Colorado River Aqueduct Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan agreement and what it means to Metropolitan

October 11, 2018 Maven Meetings

Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee discusses the drought contingency plan for the Colorado River On Wednesday, the major headline in California water news was the impending agreement on a drought contingency plan for the Colorado River. The details of the plan were discussed at Monday’s meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee. Program Manager Shanti Rosset […]

Earthquake Resilience of Southern California’s Water Distribution Systems

January 3, 2018 Maven Best of the Notebook, News and Features

All the major water infrastructure bringing in water to Southern California cross the San Andreas fault at least once, sometimes multiple times. What would happen in the event of an earthquake? UCLA’s Dr. Jon Stewart (and others) have been conducting research to find out. California is earthquake country, renowned for being one of the most seismically active regions in the […]