San Diego’s fathomless water supply problem continues to be a big puzzle since there is a continuous rise in population in the region. The desert climate that this city experiences that come from little or no rain make it hard for the formation of natural water resources in the area. Due to lack of natural water resources in the county, the only option at their aid is to rely on imported water that comes from a series of sources that are controlled by different cartels in San Diego County.
The county of San Diego water resources available at their disposal is categorized into mainly named groundwater and surface water. San Diego County uses the most reliable and adequate surface water source originates from northern California and Colorado River. In the north of California, several basins arise from the mountains formed as a result of melting snowpacks that conjoin to form significant rivers. The processfrom the mountains to the rivers like Lake Hasavu through Lake Colorado, respectively, they all converge at the county’s designated reservoirs. A good example is Lake Mathews. The county of San Diego has made constructive efforts to reserve this water, and this includes the construction of canals, dams, and pipes which transfer this water and channels this water from the reserves to various regions of the county of San Diego.The San Diego water authority’s major aqueducts have set aside for the distribution of this water from these reserves are the Hodges, El Capitan Reservoir, and turner to mention a few. The metropolitan water district of California is entitled to carry our these projects of tapping water into reserves. In conjunction with the county water authority, which performs water distribution, they make it possible for every individual in san Diego to get water.
The public utility department is in charge of water supply their main aim is to ensure that every citizen has and acts as water guardians in San Diego.Due to the inadequate water in the regional departmentof water has come with various ways to harness local and external sources of water so that they can have enough water for the county. These implementations harness water from Colorado River, which runs to the natural reservoirs called san Vicente, then piped to the city.Other local ways the department acquires their water is by capturing stormwater, which is also directed in Lake Hodges Reservoir, wastewater recycling, which is both small scale and large scale. It is done in the south bay and north city reclamation plants. Lastly, the distillation of ocean water also helps add the county’s water capacity and the. The department of water and resources, which is under the public utility department makes great efforts tapping the water from Oroville, through river feather and river Sacramento in northern California and finally to san Diego. From this point where water is available in the county, the primary agency that takes the role of distributing the water is the metropolitan water district of southern California, which reaches the rural agencies like rural san Diego water agency through the water district of south California.