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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego City Councilmember Elo-Rivera wants city to build solar to combat high water rates

October 30, 2025

San Diego’s Public Utilities Department owns land it could lease out to renewable energy developers to make money. But would...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Water rates going up, up, up

Voice of San Diego

Planning and management

October 29, 2025

From the Voice of San Diego: San Diego City Councilmembers on Tuesday begrudgingly voted to hike the city’s water rates...

GRIST: The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom

Grist

Planning and management

October 28, 2025

The tech industry’s soaring electricity and water demands are raising consumer rates and threatening sustainability goals. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. A new kind of gold rush is sweeping the West,...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: While San Diego leaders balk at high rates, city debates less-ambitious sewage recycling plan

Voice of San Diego

Planning and management

October 28, 2025

Less recycled sewage into drinking water means more reliance on the increasingly unstable Colorado River and expensive desal By MacKenzie...

DWR and Napa County partner to bring more stream gages online, providing critical information for world-renowned wine region

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

October 24, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: In a region known for its vineyards, scenic hills, and delicate ecosystems, accurate and...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Giving everyone a say in the Delta’s future: a conversation with adaptation planner and landscape architect Brett Milligan

Robin Meadows

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 22, 2025

by Robin Meadows It seems like just about everyone has a plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Governor Newsom wants a tunnel under the Delta to pipe water south. Environmental advocates want more tidal marsh for fish nurseries and protection...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan board appoints Shivaji Deshmukh as agency’s next general manager

Metropolitan Water District

Planning and management

October 14, 2025

Deshmukh is currently general manager of Metropolitan member agency, Inland Empire Utilities Agency Press release from the Metropolitan Water District:...

REPORT: Building resilient utilities: UCLA issues report on key water and power infrastructure needs

UCLA

Planning and management

October 8, 2025

Smart meters and undergrounding power lines are among promising innovations in addressing climate and fire risks By Jason Islas, UCLA...

REPORT: California water suppliers gear up for a dry year with confidence

Maven

Planning and management

October 7, 2025

The results are in. California’s 446 urban water suppliers have conducted their supply and demand assessments, and 95.5% say they will have ample supplies to meet projected demand in the coming year, even if it is dry. The remaining 4.5%...

CDFW finalizes State Wildlife Action Plan 2025

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Planning and management

October 3, 2025

Press release from the Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is excited to...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Mayor’s water rate increase ‘dead on arrival’

Voice of San Diego

Planning and management

October 1, 2025

San Diego city councilmembers join forces to stall a proposed rate increase even though city staff warn too much delay...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Sweetwater Authority joins stampede away from County Water Authority

Voice of San Diego

Planning and management

October 1, 2025

The agency supplying drinking water to a large swath of South San Diego County is exploring a groundwater desalination project that could reduce or even eliminate the agency’s dependence on expensive county water. By Jim Hinch, Voice of San Diego...

NOW AVAILABLE: Final 2025 Agricultural Water Management Plan (AWMP) Guidebook

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

October 1, 2025

The Final 2025 Agricultural Water Management Plan (AWMP) Guidebook is now available. Updates to this guidebook were made to improve...

USGS: Modeling flood mitigation strategies in the San Francisco Bay Area

USGS

Planning and management

September 26, 2025

As sea levels rise and storms intensify, protecting coastal communities is becoming a pressing challenge—especially in places like San Francisco...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: City staff deflect blame away from Pure Water before San Diego’s big water rate vote

Voice of San Diego

Planning and management

September 25, 2025

City staff dropped updated costs of a huge wastewater-to-drinking water recycling project showing that its water would be cheaper than buying from the Water Authority. By Mackenzie Elmer As the San Diego City Council prepares to make major water rate...