News

Dam Replacement
Newsom Unveils Plan to Speed Projects – San Diego Union Tribune, May 20, 2023
Gov. Newsom Proposes CEQA Reform to Speed Clean Energy Projects in California – Times of San Diego, May 20, 2023
Gavin Newsom Wants to Make it Easier to Build Roads and Dams and More. What’s in His Plan? – Cal Matter, May 19, 2023
Gavin Newsom Wants to Fast-Track Huge Water Projects in California – Fortune, May 19, 2023
Infrastructure Act will Pump $3 billion into Nation’s Ailing Dams – ConstructionDive – December 7, 2021
San Diego Launching $10 million Assessment of Aging City Dams – San Diego Union Tribune – May 29, 2021
Infrastructure Bill Includes Significant Funding for Dam Safety Programs – Association of Dam Safety Officials – November 18, 2021
Reservoir News
Lake Hodges Reservoir Reopening May 31, 2023 – City of San Diego, May 22, 2023
Trolls Under the Bridge – Part I and Part II – Escondido Times-Advocate, May 3, 2023 and May 11, 2023. May 11, 2023.
Rain Worsen San Diego’s Most Dangerous Dam – The San Diego Reader – April 4, 2023
Traveling Lake Hodges and the Del Dios Highway – The Escondido Grapevine, April 1, 2023
City to Release 250 Million Gallons from Hodges Reservoir Over 2 Days – Times of San Diego, November 28, 2022
Let Technology Improve California Water Policy – San Diego Union Tribune, March 1, 2023
The Price of San Diego’s ‘Drought-Proof’ Water Could Spike – San Diego Union Tribune, March 17, 2023
Hodges Reservoir and Dam FAQs – City of San Diego March 2023
Lake Hodges Dam Downgraded to Unsatisfactory Condition – CBS News, March 23, 2023
City of San Diego Lake Hodges Reservoir and Dam Q&As – City of San Diego
Lake Hodges Recreation Area – Natural History – Mira Costa College
Dam Repairs 2022 – 2023
San Diego Releases Water From Lake Hodges to Fix Crumbling Dam – San Diego Union Tribune, November 29, 2022
Storm Makes it likely more potential drinking water will have to be released from Lake Hodges – 10 News, December 12, 2022
City of San Diego to Release Water from Hodges Reservoir into San Dieguito River – City of San Diego Press Release, Nov. 28, 2022
City of San Diego Dam Maintenance Program – Helix Environmental Planning, Inc, October 2022
New Cracks Detected in Dam add to Repair Work – San Diego Union-Tribune – September 22, 2022
City Finds More Issues at Hodges Dam, Repair Timeline Pushed Back to 2023 – CBS 8 – September 20, 2022
Lake Hodges Dam Faces Additional Repairs Due to Discovery of New Defect – Rancho Santa Fe Review – September 20, 2022.
Lake Hodges Dam Repair Continues –Poway News Chieftain – August 24, 2022
No Boating or Fishing at Lake Hodges While Dam is Repaired – San Diego Union Tribune – May 22, 2022
Lake Hodges to Close While Reservoir’s 104-Year-Old Dam is Repaired. – NBC 7 News – May 6, 2022
Inspection Shows Lake Hodges Dam is in Need of Repairs – CBS 8 San Diego News – May 3, 2022
Lake Hodges Dam Maintenance Project Q&As – City of San Diego
Lake Hodges Oxygenation System
Conservancy Aquires 117 Acres Overlooking Lake Hodges – San Diego Union Tribune – May 23, 2021
Mysterious Machine Dropped at the Bottom of Lake Hodges, NBC7 – February 6, 2020
Lake Hodges Oxygenation System – San Diego County Water Authority – December 3 2019 – with our very own Jeff Pasek.
Lake Hodges Reservoir Quality Assessment Study Final Conceptually Planning Report – Public Utilities Department, June 30, 2014
Lake Hodges Hypolimnetic Oxygenation System Biological Assessment – Public Utilities Department, July 29, 2014
Water Quality
Lake Hodges Reservoir Quality Assessment Study Final Conceptually Planning Report – Public Utilities Department, June 30, 2014
Compendium of Water Resources Initiatives in Hodges Catchment – Prepared for the San Diego Regional Water Management Group, Sept 2014