La Nina Winter

It’s here. La Niña that is.  How does it differ from El Niño? Simply put, La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, compared to El Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures.  

At the September Central MWD Caucus, Long Beach Water Department’s General Manager, Kevin Wattier reminded us how the La Niña weather pattern is shaping up to be a drier winter in Southern California.

As NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s climatologist and oceanographer Bill Patzert so aptly calls it, La Niña is earning its title as the “Diva of Drought”. 

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Check out this great pic of our purple pipe being installed under the Rio Hondo Bridge, which connects the cities of Pico Rivera and Montebello.

This 30″ diameter pipe is part of Central Basin’s Southeast Water Reliability Project. Once complete, it will bring recycled water to new communities in southeast LA County for landscape irrigation and industrial use.