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.
Water Use Ticks Up Again Across California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Aaron MendelsonThis year, urban water use has settled into a pattern: Californians are consuming more water than in 2015 and 2016, when mandatory measures were in place to cut down on use during a five-year drought. At the same time, water use has remained below the levels reported in 2013 and 2014, cheering water regulators who […]
Report: Design Flaws Led To Near-Collapse Of Oroville Dam
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Courthouse News (Pasadena)by Nick CahillFor decades, water seeped below the spillway of the nation’s tallest dam unnoticed by operators, slowly eroding critical infrastructure until the spillway crumbled during heavy storm releases this past February, investigators said Tuesday. According to independent experts investigating the Oroville Dam’s spillway failure – which forced nearly 200,000 people to evacuate beneath the 770-foot dam – human […]
Major Unknowns Remain Just Ahead Of Key Votes On Massive Water Project
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice Of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Fern Steiner
Just weeks before key votes on a multibillion-dollar state water project, two major questions remain: How much water will the project actually deliver? How much will that water actually cost? If those sound like the only two things you’d really want to be sure about before investing billions of dollars in a new water project […]
‘Show Me The money’: Calls For Action As California Water board Considers Salton Sea Plans
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian James Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWith less than four months left until a critical deadline when the Salton Sea will begin to shrink rapidly, residents and activists are pressing for California officials to secure funding and act quickly to avert a costly disaster. Some people who live around the lake are driving to Sacramento for a Thursday meeting of the State […]