The water is back on now for the more than 60 businesses that were without water after a water main break in National City. It all started around 6 a.m. Thursday, when residents saw water running down West 16th Street and Coolidge Avenue. Water could be seen flooding several yards, but there was no damage […]
Southern California is seeing one of its driest starts to the water year in decades, the National Weather Service said Wednesday. Since the start of the water year on Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, downtown Los Angeles has received just 0.12 of an inch of rain. That is tied with 1962-63 for the fourth-driest start […]
California water officials on Wednesday confirmed with manual measurements what electronic sensors have been saying for weeks: the state’s largest drinking water reservoir – the Sierra Nevada snowpack – is well below its average water content for this time of year. But water managers say it’s too early for worries that California is sliding back […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The new year begins with a minimal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada as measuring stations across the state report an average Wednesday of 2.3 inches — just 21 percent of normal. “The survey is a disappointing start of the year, but it’s far too early to draw conclusions about what kind of a wet season […]
Water Main Break Shuts Down Streets in National City
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS 8 San DiegoThe water is back on now for the more than 60 businesses that were without water after a water main break in National City. It all started around 6 a.m. Thursday, when residents saw water running down West 16th Street and Coolidge Avenue. Water could be seen flooding several yards, but there was no damage […]
Southern California’s Water Year Has Been Nearly Bone Dry So Far, Making Some History
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Sarah ParviniSouthern California is seeing one of its driest starts to the water year in decades, the National Weather Service said Wednesday. Since the start of the water year on Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, downtown Los Angeles has received just 0.12 of an inch of rain. That is tied with 1962-63 for the fourth-driest start […]
It’s Too Soon To Worry About Drought, Despite Dry Winter
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Emily GuerinCalifornia water officials on Wednesday confirmed with manual measurements what electronic sensors have been saying for weeks: the state’s largest drinking water reservoir – the Sierra Nevada snowpack – is well below its average water content for this time of year. But water managers say it’s too early for worries that California is sliding back […]
Critical California Snowpack At 21% Of Normal As 2018 Begins
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe new year begins with a minimal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada as measuring stations across the state report an average Wednesday of 2.3 inches — just 21 percent of normal. “The survey is a disappointing start of the year, but it’s far too early to draw conclusions about what kind of a wet season […]