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Metropolitan Water District board member censured for racist remark
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Metropolitan Water District board member censured for racist remark

LA Times  

A board member of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has been censured for making a racist remark about an Arab American employee. Mohsen Mortada, the district’s chief of staff, said in a recent letter that during a December 2023 visit to Gene Camp, a facility in the desert, Mortada overheard an MWD director refer to him as a …

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California water agency votes to spend $141 million on Delta tunnel project
1 month ago

California water agency votes to spend $141 million on Delta tunnel project

LA Times  

The board of California’s largest urban water supplier voted on Tuesday to spend $141.6 million for a large share of the preliminary planning work on the state’s proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Providing funds for the initial work, Ortega said, will enable the agency “to gather critical information about the project’s benefits and costs that will …

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Embattled manager of California water agency defends record, says complaints are unfounded
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Embattled manager of California water agency defends record, says complaints are unfounded

LA Times  

Adel Hagekhalil, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, speaks to new managers at MWD headquarters in Los Angeles in 2023. In a letter to the board, Hagekhalil said that “every action I took on your behalf and at your direction was faced with a frivolous complaint to undermine and stop the reform that you directed.” He …

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Adel Hagekhalil: Southern California’s embattled ‘water doctor’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Adel Hagekhalil: Southern California’s embattled ‘water doctor’

LA Times  

As general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Adel Hagekhalil has overseen a public agency that’s responsible for supplying the water that 19 million people drink. Hagekhalil says Southern California needs to be ready for more climate “whiplash,” including extreme dry spells, and must prepare to rely less on water imported from the Colorado River, where reservoirs …

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As California water agency investigates top manager, some worry progress could be stymied
6 months, 3 weeks ago

As California water agency investigates top manager, some worry progress could be stymied

LA Times  

In the three years that Adel Hagekhalil has led California’s largest urban water supplier, the general manager has sought to focus on adaptation to climate change — in part by reducing reliance on water supplies from distant sources and investing in local water supplies. “I would hope this doesn’t mean that we undo the progress that’s been made since Adel …

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Top manager of California’s largest water supplier placed on leave after sexism, harassment allegations
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Top manager of California’s largest water supplier placed on leave after sexism, harassment allegations

LA Times  

Adel Hagekhalil, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, visits the Weymouth Water Treatment Plant in La Verne in April 2023. At minimum, by releasing the document, that person has tried to set a narrative that is potentially harmful to the general manager, the chief financial officer, this board and this agency, and they know it.” Ortega …

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California storms deliver above-average snowpack, replenish reservoirs
9 months, 1 week ago

California storms deliver above-average snowpack, replenish reservoirs

LA Times  

California’s mountains are covered with snow, reservoirs are mostly filled and hills across the state are sprouting green grass and wildflowers after the latest round of soaking storms. “Because every year could be the first year of a 10-year drought.” Even with the state’s reservoirs at healthy levels, California continues to face complex water management problems, such as struggling fish …

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A new SoCal underground water storage project aims to keep supplies flowing during drought
1 year, 2 months ago

A new SoCal underground water storage project aims to keep supplies flowing during drought

LA Times  

A solution to help bolster Southern California’s water outlook during future droughts is taking shape in the Mojave Desert. Explore the section The agency already stores water underground in other areas, but the High Desert Water Bank represents the MWD’s largest investment in groundwater storage to date. Water fills one of the recharge basins at the High Desert Water Bank …

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Southern California’s ‘water doctor’ pushes for transformation to adapt to climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

Southern California’s ‘water doctor’ pushes for transformation to adapt to climate change

LA Times  

When Adel Hagekhalil speaks about the future of water in Southern California, he often starts by mentioning the three conduits the region depends on to bring water from hundreds of miles away: the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Colorado River Aqueduct and the California Aqueduct. Adel Hagekhalil says Southern California needs a new “Mulholland moment,” but one based on a new …

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Federal government considers major water cuts to protect Colorado River
1 year, 9 months ago

Federal government considers major water cuts to protect Colorado River

LA Times  

The federal government on Tuesday laid out two options for preventing the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs from falling to critically low levels, saying water cuts could be imposed across the Southwest by following the water-rights priority system or by using an across-the-board percentage. Under a second alternative, the Bureau of Reclamation would analyze the effects of reductions “distributed in the …

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Drought-ravaged Colorado River gets relief from snow. But long-term water crisis remains
1 year, 9 months ago

Drought-ravaged Colorado River gets relief from snow. But long-term water crisis remains

LA Times  

View of the Colorado River continuing past Hoover Dam, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, on April 3. “It’s a great snowpack,” said Bill Hasencamp, manager of Colorado River resources for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. “This snowpack means we don’t need nearly the level of cuts as we thought we might have just four months ago,” …

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‘Nature gave us a lifeline’: Southern California refills largest reservoir in dramatic fashion
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Nature gave us a lifeline’: Southern California refills largest reservoir in dramatic fashion

LA Times  

Following a series of winter storms that eased drought conditions across the state, Southern Californians celebrated a sight nobody has seen for several punishing years: water rushing into Diamond Valley Lake. “We need to take this lifeline, replenish our resources, but continue to work and plan ahead.” Water cascades into Diamond Valley Lake from the DVL’s inlet/outlet tower in Winchester. …

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Water restrictions lifted for millions in SoCal, but region still urged to conserve
1 year, 9 months ago

Water restrictions lifted for millions in SoCal, but region still urged to conserve

LA Times  

The water below Bidwell Bar Bridge at Lake Oroville, which supplies the State Water Project, has risen dramatically with runoff from recent storms. “We don’t need to take that next step, although we really need consumers to continue to use water efficiently.” On average, about one-fourth of Southern California’s water supply comes from the Colorado River, where chronic overuse and …

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Why Southern California water restrictions remain despite so much rain
1 year, 11 months ago

Why Southern California water restrictions remain despite so much rain

LA Times  

A housing tract last year in Rancho Cucamonga, where outdoor watering has been reduced to one day a week. But Southern California still gets about one-quarter of its water from the Colorado River, which didn’t really benefit from the storms and remains remarkably strained, Hagekhalil said. He said MWD’s board will be evaluating the water supply between now and June …

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California set for more brown lawns and water restrictions as state issues 5% allocation
2 years, 1 month ago

California set for more brown lawns and water restrictions as state issues 5% allocation

LA Times  

The California Aqueduct flows water through Central Valley farmland. “California and most of the western U.S. states do remain in extreme drought conditions driven by climate change, and as water managers, we are adjusting to these hotter and drier conditions,” said Molly White, operations manager for the State Water Project. “This initial allocation is an important indicator of what Southern …

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DWP customers in L.A. face two-day-a-week water restrictions, with eight-minute limit
2 years, 8 months ago

DWP customers in L.A. face two-day-a-week water restrictions, with eight-minute limit

LA Times  

Standing among blooming water-resistant sage, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a news conference about new water conservation guidelines. “We believe that going to two-day-a-week watering and getting people to really pay attention and ramp down their water use will keep us within the allotment that Met has offered us.” The new Phase 3 rules will apply to everyone …

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California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought
2 years, 8 months ago

California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought

Al Jazeera  

Residents have been warned to scale down their water usage this summer, as critical shortages loom. “This is the first time we’ve said, we don’t have enough water to last us for the rest of the year, unless we cut our usage by 35 percent.” Depleted reservoirs Most of the water that southern California residents enjoy begins as snow in …

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Southern California ‘cannot afford green lawns’ as drought forces unprecedented water cuts
2 years, 8 months ago

Southern California ‘cannot afford green lawns’ as drought forces unprecedented water cuts

LA Times  

Large portions of Southern California are being told to water outdoors just one day a week. “We knew climate change would stress our water supply, and we’ve been preparing for it, but we did not know it would happen this fast,” said Gloria Gray, chairwoman of the MWD’s board of directors. It is a challenge unlike anything Metropolitan has ever …

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Sweeping water restrictions will change life in Southern California: A guide
2 years, 8 months ago

Sweeping water restrictions will change life in Southern California: A guide

LA Times  

Tony Corcoran records sprinklers watering the lawn in front of a house in Beverly Hills in June 2015. Drought and climate change are forcing unprecedented water restrictions in parts of Southern California and millions of residents are wondering what happens now. The plan On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Water District ordered outdoor water usage be restricted to just one day a …

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Parts of SoCal face full outdoor watering ban by September if conditions don’t improve
2 years, 8 months ago

Parts of SoCal face full outdoor watering ban by September if conditions don’t improve

LA Times  

The Metropolitan Water District said Wednesday that the unprecedented decision to reduce outdoor watering to one day a week for about 6 million Southern Californians could be followed by even stricter actions in September if conditions don’t improve, including a total ban in some areas. “If we don’t see cutbacks, or conditions do not get better, the Metropolitan board has …

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December storms allow for ‘modest increase’ in state water deliveries
2 years, 11 months ago

December storms allow for ‘modest increase’ in state water deliveries

LA Times  

The Delta-Mendota Canal runs south along the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley, parallel to the California Aqueduct for most of its journey. Nearly two months after extreme drought conditions forced the state to eliminate water allocations along the massive State Water Project, regulators have announced a modest increase in deliveries due a recent series of drenching storms. “December …

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Newsom declares statewide drought emergency, urges California to conserve water
3 years, 2 months ago

Newsom declares statewide drought emergency, urges California to conserve water

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom declared a statewide drought emergency on Tuesday, appealing to all Californians to do more to conserve water in the face of one of the state’s most severe droughts on record. “As the western U.S. faces a potential third year of drought, it’s critical that Californians across the state redouble our efforts to save water in every way possible,” …

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After a bitter fight, Southern California’s water kingpin has a new leader
3 years, 7 months ago

After a bitter fight, Southern California’s water kingpin has a new leader

LA Times  

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has hired Adel Hagekhalil as its next general manager, following a bitter power struggle over the future of an agency that delivers hundreds of billions of gallons each year from the Colorado River and Northern California to a region that otherwise wouldn’t have nearly enough water to support 19 million people. “There’s never …

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As drought worsens, tensions erupt over control of SoCal’s largest water supplier
3 years, 7 months ago

As drought worsens, tensions erupt over control of SoCal’s largest water supplier

LA Times  

Southern California’s biggest water supplier has chosen a new general manager — but the selection isn’t yet final, and the fiercely contested vote is exposing deep disagreements within the powerful agency as a severe drought grips the region. The Metropolitan Water District’s board of directors voted this month to select Adel Hagekhalil to lead the agency, The Times has learned, …

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