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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.
The San Diego-Metropolitan Feud Helped Launch An Ethics Office, And Now It May Bring It Down
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice Of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIn 1999, the state Legislature made the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California create an ethics office. Metropolitan, the main supplier of San Diego’s water, had just been caught up in an ethically questionable public relations campaign aimed at blocking the San Diego County Water Authority from buying water from someone else. Now, that ethics office – […]
Embattled Ethics Watchdog to Step Down Amid Turmoil at Water Agency
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles TimesThe Metropolitan Water District’s embattled ethics watchdog announced her resignation Tuesday amid a monthslong internal struggle over her office and its investigations. Ethics officer Deena Ghaly informed the MWD of her decision hours before the agency’s 38-member board was scheduled to evaluate her performance. Ghaly, whose office is the subject of an ongoing outside review, said […]
Colonias on U.S.-Mexico Border Struggle with Decades-Old Water Issues
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /inewsource (San Diego)Nestor Alaniz didn’t get a permit to build a well in his mother’s backyard, and he didn’t get it inspected. In fact, he didn’t even know how to dig a well. He learned by watching tutorials on YouTube while his brother, a construction worker, helped him drill the 25-foot-deep hole. They built the well after […]
OPINION: California WaterFix: Let’s Talk Dollars
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Orange County BreezeIn the coming weeks, water agencies throughout California will make important decisions about a project that modernizes our state’s water system. About a third of the water used in Southern California comes from Northern California through the State Water Project. But the hub of that water delivery system, the section carrying water to the Southland […]