There was not a cloud in sight on this winter morning as surfers rode the waves south of the U.S. border fence, off of Playas de Tijuana. Anna Lucía López Avedoy stood on the street above, focusing instead on the stream pouring from a storm drain, splashing down a small rocky cliff, trickling down the […]
Saying desalination will guarantee the drinking water supply for future generations of Baja California residents, Gov. Francisco Vega de Lamadrid on Friday celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for a desalination plant envisioned as the largest in the Western Hemisphere.
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Toni McAllister Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority is planning to co-sponsor a nationwide contest to advance leak- and corrosion-detection technologies for large-diameter pipelines. The competition runs through May 8 and includes a $75,000 prize provided by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The Water Authority is helping to design the competition and providing judges to identify new approaches to detecting problems with […]
Every brief rain brings hope that California is not slipping back into drought. And local water officials assure us that we have enough water to get us through the year, even if the drought resumes. They point to state and local reservoirs filled to their historic averages or more, a deal to access water from […]
Tijuana Sewage Spills Have Been an Environmental Problem for Decades so What’s the Solution?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Sandra DibbleThere was not a cloud in sight on this winter morning as surfers rode the waves south of the U.S. border fence, off of Playas de Tijuana. Anna Lucía López Avedoy stood on the street above, focusing instead on the stream pouring from a storm drain, splashing down a small rocky cliff, trickling down the […]
Giant Rosarito Beach Desalination Plant Celebrated in Groundbreaking Ceremony
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Sandra DibbleSaying desalination will guarantee the drinking water supply for future generations of Baja California residents, Gov. Francisco Vega de Lamadrid on Friday celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for a desalination plant envisioned as the largest in the Western Hemisphere.
San Diego County Water Authority Co-Sponsoring Nationwide ‘Leaky Pipes’ Technology Contest
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Toni McAllister Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority is planning to co-sponsor a nationwide contest to advance leak- and corrosion-detection technologies for large-diameter pipelines. The competition runs through May 8 and includes a $75,000 prize provided by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The Water Authority is helping to design the competition and providing judges to identify new approaches to detecting problems with […]
OPINION: California Water Policies Ignore Hard Truths
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Cary LoweEvery brief rain brings hope that California is not slipping back into drought. And local water officials assure us that we have enough water to get us through the year, even if the drought resumes. They point to state and local reservoirs filled to their historic averages or more, a deal to access water from […]