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIf there’s anyone bound to win a garden contest, it would certainly be Janet Chambers. Chambers is the 2025 Vista Irrigation District winner of the WaterSmart Landscape Contest for the design of her front yard. Now retired from her work as an office manager for a small printing broker, she has previously been a garden center manager […]
San Diego’s Colorado River Water Should Be Secure Despite Dispute, Says Official
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Michael Smolens Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe ongoing anxiety throughout the West over the Colorado River water supply ratcheted up once again as negotiators last week blew through a second deadline in three months to reach agreement on how to divvy up the ever-diminishing flow. The distance and tensions between the upper and lower river basin states, the latter of which […]
San Diego Releases Water From Full Lake Hodges Dam
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /NBC San Diegoby Christina BravoWater from the 108-year-old Lake Hodges dam was released into the San Dieguito River to meet safety requirements, the city of San Diego said Wednesday. The city said recent rain raised the levels of the Hodges Reservoir beyond the 280-foot-elevation threshold set by the Division of Safety of Dams, making the water release necessary. The […]