/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination Plant
A piece of Carlsbad history will disappear this month — and with it a small chunk of the beach. Utility company contractors have begun the removal of an underwater pipeline used by ships to offload fuel oil for the Encina power plant for more than 50 years. The pipeline and the rock jetty that covers it […]
Riverside County officials on Thursday unveiled a possible $400-million remedy for some of what ails the shrinking Salton Sea: record-high salinity levels, die-offs of fish, fewer birds and an immense “bathtub ring” of smelly playa prone to toxic dust storms. The so-called North Lake Vision proposed by Riverside County Supervisor Manuel Perez calls for creation […]
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will be undertaking comprehensive assessments of the spillways and dam structures at Lake Mathews and Lake Skinner along with preliminary design of upgrades to the dam monitoring systems at both lakes. The MWD board vote, Dec. 12, also approved an agreement with AECOM, an international design firm, for […]
“The people in Western Chula Vista and National City are getting ice age, prehistoric water that is incredibly good,” said Michael Garrod, the engineering manager at the Sweetwater Authority during a tour of the Richard A. Reynolds Groundwater Desalination Facility. “It’s 16,000-year-old water that hasn’t been touched by man’s hands. No pesticides. Nothing in it.”
Project Reshapes Piece Of Carlsbad Coastline
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Phil Diehl Mentioned: Carlsbad Desalination PlantA piece of Carlsbad history will disappear this month — and with it a small chunk of the beach. Utility company contractors have begun the removal of an underwater pipeline used by ships to offload fuel oil for the Encina power plant for more than 50 years. The pipeline and the rock jetty that covers it […]
Riverside County Has a New Plan to Fix the Salton Sea — or at Least a Part of It
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles TimesRiverside County officials on Thursday unveiled a possible $400-million remedy for some of what ails the shrinking Salton Sea: record-high salinity levels, die-offs of fish, fewer birds and an immense “bathtub ring” of smelly playa prone to toxic dust storms. The so-called North Lake Vision proposed by Riverside County Supervisor Manuel Perez calls for creation […]
Metropolitan Water District Authorizes Assessments, Monitoring System Upgrades for Lake Mathews and Lake Skinner
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Valley News (Fallbrook)The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will be undertaking comprehensive assessments of the spillways and dam structures at Lake Mathews and Lake Skinner along with preliminary design of upgrades to the dam monitoring systems at both lakes. The MWD board vote, Dec. 12, also approved an agreement with AECOM, an international design firm, for […]
Reddish-Brown Water Not So Sweet
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Diego Reader“The people in Western Chula Vista and National City are getting ice age, prehistoric water that is incredibly good,” said Michael Garrod, the engineering manager at the Sweetwater Authority during a tour of the Richard A. Reynolds Groundwater Desalination Facility. “It’s 16,000-year-old water that hasn’t been touched by man’s hands. No pesticides. Nothing in it.”