MWD GM Adel Hagekhalil & Tetra Tech’s Brian Jordan on the Colorado River’s Place in Southern California’s Water Mix in 2023 and Beyond
Submitted on January 17, 2023 - 1pmIssue:
Water Recycling
‘But Wait, There’s More!’ Former State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus Shares Optimism About Southern California’s Water Future
Submitted on October 6, 2022 - 10amIssue:
The California Department of Water Resources is forecasting a fourth dry year in a row. In this interview with VX News, Felicia Marcus, William C Landreth Fellow at Stanford University’s Water in the West and Former Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, reviews some of the recent wins and losses in water regulation that the state has seen in face of serious drought conditions.
MWD General Manager Adel Hagekhalil on Rewriting SoCal’s Water Management Playbook
Submitted on May 11, 2022 - 1pmIssue:
With the Metropolitan Water District and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power announcing mandatory cutbacks to some parts of Southern California come June 1, VX News interviews General Manager Adel Hagekhalil who discusses the necessity of developing new tools and innovation for enhancing local water supply and management strategies adaptable to conditions wrought by the climate crisis.
OC SAN Board Chair John Withers on the Business Case for Water Infrastructure
Submitted on August 10, 2021 - 6pm
With severe drought gripping California and the Western US, TPR interviews OC Sanitation District’s new Board Chair, John Withers to afford the latter a platform to elaborate on Orange County’s reputation as global leader in water recycling and prudent steward of public resources and investment.
Singapore's Water Leadership: Building a Model for Sustainable Cities
Submitted on October 25, 2017 - 3pmIssue:
Khoo Teng Chye of the Centre for Liveable Cities explains how Singapore became an international model for sustainability.
Felicia Marcus on The Role of Water Data & California’s Conservation Efforts
Submitted on January 4, 2017 - 4pmIssue:
Last month, the White House Council on Environmental Quality partnered with the California State Water Resources Control Board and other agencies to launch the California Water Data Challenge. State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus joined VX News to discuss the importance of leverage publicly available data to support creative solutions to California’s water challenges.
MWD Collaborating on Launch of Ambitious Waste-Water Recycling Program
Submitted on October 19, 2015 - 3pmIssue:
Jeff Kightlinger, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, updates VX News readers on a new initiative through MWD and the LA County Sanitation Districts: a demonstration project that could lead to one of the largest recycled-water projects on the West Coast. Kightlinger notes that, despite this endeavor and other efforts to utilize local water, Southern California will continue to rely on imported water. He touches on progress at the Delta to increase reliability of that supply.