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.
Successful Litigation And Rate Stabilization Fund Benefit Ratepayers
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /East County Magazine Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWater rate increases proposed by the San Diego County Water Authority staff for 2019 are among the smallest in the past 15 years due to financial benefits secured through litigation against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Water Authority’s planned use of its Rate Stabilization Fund. Rates charged to the Water […]
As Salinity Grows And Toxic Dust Spreads, Patience Wears Thin At Salton Sea
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Louis SahagunAssemblyman Eduardo Garcia watched with ill-disguised frustration as a hearing aimed at expediting state projects to restore habitat and control dust storms at the shrinking Salton Sea instead dissolved into discussion of why the efforts were falling further behind schedule. “We have a plan, we have money, there is additional money lined up, and we […]
OPINION: Tijuana Sewage Spills Finally Get The Attention They Deserve
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneEffluent from Tijuana’s broken sewage system coming ashore in the United States has become a routine part of life on San Diego County’s southern coast. It’s why parts of the Imperial Beach shoreline were closed more than five months a year in each of 2015, 2016 and 2017, and why dozens of Border Patrol agents have been sickened by […]
SDG&E And Firefighters Brace For A Rough Fire Season
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob NikolewskiTraditionally, fire season in Southern California ran from about the beginning of May through the end of November. But not anymore. Last year, for example, the Lilac Fire that swept through large parts of Bonsall, charring about 4,100 acres and destroying 157 structures, was sparked on the morning of Dec. 7. “It really is a year-round […]