Mum’s the word on the new leader of the country’s biggest water distributor, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Last week, Metropolitan’s governing board came out of a closed session to discuss their next leader with no decision to share. Its former leader, Adel Hagekhalil, was brought down by accusations of workplace discrimination. San Diego needs Metropolitan’s new leader to sign off on any deals to sell the region’s abundance of water out of state. … But Adan Ortega, board chair of Metropolitan, told the Orange County Register that the decision on the general manager might not be made until “late September.” 

Other local water management news:

• KSL (Salt Lake City, Utah): How Salt Lake City plans to balance growing water demands as it grows
• Daily Republic (Fairfield, Calif.): Appellate Court says Fairfield can treat, convey SID water to Middle Green Valley​