Californians have overwhelmingly stated their support for seawater desalination projects as a way to bring more reliable water to the state. Although water year (WY) 2016-17 has provided abundant precipitation, the memory of the state’s worst five-year drought in modern history continues to reminds residents of California’s feast-or-famine water woes. …
Read More »Two Californians win Bureau of Reclamation’s downstream fish passage at tall dams competition
A competition to aid in helping migrating juvenile over or around tall dams, sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, has identified four submissions to share in $20,000 for their proposed solutions. Moving migrating juvenile fish past tall dams will ensure habitat connectivity that many threatened and endangered fish populations …
Read More »Santa Barbara looks to re-activate desalination facility, producing water by mid-May
The city of Santa Barbara’s Charles E. Meyer Desalination Facility is targeted to be re-activated and actively producing water by mid-May after investing some $70 million financed over 40 years. The desalination plant was originally constructed and operational in the early 1990s. However, due to an abundant rainfall in the …
Read More »Tower valves opened to begin refilling Silver Lake Reservoir Complex ahead of schedule
After having drained the historic Silver Lake Reservoir in late 2015 to prepare for the construction of the Silver Lake Reservoir Complex (SLRC) Bypass Project, Los Angeles area officials gathered earlier this week to crank open the tower valves to begin refilling the Silver Lake complex ahead of schedule. Councilmembers …
Read More »Regional recreational growth plans underway for Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County
Five Southern California governmental agencies have announced an agreement that lays the framework for the expansion of community recreational facilities at Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County. After more than a year of work, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), the city of Hemet, …
Read More »Former senator, former speaker ask state leaders to approve Huntington Beach desalination project
Former Senator Barbara Boxer (D) and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D) have called on the state’s leadership to finally approve the proposed Huntington Beach desalination project. Both Boxer and Nunez are currently serving as consultants for the Poseidon Water project. The proposed project would produce 56,000-acre-feet per (50 million …
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