San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
City Councilmember Suggesting Changes To Water Department After High Water Bill Concerns
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC San Diegoby Tom Jones, Consumer Bob, Erica Byers and Dorian HargroveA San Diego City Councilmember is looking to build a bridge of trust over the troubled water meter controversy. This after hundreds of customers came forward, claiming they were overcharged, some by hundreds of dollars for water they never used. In addition to complaints, NBC 7 Responds obtained public records showing property owners who filed […]
Environment Report: San Diego Searching For New Solar Sites
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice Of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityAs it tries to find ways to get more green energy, San Diego is studying spots to install new solar arrays across the city. Clean Coalition, a Menlo Park-based nonprofit, is spending the next year and a half looking for places that can host “meaningfully-sized” solar projects. The effort is paid for by a federal grant meant […]
OPINION: Yes On Proposition 68’s $4 Billion Bond
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The San Diego Union-Tribune Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityProposition 68, which was placed on the ballot by the California Legislature, would authorize the sale of $4 billion in bonds to establish and rehabilitate state and local parks and to pay for environmental, water infrastructure and flood protection projects. Opponents raise fair questions about the wisdom of new state borrowing in a year in […]
California’s Only Sea Is Dying And Now Threatening Children
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /SF Gateby Ted AndersenThe Salton Sea is steadily disappearing, and communities near it are literally being left in the dust. California’s largest body of water — located in Imperial County near the Mexico-U.S. border — has been sinking for years, and dust clouds containing heavy metals, agricultural chemicals and fine particulates connected to asthma and other diseases are […]