/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
For years, San Diego has wanted to install 280,000 “smart meters” across the city. The goal was to improve meter accuracy, provide real-time data on water use and eliminate the need for human meter readers. That’s all behind schedule. In 2016, the city guessed it could complete the project by the beginning of 2018 at the cost […]
San Diego County is going to be unusually cold for a second straight week as a pair of low pressure systems bring showers and possibly light snow to the region, says the National Weather Service. The first system will arrive on Monday and will prevent the daytime high from rising above 62 in San Diego, […]
With nearly half the state back in drought, California’s water regulator held a contentious hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday on whether to make permanent the temporary water bans enacted by Governor Jerry Brown during the 2014-2017 drought. The board announced it will revisit the proposed measures in March while it makes some minor revisions to the […]
California is headed to a dry finish to February, historically one of the state’s wettest months. The state has been getting cold storms in recent days, which have been responsible for plunging temperatures, but the systems have been dry because they’ve been coming inland, from Canada, instead of over the Pacific Ocean, where they can […]
Environment Report: Slow Rollout For San Diego’s Smart Meters
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityFor years, San Diego has wanted to install 280,000 “smart meters” across the city. The goal was to improve meter accuracy, provide real-time data on water use and eliminate the need for human meter readers. That’s all behind schedule. In 2016, the city guessed it could complete the project by the beginning of 2018 at the cost […]
San Diego Faces Another Week Of Cold, Damp Weather
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary RobbinsSan Diego County is going to be unusually cold for a second straight week as a pair of low pressure systems bring showers and possibly light snow to the region, says the National Weather Service. The first system will arrive on Monday and will prevent the daytime high from rising above 62 in San Diego, […]
Will California’s Water Wars Create A Constitutional Conundrum?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KQEDby Amel Ahmed Quoted: Jeff StephensonWith nearly half the state back in drought, California’s water regulator held a contentious hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday on whether to make permanent the temporary water bans enacted by Governor Jerry Brown during the 2014-2017 drought. The board announced it will revisit the proposed measures in March while it makes some minor revisions to the […]
Alarming Dry Conditions In California Setting New Records
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin IICalifornia is headed to a dry finish to February, historically one of the state’s wettest months. The state has been getting cold storms in recent days, which have been responsible for plunging temperatures, but the systems have been dry because they’ve been coming inland, from Canada, instead of over the Pacific Ocean, where they can […]