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San Diego Region Has 3-Year Water Supply, New State Formula Shows

/in /by /Patch (Carlsbad)by Maggie Avants Quoted: James Palen

San Diego County, CA — The San Diego County Water Authority and its member agencies that serve the region’s cities and communities have enough water supplies to meet the region’s demands for the next three years — even if the drought continues, the SDCWA announced Thursday.

That is according to initial calculations under a new state formula shared with the Water Authority’s Board of Directors Thursday, according to James Palen, a Water Authority spokesman.

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City of Encinitas, San Dieguito UHSD and Dave Roberts staff problems cited in taxpayer group awards

/in /by /City News Services (As Published by Seaside Courie) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Three controversial issues in North County were cited June 8 in award nominations handed out annually by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association. The organization will issue its Golden Watchdog Awards and their polar opposites — the Golden Fleece Awards — at a dinner June 16.

Among the organization’s Metro Golden Fleece nominees was the city of Encinitas for density bonus lawsuits, along with the city of El Cajon for problems with sewer billing.

 

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San Diego Has Enough Water for the Next 3 Years, Officials Say

/in /by /KPBS Quoted: Mark Weston and Maureen Stapleton

You still shouldn’t water the lawn too much, but the San Diego region will have enough water supply to meet demand for the next three years even if they’re dry, the County Water Authority reported Thursday.

The agency’s board of directors, after hearing the projections from staff, voted unanimously to take a regional approach to the state’s new process for certifying supply sufficiency for the water authority’s 24 member agencies, and to establish a long-term drought awareness initiative.

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