News
Dam Replacement
SBillions of Gallons Dumped from Lake Hodges Dam, Raising Concerns over Water Waste – CBS 8 San Diego, December 22, 2024
5.5 Billion Gallons of Water Released from Lake Hodges Dam in Two Years – CBS 8 San Diego, December 20, 2024
Concern Arises Over Lake Hodges Water Level: This is Why – San Diego Fox 5, December 14, 2024
Santa Fe Irrigation District setting aside funds for new Lake Hodges Dam – Rancho Santa Fe Review, November 19, 2024
New financing program will help build new dam at Lake Hodges – San Diego Fox 5, September 12, 2024
City of San Diego Selected to Receive $240 Million Loan For Dam Improvement Projects – San Diego, September 11, 2024
San Diego to spend up to $100 million for dam safety consultant over next 10 years – CBS 7 News, June 26, 2024
San Diego Speeds Up Efforts to Shore up its Aging Dams – Including a Faster Schedule for Lake Hodges Dam Rebuild – San Diego Union Tribune, October 25, 2023
Lake Hodges Taking Shape – San Diego Union Tribune, September 14, 2023.
11 Billion Gallons of Water Released from Lake Hodges Dam, – CBS 8, August, 31, 2023
Lake Hodges Reopens After Repairs to 105-Year-Old Dam; Replacement Project Coming Soon – San Diego Union Tribune, June 2, 2023
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
Residents Near Lake Hodges Concerned About Reservoir Water Levels, Fox 5, January 15, 2025
Hike of the Week: A Simple Stroll Around the Bernado Bay Natural Area, Islands, November 10, 2024
Walk Across The World’s Longest Stress Ribbon Bridge In California For Picturesque Views, San Diego Union Tribune, November 29, 2024
How San Diego Rservoirs are Faring After Rainy Winter, San Diego Union Tribune, April 9, 2024
Awareness Raised About the Wildfire Risk of Low Lake Hodges, Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union Tribune, August 8, 2024
Traveling Lake Hodges and the Del Dios Highway, The Escondido Grapevine, March 31, 2024
Lake Hodges: Water Agencies File Claims Against San Diego, CBS 8, March 19, 2024
San Diego Loses Access to Water from Lake Hodges, CBS 8, February 15, 2024
Pumped Storage Hydropower is the Greenest Renewable Energy Technology, Study Says, OPB, September 18, 2023
Which of the World’s Hundreds of Thousands of Aging Dams Will be the Next to Burst?, New York Times, September 17, 2023
El Nino Anticipated to Continue Through the Northern Hemisphere Winter, Water News Network, San Diego County Water Authority, September 14, 2023
San Diego Spending $9 million on Repairs to Structurally Vulnerable Dams – El Capitan, Lake Morena – San Diego Union Tribune, September 12, 2023
Book Spotlights ‘Best Dam Man’ – San Diego Union Tribune, June 26, 2023
The Trillion-Gallon Question. Extreme weather is threatening California’s dams. What happens if they fail? – The New York Times, June 22, 2023
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.
Flood in the Desert. They paid the ultimate price for water. – PBS, May 2, 2022.
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
City of San Diego loses access to water from Lake Hodges – San Diego, February 15, 2024
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