Just off Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs, a dead honey mesquite tree remains rooted in the hot sand. It’s lifeless but not yet useless — not to the creatures that find shade under its branches or the plants that count on its nutrients. Over the last year, mesquite has been at the heart of […]
San Diego County has long been known as a place that solves hard problems with innovation – and our region’s approach to water is no exception. While much of the West grapples with drought and water insecurity, our region spent decades preparing and investing for a dry future. That strategy is now paying off in […]
San Diego’s water portfolio has positioned the region to do something rare for a major U.S. city: share its hard-won supply with neighbors still battling drought. Negotiations are underway for Arizona and Nevada to tap part of San Diego County’s Colorado River allocation in return for covering the operating costs of the massive Carlsbad Desalination […]
The new data center proposed for a quiet city about 115 miles east of San Diego came across people’s radars in different ways. For patrons of the deli on West Aten Road, it was the white “Not In My Backyard” signs jutting out of lawns. For local irrigation district workers, it was something called an […]
Deep in the San Diego County Desert, New Research Has This Town at Loggerheads on What to Do About Water
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Jordan Beane /San Diego Union-Tribuneby Maura Fox and Lucas RobinsonJust off Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs, a dead honey mesquite tree remains rooted in the hot sand. It’s lifeless but not yet useless — not to the creatures that find shade under its branches or the plants that count on its nutrients. Over the last year, mesquite has been at the heart of […]
OPINION: A New Chapter in Regional Water Cooperation
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Jordan Beane /The Coast Newsby Mel Katz Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego County has long been known as a place that solves hard problems with innovation – and our region’s approach to water is no exception. While much of the West grapples with drought and water insecurity, our region spent decades preparing and investing for a dry future. That strategy is now paying off in […]
San Diego Desalination Plant Boosts Water Supply, Helps Drought-Stricken States
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /The Valley Vanguardby Michael ThompsonSan Diego’s water portfolio has positioned the region to do something rare for a major U.S. city: share its hard-won supply with neighbors still battling drought. Negotiations are underway for Arizona and Nevada to tap part of San Diego County’s Colorado River allocation in return for covering the operating costs of the massive Carlsbad Desalination […]
California Will Soon Have More Than 300 Data Centers — but Where Will They Get Their Water?
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San Diegoby Steven RodasThe new data center proposed for a quiet city about 115 miles east of San Diego came across people’s radars in different ways. For patrons of the deli on West Aten Road, it was the white “Not In My Backyard” signs jutting out of lawns. For local irrigation district workers, it was something called an […]