Staff at the state Water Commission, tasked with handing out $2.7 billion from a 2014 water bond, are still unwilling to fund a water recycling plant in the city of San Diego. Earlier this month, commission staff concluded that the recycling plant would have no public benefit.
The Equinox Project of the Center for Sustainable Energy has a pretty good idea of what comprises “quality of life,” having just released its 2018 San Diego Regional Quality of Life Dashboard reporting on 15 indicators of just that … quality of life. Available to everyone online, this is the ninth annual dashboard.
Before some members of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted this week to spend $11 billion on a new water project, several of them got a call from Gov. Jerry Brown urging them to support the project. For decades, Brown has been working to improve the north-south water delivery system created by his […]
Less than fifteen miles from where Beyonce took the stage at the Coachella Music Festival, the Salton Sea is in crisis. As evaporation causes the sea’s shoreline to recede, more of the toxic chemical matter previously embedded in the water is being exposed and swept up into the atmosphere by desert winds.
Environment Report: No Bond Money For City Water Project
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardStaff at the state Water Commission, tasked with handing out $2.7 billion from a 2014 water bond, are still unwilling to fund a water recycling plant in the city of San Diego. Earlier this month, commission staff concluded that the recycling plant would have no public benefit.
OPINION: For San Diego’s Quality of Life, What Gets Measured Gets Managed
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Times of San Diegoby Peter James MacCracken and Mikaela Bolling Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Equinox Project of the Center for Sustainable Energy has a pretty good idea of what comprises “quality of life,” having just released its 2018 San Diego Regional Quality of Life Dashboard reporting on 15 indicators of just that … quality of life. Available to everyone online, this is the ninth annual dashboard.
How Jerry Brown Helped Get The Tunnels Deal Across The Finish Line
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Voice of San Diegoby Sara Libby Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityBefore some members of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted this week to spend $11 billion on a new water project, several of them got a call from Gov. Jerry Brown urging them to support the project. For decades, Brown has been working to improve the north-south water delivery system created by his […]
10 Questions About The 11 Proposals To Save The Salton Sea
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /The Desert Sunby Samuel MetzLess than fifteen miles from where Beyonce took the stage at the Coachella Music Festival, the Salton Sea is in crisis. As evaporation causes the sea’s shoreline to recede, more of the toxic chemical matter previously embedded in the water is being exposed and swept up into the atmosphere by desert winds.