Southern California’s clean water projects making our communities clean and sustainable
Posted by: Maven on May 2, 2012 at 8:07 amFrom The Planning Report:
“Adel Hagekhalil, Assistant Director of the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, provides MIR with a third article in a series of essays on clean water projects in Los Angeles. A $3.8 million underground stormwater system in Highland Park, the Garvanza Park Rainwater Irrigation Project, features a series of underground tanks that collect and clean rainwater to be used for irrigation. Another, the North Atwater Creek Restoration and Park Expansion project, will filter water that generally is diverted into the LA River. Both projects represent the City of Los Angeles’ commitment to pursuing a clean water, ecological infrastructure for the region.
Every time in rains in Los Angeles, we are reminded of a great challenge and an opportunity we have. It is a challenge because of the all the flooding and pollution that rain and runoff carries from our paved street and communities. It is an opportunity because it shows how much water we have here locally if it is managed and harnessed efficiently. So just remember that for our great city to become Clean, Green and Sustainable, we need to do our part in preventing trash and waste from accumulating in our streets and in implementing ways to reduce runoff, harvest rain locally, and increase infiltration starting from our homes, businesses, and our neighborhoods. … “
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Three Valleys Municipal Water District wades into water war
Posted by: Maven on May 2, 2012 at 8:06 amFrom the San Gabriel Valley Tribune:
“One of the San Gabriel Valley’s biggest wholesale water districts has jumped into a water war being waged by San Diego County against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Three Valleys Municipal Water District has joined the legal action on the side of Metropolitan, accusing plaintiff San Diego County Water Authority of bungling a side water purchase from Imperial County and trying to make MWD’s 26 water agencies pay for the blunder.
If San Diego wins its lawsuit and negotiates cheaper water rates only for itself, Three Valleys customers could see up to a 30 percent rate increase, according to Three Valleys officials. If wholesale prices rise, it could affect Three Valleys’ 550,000 customers in Walnut, Diamond Bar, Rowland Heights, Glendora, La Verne, West Covina, San Dimas and Pomona. … “
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San Bernardino County outlines Cadiz groundwater project agreement
Posted by: Maven on May 2, 2012 at 7:56 amFrom the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
“San Bernardino County supervisors approved an agreement Tuesday spelling out the review process for a controversial proposal to draw water from ancient aquifers in the Mojave Desert.
The agreement provides for county oversight of the $225 million project in the Cadiz Valley, about 40 miles east of Twentynine Palms, that would involve building 44 miles of pipeline to move surplus water from the Colorado Aqueduct to an underground basin the size of Rhode Island. … “
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For more information, check out the Cadiz press release in the post below (or click here).
Press release: Cadiz Inc. announces agreement for San Bernardino County to assume water project enforcement role
Posted by: Maven on May 2, 2012 at 7:55 amFrom Business Wire, this press release from Cadiz:
“Today Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ: CDZI] (“Cadiz”), a land and water resource development company with 45,000 acres in California’s San Bernardino County, announced that the County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the County’s role in enforcing the groundwater management plan for the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project. The Water Project proposes to provide an annual reliable water supply to Southern California communities by capturing and conserving thousands of acre-feet of native groundwater currently being lost to evaporation from the aquifer system beneath the Company’s property in eastern San Bernardino County’s Cadiz Valley. The MOU grants the County full enforcement authority over the Project’s Groundwater Management, Monitoring, and Mitigation Plan (GMMMP), a key component of the Project designed to monitor aquifer conditions and establish measures to protect against impacts to critical desert resources. … “
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Norwalk Superior Court judge refuses request to outlaw water pumping in five Southern California cities
Posted by: Maven on May 1, 2012 at 6:24 amFrom the Whittier Daily News:
“A Superior Court judge has refused a regional water agency’s request to outlaw water pumping in five cities because they haven’t been paying their bills.
The Water Replenishment District of Southern California had sought a preliminary injunction against the cities of Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Pico Rivera and Signal Hill, saying they need to pay while other legal actions are settled in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Judge Raul A. Sahagun of Norwalk Superior Court had taken the case under submission April 16. … “
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Lomita residents face large rate increases to fix troubled water project
Posted by: Maven on May 1, 2012 at 6:19 amFrom the Daily Breeze:
“The city of Lomita, which spent millions on a water project aimed at reducing the town’s dependence on imports, is weighing significant rate hikes over the next several years to fix problems in the system.
The typical Lomita water user faces a proposed 41 percent increase over the next five years, pushing the bill for the average single-family home to $57.55 more than today’s cost, according to a report released late last week.
Officials also revealed Lomita is “technically in default” on $7.25 million in outstanding bonds. They were sold to finance the town’s so far unusable $13 million water well, treatment system and reservoir. … “
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Riverside: Water pipe turbine still being tested
Posted by: Maven on April 29, 2012 at 7:39 amFrom the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
“Technology has improved so much in two years that a test turbine installed in a Riverside Public Utilities water pipe can now generate enough power for ten households, and the city may add new testing locations.
The pilot project has gotten some attention lately. In March, city utility officials took a delegation from Zambia to the water booster station near UC Riverside where the turbine is installed in a 60-inch pipe, and Portland, Oregon-based Lucid Energy Technologies, which developed the turbine, showed off the project last week hoping to attract investors. … “
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Castaic Lake Water Agency reports surplus
Posted by: Maven on April 28, 2012 at 6:08 amFrom the Santa Clarita Signal:
“As Castaic Lake Water Agency officials celebrate the agency’s 50th anniversary, they’re also enjoying an anniversary gift of sorts – not of gold, but rather a water surplus that could translate into $3 million.
The agency’s board of directors approved a resolution this week declaring a water surplus for 2012 – more than double what it expects to use.
Tuesday’s decision by the board gives the agency the green light to sell about 16,500 acre-feet of water for at least $3 million. … “
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Six Flags Magic Mountain polluting river, coalition alleges
Posted by: Maven on April 27, 2012 at 6:20 amFrom the Los Angeles Times:
“Environmental groups are accusing Six Flags Magic Mountain of polluting the Santa Clara River with huge volumes of contaminated water and allowing trash with its logos to spill into the Southern California waterway and toward the ocean.
The allegations were made in a letter sent to the Valencia theme park last week by a coalition of environmental groups, whose investigators say they found alarming levels of pollutants in water sloshing out of the facility’s storm water outfalls into the nearby waterway during rainstorms. … “
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Column: Rain is good but not for ratepayers
Posted by: Maven on April 27, 2012 at 6:15 amFrom the Pasadena Star-News, this column by Steve Scauzillo:
“My black umbrella whooshed wide and parabolic as it snapped into place twice this week. Not bad for late April. For the first time I can remember, we can meaningfully sing the lyrics of the little ditty I grew up with on the East Coast, “April showers bring May flowers.”
But what do those showers – both in March, early April and as late as Thursday – mean for us average homeowners paying our water bills?
Absolutely nothing. … “
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L.A. County water district plans to freeze rates
Posted by: Maven on April 27, 2012 at 6:13 amFrom the Los Angeles Times:
“A water district serving nearly 4 million residents in Los Angeles County announced Thursday it intends to freeze rates for the first time since 2003.
The Water Replenishment District of Southern California’s announcement came after a Los Angeles Times article Wednesday highlighting the agency’s recent rate hikes and battles with another local water agency, the Central Basin Municipal Water District.
“We want to be responsive to all our stakeholders,” said Albert Robles, president of the WRD’s board. “We are very transparent and we explain everything. We go out of our way to do a good job.” … “
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SEE ALSO: Amid scrutiny, water district will freeze water rates, from LA Now
Cadiz Inc. announces commitment to local jobs and investment in San Bernardino County
Posted by: Maven on April 26, 2012 at 7:24 amFrom Business Wire:
“-Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ: CDZI] (“Cadiz”), a land and water resource development company with 45,000 acres in California’s San Bernardino County, announced today a significant pledge to support County-based labor and materials upon implementation of the Company’s Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (“Project”). As part of the Pledge, the Company has committed to purchase 80% of the materials necessary to construct the Project’s facilities from County businesses and to dedicate 50% of the Project’s jobs to County residents, including a goal of 10% for local veterans.
The Water Project proposes to provide a reliable water supply to Southern California communities by capturing and conserving thousands of acre-feet of native groundwater currently being lost to evaporation from the aquifer system beneath the Company’s property in the Cadiz Valley. The Project’s Phase I construction cost requirements are estimated at approximately $225 – $275 million. … “
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Barstow: Agencies moving forward with Soap Mine cleanups; Plans for nitrate, perchlorate removal
Posted by: Maven on April 26, 2012 at 7:23 amFrom the Desert Dispatch:
“Lyn Monds fears contaminated groundwater had something to do with the death of her 11-year-old Australian shepherd three weeks ago.
Monds, who said she had experienced serious health problems while living in Hinkley in the early 1990s, watched as her dog developed bald patches and open sores and lost about a third of its body weight. The animal had lived its entire life on her property near Soap Mine Road before being euthanized by a Barstow veterinarian, she said.
Monds was among the 30 or so residents who turned up Tuesday evening for a community meeting to discuss concerns over perchlorate and nitrate contamination in their community. … “
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East Valley water customers may see increased parcel charges
Posted by: Maven on April 25, 2012 at 4:38 amFrom the Pasadena Star-News:
“If the 600,000 customers of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District in the East San Gabriel Valley feel like they are being nickel and dimed, they’re right.
Last week, the large wholesale water agency voted to raise its parcel tax from $18.54 to $20.46. That means, most property owners will see the $1.92 bump on their property tax bill next year if the increase is approved in a second vote in June. Properties larger than one acre pay a higher parcel charge.
The annual charge will generate $3.7 million in revenue. … “
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Feud between 2 obscure water agencies costs consumers
Posted by: Maven on April 25, 2012 at 4:35 amFrom the Los Angeles Times:
“Bell resident Robert Mackin is frustrated that his monthly water rate keeps rising, by about 50% in the last few years.
He writes the check to his water provider, Golden State Water Co. But he is actually served by six separate agencies that each play a role in delivering his water — and charging him for the service.
“I’ll be honest, I don’t really have an idea of what all these agencies do … it’s hard to understand,” Mackin said. “When the bill comes in, I look at the total and write the check.”
And he’s not alone.
Two of those water districts — which serve more than a third of the nearly 10 million residents of L.A. County — have more than doubled their fees in recent years while spending significant amounts of time and money battling each other in a series of lawsuits, legislative showdowns and unusual PR campaigns. … “
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LA Department of Water and Power pursuing 10.5% electric, 5% water hikes
Posted by: Maven on April 25, 2012 at 4:34 amFrom the Daily News:
“The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power gave notice Tuesday to the City Council that it will seek to raise electricity rates by 10.5 percent and water rates by almost 5 percent over the next two years.
In a nearly hourlong presentation to the City Council, DWP General Manager Ron Nichols said the department has received only emergency rate hikes this year and it needs a regular schedule of increases to take care of the aging systems.
“The water system is 100 years old and the power system is nearly that,” Nichols said. “We need to begin to take steps to upgrade both of them.” … “
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Happy 50th anniversary to Castaic Lake Water Agency, says the Santa Clarita Signal
Posted by: Maven on April 24, 2012 at 7:29 amFrom the Santa Clarita Signal:
“Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA) celebrates its golden anniversary this week with the normal assortment of celebrations and acknowledgements.
All the speeches, handshaking, photos and hoopla are fun and appropriate, but we would like to pause for a moment and consider what the Santa Clarita Valley would be like without CLWA.
Growth would have hit a ceiling, and funding for many of the amenities we enjoy today would become scarcer. The human footprint would be smaller, and there would be fewer schools, parks, stores and infrastructure improvements. It would be a much different place indeed. … “
Continue reading this editorial from the Santa Clarita Signal by clicking here.
Legal Planet blog: New legislative effort underway to develop public access to the L.A. River
Posted by: Maven on April 24, 2012 at 7:26 amFrom the Legal Planet blog:
“Earlier this year, California State Senator Kevin De Leon introduced SB 1201, a bill that could bolster efforts to open up the Los Angeles River for lawful recreational uses such as boating. I have a particular interest in this, since UCLA’s Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic worked with the advocacy group Friends of the Los Angeles River and other advocates to develop the legislation. UCLA Law fellow (and co-blogger) Rhead Enion and I have worked on this effort over the last couple of years, along with clinic students Philip Mehdipour and Cody Sonntag, and former clinic students Kate Leonard, Sonya Paskil, Maya Kuttan, and Margaret Lee. … “
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Riverside County may back Wine Country sewer system
Posted by: Maven on April 23, 2012 at 6:18 amFrom the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
“Supervisor Jeff Stone wants the county to invest $5 million to bring a sewer system to Temecula Valley Wine Country to eliminate septic tank discharge salting Temecula groundwater.
The contribution would go toward the first two phases of a $55 million three-phase plan. The first two phases are expected to cost $16 million, Stone wrote in an April 4 proposal letter.
Several wineries have already pledged to participate in the first phase of the sewer project, including Ponte Winery, Mount Palomar Winery, South Coast Winery & Resort and Europa Village. … “
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Water symposium emphasizes conservation, communication
Posted by: Maven on April 20, 2012 at 7:08 amFrom the Ventura County Star:
“Providing water for a parched California has always been a challenge, and amid an increasing population, more regulations, rising prices and crumbling infrastructure, Ventura County water agencies met Thursday to discuss solutions.
The 20th annual water symposium put on by the Association of Water Agencies of Ventura County took place Thursday at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard.
Kelle Pistone, managing director of the association, said it sponsors the conference to pool the resources of all the water agencies serving the county.
“There is such diversity in our water agencies,” Pistone said. “We try to bring everyone together with policymakers and elected officials to come up with solutions — to get the issues out on the table and deal with them.” … “
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LADWP drops lawsuits against APCD and CARB
Posted by: Maven on April 19, 2012 at 7:30 amFrom the Sierra Wave:
“With no explanation, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has dismissed, without prejudice, two lawsuits. One, against the Great Basin Air Pollution Control District. The second, against the California Air Resources Board.
In February, LADWP had refused an order from the APCD to clean up more Owens Dry Lake dust on 2.9 square miles. DWP appealed this order to the state Air Resources Board. That board issued an appeal process and DWP sued them over the process. … “
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Camrosa Water District officials discuss efforts to be more self-reliant
Posted by: Maven on April 19, 2012 at 7:28 amFrom the Ventura County Star:
“The Camrosa Water District is considering ways — like making use of efforts to desalinate brackish groundwater — to become more water-independent.
Some Camarillo residents gathered with district board members and staff to discuss a water self-reliance plan Tuesday evening at Tierra Linda School in the Mission Oaks area.
“Our board wants to do more outreach, and this is the first of several meetings to tell the public what’s happening and get feedback about our efforts and our needs to make ourselves more self-reliant,” said Tony Stafford, general manager of Camrosa. … “
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Lawsuit to cut off Downey’s water supply gets its day in court
Posted by: Maven on April 19, 2012 at 7:26 amFrom the Downey Beat:
“The fate of Downey’s water supply now rests in the hands of a Superior Court judge.
Judge Raul Sahagun in Norwalk Court on Monday heard arguments in a lawsuit by the Water Replenishment District to stop Downey and four other cities from pumping drinking water.
He could hand down his decision any day. … “
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Pepperdine, ‘Mr. Malibu’ battle over sudsy runoff on beach
Posted by: Maven on April 19, 2012 at 7:22 amFrom the Los Angeles Times:
“Will somebody come clean about those soap-like bubbles in Malibu’s tiny Marie Canyon Creek
A legal battle between an environmental crusader and Pepperdine University is raising questions about a frothy cascade of storm water that periodically spills over a beach lined with celebrity homes and into the Pacific Ocean.
Videographer Cary ONeal, who blogs as “Mr. Malibu,” insists that the runoff is tainted by a sewage treatment plant that serves the university and a housing tract next door, and that the school should be held to task for it. … “
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San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District creates community garden
Posted by: Maven on April 19, 2012 at 7:20 amFrom the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
“Local businesses and community leaders plan to break ground Friday on a 2,700-square-foot community garden on property owned by San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District. They plan to call it the Westside Community Garden.
“It’s a way of bringing the community together,” said George Aguilar, a Valley District board member who came up with the idea of establishing the garden on district owned property next to the 9th Street water well, which is no longer being used for groundwater pumping. … “
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Central Basin Water District dares other providers to freeze rates
Posted by: Maven on April 18, 2012 at 7:27 amFrom the San Gabriel Valley Tribune:
“It’s a big wet game of dare.
The Central Basin Municipal Water District is freezing its rate at $915 per acre-foot, which is enough water for a family of four for one year. And officials from the district are challenging the area’s two other major water suppliers to follow suit.
Central Basin, which serves 24 area cities, has come under fire lately for what some have called wasteful spending.
General Manager Art Aguilar said the district has become a scapegoat for recent price hikes. The board wants to force the hand of its critics, he said. … “
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Malibu: Agreement reached in Clean Water Lawsuit
Posted by: Maven on April 17, 2012 at 7:41 amFrom Surfline:
“The [Malibu] City Council announced today that it has unanimously approved a settlement in the lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Santa Monica Baykeeper over the City’s stormwater management.
“We are pleased to have resolved this case. It was filed in 2008, before the City’s state-of-the-art stormwater treatment facility was fully on-line and before Legacy Park – the City’s award-winning water cleaning machine – was built. The City has made enormous strides in its clean water programs and we are looking forward to having the NRDC and the Baykeeper work with us into the future.” Mayor Laura Rosenthal stated. … “
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Report reveals extent of perchlorate plume: Contaminants reached east of I-15
Posted by: Maven on April 17, 2012 at 7:33 amFrom the Desert Dispatch:
“Water experts determined the plume of Barstow groundwater contaminated with perchlorates extends more than a mile from the site of contamination, according to a recently released water board report.
The contamination, near the home of the former owner of Mojave River Pyrotechnics, was found in 12 of 22 sample wells. It extends about 1.25 miles south-southeast of the site, the report said.
Engineers drilled a series of monitoring wells to sample the groundwater in the area in December 2011. … “
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Settlement reached in Malibu storm water lawsuit
Posted by: Maven on April 14, 2012 at 5:55 amFrom the Fresno Bee:
“The city of Malibu announced Friday that an agreement has been reached with two environmental groups who sued the city over stormwater pollution.
If approved by a federal judge, Friday’s settlement could bring an end to a lawsuit filed in 2008 by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Santa Monica Baykeeper, said City Manager Jim Thorsen.
Under the agreement, the city is to pay $250,000 for a monitoring project, pay environmental groups $750,000 and improve 17 drains around the city.
The city will also work to control discharges of animal waste from Serra Canyon to Malibu Creek and Lagoon. … “
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Court grants motion to dismiss lawsuit seeking to stop Metropolitan Water District from adding non-FDA approved drugs to public drinking water
Posted by: Maven on April 14, 2012 at 5:54 amFrom PR Web via the San Francisco Chronicle:
“On April 10, 2012 Honorable Janis L. Sammartino granted the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s (“Water District”) motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to stop the Water District from adding non-FDA approved drugs to public drinking water. See Foli v. The Metropolitan Water District in the Federal Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 11:CV:1765.
The attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik filed a brief opposing the Water District’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that Water District should be stopped from distributing a drug through the public water systems because the drug has not been approved by the FDA to fluoridate public drinking water to fight tooth decay. According to the opposition filed by the California attorneys at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, “this action is brought to seek redress for the unlawful and unconstitutional medication of Plaintiffs by Defendant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California using an unapproved drug.” Specifically, the lawsuit saught to stop the Water District’s alleged practice of “injecting hydrofluosilicic acid into the water supply for the purpose of treating disease and dental cavities” given “Hydrofluosilicic acid has never been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of disease or dental cavities.” … “
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Huntington Beach desalination developer seeking engineering firm to build plant
Posted by: Maven on April 14, 2012 at 5:49 amFrom Southern California Public Radio:
“The company that wants to build a desalination plant in Huntington Beach is looking for an engineering firm to design and build the plant. The company still has a regulatory hurdle to clear before it can begin construction of the proposed facility.
Poseidon Resources has put the design and construction of the proposed desalination plant out for bid. Before construction can begin, the Connecticut-based company needs a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission. … “
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A look back: Lake Elsinore went dry in 1950s
Posted by: Maven on April 14, 2012 at 5:47 amFrom the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
“Lake Elsinore contains 30,000 acre-feet of water, so it's hard to imagine it could simply dry up.
But the lake has gone dry multiple times. One prolonged period stretched from the early 1950s to 1958, when a drought evaporated the lake.
The lake's disappearance created an ugly, problematic mud field, said Floyd Berger, second vice president of the Lake Elsinore Historical Society. … “
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Barstow: Contaminated water study finds 1-mile plume
Posted by: Maven on April 14, 2012 at 5:44 amFrom the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
“Groundwater sampling shows more than a mile-long plume of perchlorate contamination spreading from a home that once belonged to the owner of a defunct pyrotechnics company and where the chemical was illegally dumped.
The contamination prompted a three-day, do-not-drink order in the city in November 2010. The emergency affected more than 40,000 customers of Golden State Water Co., and a tainted well was closed while the system was flushed to clear the chemical. … “
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Commentary: Cadiz plan to tap groundwater for profitshows need for better state policy
Posted by: Maven on April 13, 2012 at 7:45 amFrom the Sacramento Bee, this commentary by
“Imagine a lake half as large as Lake Tahoe, containing 17 million to 34 million acre-feet of water. That is what lies under the Cadiz and Bristol valleys in the Eastern Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County. Cadiz Inc., a privately held company, owns 34,000 acres that overlie this vast groundwater basin. The company plans to extract 2.5 million acre-feet of the water, a public good, over the next 50 years and sell it back to the public at a profit.
This project raises several concerns, some of which are directly related to the project while others point to the need for a public debate and discussion about California’s groundwater laws. … “
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Problems for Yermo Water Company sale
Posted by: Maven on April 13, 2012 at 7:07 amFrom the Desert Dispatch:
“The California Public Utilities Commission is considering moving to revoke the sale of Yermo Water Company to the Yermo Community Services District and instead allow a judge to appoint a receiver for the company.
The sale was approved in Jan. 2011 but has not been completed more than a year later.
The commission plans to consider the action at its May 10 meeting, but that could be postponed if necessary, CPUC spokesperson Christopher Chow said. … “
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