Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in the river’s two largest reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, a move that has helped states during critical droughts. Now tribes want to make it clear that any future agreements on how to manage the […]
A California appellate court dealt a setback this week to the state’s Delta tunnel project, ruling that the Department of Water Resources lacks the legal authority to issue billions of dollars in bonds to dig the controversial conveyance under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California. In an opinion issued Wednesday, the state’s 3rd District […]
I arrived late to the Upper Colorado River Commission meeting in Las Vegas, having briefly gotten lost in the disorienting maze of garishly lit slot machines, escalators reaching to the heavens, and hallways with a vanishing point at infinity. Could there be a more incongruous place to hold a convention about something so natural and […]
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OPINION: San Diego’s Population Is Growing Faster Than Other CA Metros — Thanks to the City
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San Diegoby Bill FultonThe popular idea in San Diego these days is that we’re not growing – and if we are, it’s probably out in sprawly areas in the North and East County. But new data from state demographers reveal the opposite is true. In the last three years, San Diego has added more population than any other county in […]
The Upside of San Diego’s Recent Record Rainfall
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /NBC 7 San DiegoThe large amount of recent rains has provided the county with some benefits. NBC 7’s Todd Strain has more on the upside of all this wet weather.
Lemon Grove Approves Amendment to Wastewater Agreement
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Hannah ElsmoreLemon Grove unanimously approved a proposed amendment to a Metro Wastewater Joint Powers Authority agreement that is intended to establish fairer billing for pure water program costs and shift voting requirements for major decisions from unanimous to a two-thirds majority. Metro Wastewater JPA is a coalition of 13 cities and districts in San Diego County […]
New Year’s Day Storms Leave San Diego Flooded, Spark Dramatic Water Rescues
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /ABC 10 San Diego