Water

Environment

Miramar Reservoir to suspend some water activities for pipeline project

City News Service

The Pipeline Project involves the installation of a one-mile pipeline at Miramar Reservoir, which is expected to provide the city with nearly half of its water supply by 2035 through Pure Water San Diego.
Environment

Rural ranchers face $4,000 proposed fine for violating state drought order

Rachel Becker

The penalty is the maximum the ranchers — who pumped Shasta River water for eight days — could face under state law. It amounts to about $50 per rancher, which is no deterrent, ranchers and officials agree.
Local

New US plan could lead to federal action on Colorado River

Felicia Fonseca and Kathleen Ronayne

One option would allow the federal government to take unilateral action, as it threatened this summer when it asked states to drastically cut their use. The seven states affected haven't come up with a plan of their own.
Local

Drought-stricken California approves desalination plant

The Associated Press

California's Coastal Commission has approved a desalination plant that could turn up to 5 million gallons of seawater a day into drinkable water.
Local

Mission Valley terminal pollution finally clean 30 years after order

City News Service

The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Wednesday announced that soil and groundwater contaminated by petroleum near the Mission Valley Terminal have been cleaned following decades of work.
Local

San Diego finds more issues at 104-year-old dam under repair

The Associated Press

Work on Hodges Reservoir Dam began last May after inspections identified areas that needed to be repaired and sealed.
Local

Rain helps increase containment of huge California wildfire

The Associated Press

A major storm that battered western Alaska over the weekend has churned through Northern California after bringing early-season snow to mountains and dropping rain that helped firefighters increase containment of a huge wildfire.
Local

Supervisors take 1st step towards water management report

City News Service

The Board of Supervisors directed the chief administrative officer Wednesday to update the county's water and drought- management strategies, including sustainability efforts, and deliver a final report within the next year.
Environment

San Diego makes huge investment in stormwater infrastructure with EPA loan

Alexander Nguyen

The loan will allow for up to $733 million to be invested in stormwater infrastructure projects over the next five years.
Local

Stressed Colorado River keeps California desert farms alive

The Associated Press

California's Imperial Valley, which provides many of the nation’s winter vegetables and cattle feed, has one of the strongest grips on water from the Colorado River, a critical but over-tapped supply for farms and cities across the West.