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Has Lake Tahoe Ever Looked More Beautiful Than It Does Right Now?

/in /by /SFGate (San Francisco)by Amy Graff

A powerful and unrelenting winter blast coated the Northern Sierra Nevada this winter. Back-to-back storms buried the Lake Tahoe area in snow, crippling transportation, shuttering ski resorts, knocking out power and disrupting the daily lives of thousands. In the first three weeks of January alone, the region received nearly a full winter’s worth of snow, and then came February, and the Sierra Nevada was slammed yet again with moisture-packed storms fueled by weather systems known as atmospheric rivers.

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Sempra’s Water Failure

/in /by /San Diego Readerby Matt Potter Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

Locked in mortal combat with a group seeking to dismantle its longstanding San Diego power monopoly, giant Sempra Energy and its subsidiary San Diego Gas & Electric have been busy lining up the services of local lobbyists. One member of the utilities’ influence-peddling corral is Lani Lutar, onetime chief of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association. According to a March 3 disclosure filing, Lutar’s Responsible Solutions was paid $975 by Sempra Services Corp, approved by state utility regulators to lobby against so-called community choice aggregations.

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OMWD Receives $650,000 in Grant Funding to Further Study Expansion of Its Local Water Supplies

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Encinitas, Calif. — Olivenhain Municipal Water District was awarded $650,000 in grant funding from California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) to continue exploring the feasibility of brackish groundwater desalination in the San Dieguito Valley.

In an effort to boost water supply in the wake of the state’s historic, five‐year drought, DWR awarded Proposition 1 funding to nine projects throughout California. OMWD’s award will facilitate the design and construction of a test well and field testing of treatment technologies for its San Dieguito Valley Brackish Groundwater Desalination Design Pilot.

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