There’s a lot the city doesn’t know about the extent of problems with its $67 million “smart” water meter program. But it did know at least two years ago that problems existed, emails released this week show – a fact that conflicts with earlier statements the city made about an April 2016 meeting between water […]
Millions of dollars worth of smart water meters already installed in homes across the city of San Diego could have a glitch that prevents them from relaying water use wirelessly. And for more than two years, the city has no record of trying to fix or address the problem. Last month, NBC 7 Responds and media partner […]
Far from the highways of Los Angeles and the shipyards of San Diego, in California’s southeastern corner, nearly half a million acres of lush green farmland unfold in the middle of the bone-dry Sonoran Desert. Sprawling fields of lettuce and sugar beets and onions, irrigated by water from the Colorado River, brush up against the […]
This summer has been a muggy one, and it feels like it’s been a trend the past several summers here in San Diego. “The humidity is just horrid,” says Delia Pollara who is visiting from Riverside with her grandkids, enjoying the warm waters off our coast. The warm ocean waters are the main reason it […]
City Was Told About Smart Meter Problems Two Years Ago
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardThere’s a lot the city doesn’t know about the extent of problems with its $67 million “smart” water meter program. But it did know at least two years ago that problems existed, emails released this week show – a fact that conflicts with earlier statements the city made about an April 2016 meeting between water […]
Glitch in 57,000-Plus Smart Meters Prevents Them From Being Smart
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /NBC7by Tom Jones and Consumer BobMillions of dollars worth of smart water meters already installed in homes across the city of San Diego could have a glitch that prevents them from relaying water use wirelessly. And for more than two years, the city has no record of trying to fix or address the problem. Last month, NBC 7 Responds and media partner […]
In The California Desert, A Farm Baron Is Building A Water And Energy Empire
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Sammy RothFar from the highways of Los Angeles and the shipyards of San Diego, in California’s southeastern corner, nearly half a million acres of lush green farmland unfold in the middle of the bone-dry Sonoran Desert. Sprawling fields of lettuce and sugar beets and onions, irrigated by water from the Colorado River, brush up against the […]
Record-Shattering Warm Ocean Waters Creating Rare Humidity Across San Diego
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /10 News (San Diego)by Megan ParryThis summer has been a muggy one, and it feels like it’s been a trend the past several summers here in San Diego. “The humidity is just horrid,” says Delia Pollara who is visiting from Riverside with her grandkids, enjoying the warm waters off our coast. The warm ocean waters are the main reason it […]