/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Steve Dreyer Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Water and sewer customers will notice larger bills starting in March as the result of the City Council approving rate increases on Tuesday night. The council approved increases of 3.5 percent for water use and 5.5 percent for the fixed water meter charge. Sewer rates will increase by 4.5 percent and the fixed sewer charge […]
Long-time Valley Center Municipal Water District Director, Merle Aleshire, will retire after 20 years from the water agency’s Board effective December 30, 2017. Representing Election Division 5 (covering the Meadows, Welk’s, Jesmond Dene), Aleshire joined the Board in December of 1997, filling the unexpired term of his predecessor. He successfully stood for re-election in 1998, […]
The San Diego County Water Authority extended by 10 years a multibillion-dollar deal it has to buy water from the Imperial Irrigation District. That deal remains the largest water purchase of its kind in the United States. The Water Authority began talking about the deal in 1995, shortly after a major drought hit the state. The Water […]
Both sieges began in darkness with fierce winds that made the flames impossible to stop. Hurricane-force gusts pushed the flames over highways that should have been barriers and into neighborhoods so quickly that officials said they were helpless to protect the homes in their path. The wine country fires that ravaged Northern California in October […]
Poway Water, Sewer Rate Increases Approved
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Steve Dreyer Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWater and sewer customers will notice larger bills starting in March as the result of the City Council approving rate increases on Tuesday night. The council approved increases of 3.5 percent for water use and 5.5 percent for the fixed water meter charge. Sewer rates will increase by 4.5 percent and the fixed sewer charge […]
Merle Aleshire Retires From VCMWD Board Of Directors
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Valley Road RunnerLong-time Valley Center Municipal Water District Director, Merle Aleshire, will retire after 20 years from the water agency’s Board effective December 30, 2017. Representing Election Division 5 (covering the Meadows, Welk’s, Jesmond Dene), Aleshire joined the Board in December of 1997, filling the unexpired term of his predecessor. He successfully stood for re-election in 1998, […]
Environment Report: Water Authority Extends Controversial Deal By A Decade
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice Of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Quoted: Dan DenhamThe San Diego County Water Authority extended by 10 years a multibillion-dollar deal it has to buy water from the Imperial Irrigation District. That deal remains the largest water purchase of its kind in the United States. The Water Authority began talking about the deal in 1995, shortly after a major drought hit the state. The Water […]
Lessons From Disastrous Wine Country Fires Helped In Battling Southern California Infernos
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles TimesBoth sieges began in darkness with fierce winds that made the flames impossible to stop. Hurricane-force gusts pushed the flames over highways that should have been barriers and into neighborhoods so quickly that officials said they were helpless to protect the homes in their path. The wine country fires that ravaged Northern California in October […]