San Diego County / Southern California

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

Three-Eyed Fish And Two-Headed Turtles? The Stench Of This River Spanning U.S.-Mexico Border Is Legendary

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Brittny Majia

The river is so foul that rumors swirl about two-headed turtles and three-eyed fish. If you fall in, locals joke, you might sprout a third arm. So go the stories about the New River, whose putrid green water runs like a primordial stew from Mexico’s sprawling city of Mexicali through California’s Imperial Valley. The river, […]

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Rain Helps In Short Term, But Fire Risk Remains High

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

Rain this week, coming after an exceptionally dry winter and April, should give a boost to backyard gardeners and provide a brief reprieve from what has become an almost omnipresent wildfire danger in the San Diego County.

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Here Are Poseidon’s Final Steps To Building A Desalination Plant

/in , /by /The Orange County Registerby Martin Wisckol

Twenty years and $50 million into the process, officials with desalination plant purveyor Poseidon are optimistic they will get their final two permits — possibly by year’s end. Here are the key steps ahead for the plant in Huntington Beach: Term sheet. This non-binding working agreement lays the groundwork for an eventual contract for Poseidon to […]

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OPINION: California Is Dammed Enough Already

/in , /by /Los Angeles Times

Environmental consequences aside, it would seem to make a certain amount of sense to dam a river in order to store and distribute water where and when it is most needed. But what if there’s no river? Or more to the point, what if every river that can be dammed already has been dammed, and […]

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