George J JanczynRegional water news roundup for San Diego: Jun. 6-12, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/06/12/regional-water-news-roundup-for-san-diego-jun-6-12-2026/
K-ZO da SnowmanMore #CAwater
Southern California could get 85% of its water locally and avoid Delta tunnel, groups say.
"Its plan calls for a "new urban water renaissance" in California that prioritizes local water. This approach would reliably yield more and cost far less than Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed Delta Conveyance Project beneath the Delta."
I totally believe in sponge cities ability to mimic nature and reduce long distance water reliance. A vital part of #Degrowth
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/southern-california-could-85-water-100000683.html
Working my way through 2K+ entries on my RSS reader from 5 weeks of not reading it. My time could be spent better learning dance or heritage languages, but I'm addicted.
Here are some heaters, real highlights.
Starting with #CAWater and the framing of cities as villains (which they could be!)
https://californiawaterblog.com/2026/06/07/rethinking-western-cities-and-water/
Rethinking Western Cities and Water - California WaterBlog
By Dave Owen . . . The popular mythology of water management often treats cities as the bad guys. We tend to condemn those cities–often in colorful terms–for their avarice, arrogance, and power, and those narratives have policy consequences. But they often miss the mark. One of the oldest truisms of western water is that
Regional water news roundup for San Diego: June 5, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/06/05/regional-water-news-roundup-for-san-diego-june-5-2026/
Western water news roundup for San Diego: May 29, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/29/western-water-news-roundup-for-san-diego-may-29-2026/
I've seen a few reports that managing California's large reservoir levels is becoming even more challenging with changing precipitation patterns, which brings to mind an old blog post:
California's water storage dilemma
https://groksurf.com/2010/08/09/californias-water-storage-dilemma/
Roundup of western water news for San Diego: May 22, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/22/roundup-of-western-water-news-for-san-diego-may-22-2026/
Roundup of western water news for San Diego: May 15, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/15/roundup-of-western-water-news-for-san-diego-may-15-2026/
Paul Ashby“The Indian Wells Valley groundwater basin is formally designated as critically over drafted. Current pumping is 20,840 acre-feet per year against the reported sustainable yield of only 7,650,” Slayton wrote in the letter. “A facility of this size, using evaporative cooling in desert conditions, can consume roughly 500,000 gallons of water per day close to 8 percent of the basin’s entire sustainable annual yield, used by a single facility every day.”
From my blog:
Regional water news roundup for San Diegans: May 1, 2026
https://groksurf.com/2026/05/01/regional-water-news-roundup-for-san-diegans-may-1-2026/