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.
Environment Report: Water Authority Extends Controversial Deal By A Decade
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice Of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Quoted: Dan DenhamThe San Diego County Water Authority extended by 10 years a multibillion-dollar deal it has to buy water from the Imperial Irrigation District. That deal remains the largest water purchase of its kind in the United States. The Water Authority began talking about the deal in 1995, shortly after a major drought hit the state. The Water […]
Lessons From Disastrous Wine Country Fires Helped In Battling Southern California Infernos
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles TimesBoth sieges began in darkness with fierce winds that made the flames impossible to stop. Hurricane-force gusts pushed the flames over highways that should have been barriers and into neighborhoods so quickly that officials said they were helpless to protect the homes in their path. The wine country fires that ravaged Northern California in October […]
San Diego Again Offering Money To Help Make Your Lawn Drought Resistant
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSFriday is the deadline for San Diego residents and business owners to apply for a rebate from the city for removing grass and replacing it with drought tolerant landscaping. The turf rebate program was very popular in the height of the drought. In past years, the money was used up immediately. This year, the city […]
The Salton Sea Is Dying – We Can’t Let That Happen
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Sierra MagazineWHEN THE DUST RISES IN NORTH SHORE, a small farmworker town at the edge of the Salton Sea, Jacqueline Pozar’s nose often starts to bleed. Then her teacher at Saul Martinez Elementary School in nearby Mecca calls her mom, Maria, and asks her to come pick up her daughter. Jacqueline is seven years old. “I […]