San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

Water Rate Increase Planned For This Year

/in , /by /Santa Monica Daily Pressby Madeleine Pauker

Water rates will go up nine percent in 2019 as the City of Santa Monica embarks on several projects to wean itself off of imported water. City Council is expected to approve the rate hike at its Tuesday meeting. The average single-family home customer will pay about $4.33 more per month for water to fund […]

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Tiny Community Has Tried For 20 Years To Force Southern California Edison To Fix Water System

/in , /by /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Janet Wilson

Retired firefighters Julie and Dale Hutchinson stepped out the back door of their Banning Heights home on a hot night last July. A column of smoke and flames towered over the ridge above their home — the Valley fire was advancing toward their tiny community. Their first thought wasn’t the wildfire, it was lack of […]

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2018 In San Diego: Mostly Dry And Warm; What Does 2019 Hold?

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Robert Krier

San Diego’s weather in 2018 was almost uniformly warm and dry. Until late in the year, when it was neither. 2019 begins with its own personality: cool days and cold nights, with a couple of storms over the next week that should get the month off to a fairly wet start. Rain is expected to […]

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Weekend Storm Could Bring Up To A Half-Inch Of Rain To San Diego

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary Robbins

A fast-moving storm could bring 0.25 inches to 0.50 inches of rain to San Diego this weekend, along with a dusting of snow to the county’s highest mountain peaks. The National Weather Service says the system will blow ashore late Saturday and could produce scattered rain before midnight. But the heaviest rain will fall overnight and into […]

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