Heavy rain and snow is in the forecast for California this week including local areas that are at risk of mudslides because of recent wildfires. But there is an upside. All that precipitation is chipping away at a snowpack deficit in the Sierra Nevada mountains – the source of one-third of the state’s drinking water […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority will save approximately $100,000 annually with commercial-scale storage batteries recently installed at the agency’s Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant near San Marcos. The energy storage system is designed to reduce operational expense at the facility by storing low-cost electricity for use during high-demand periods when energy prices increase. The batteries were installed […]
A century ago, a handful of Indian tribes in North County lost their water as settlers began drying up the San Luis Rey River. For 50 years, the tribes fought to get back their water — water that’s used today by Escondido and Vista. They spent over a decade in lower courts and in 1984 took […]
Wet roads greeted San Diegans for the morning commute on Thursday as the second in a series of winter storms dumped rain on many parts of the county. The National Weather Service said the showers will be ending this morning with just a few showers lingering along the coastal mountain slopes this afternoon. Additional rainfall […]
California Was In For One Of The Driest Winters On Record. Then March Happened
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPCC (Pasadena)by Jacob MargolisHeavy rain and snow is in the forecast for California this week including local areas that are at risk of mudslides because of recent wildfires. But there is an upside. All that precipitation is chipping away at a snowpack deficit in the Sierra Nevada mountains – the source of one-third of the state’s drinking water […]
Giant Storage Batteries Help San Diego County Water Authority Cut Costs
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority will save approximately $100,000 annually with commercial-scale storage batteries recently installed at the agency’s Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant near San Marcos. The energy storage system is designed to reduce operational expense at the facility by storing low-cost electricity for use during high-demand periods when energy prices increase. The batteries were installed […]
San Diego’s Water Authority Has Reignited a Century-Old Water Dispute with Local Tribes
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Quoted: Mark HattamA century ago, a handful of Indian tribes in North County lost their water as settlers began drying up the San Luis Rey River. For 50 years, the tribes fought to get back their water — water that’s used today by Escondido and Vista. They spent over a decade in lower courts and in 1984 took […]
Storm Brings Rainfall To San Diego
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 (San Diego)Wet roads greeted San Diegans for the morning commute on Thursday as the second in a series of winter storms dumped rain on many parts of the county. The National Weather Service said the showers will be ending this morning with just a few showers lingering along the coastal mountain slopes this afternoon. Additional rainfall […]