San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Are Floating Solar Panels Energy’s New Frontier?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KQED News by David Gorn Quoted: Kelly RodgersWhen you’re trying to generate a lot more solar power, you’re limited by the size and heft of those big solar panels. Where can you put them? The answer so far has been the desert, or on rooftops. There have even been efforts to put panels on top of landfill sites. Solar entrepreneur Troy Helming […]
OPINION: The Value Of Water Independence
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Register by Carolyn Cavecche Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityTwenty years ago, the elected officials who served on the boards of the Orange County Sanitation District and Orange County Water District had a visionary idea to recycle treated wastewater to drinking water standards and percolate that water into our underground aquifer where it could eventually be used again for drinking water. The project — […]
Court Wary of Earlier Water Authority Win
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityOn Wednesday, a state appeals court expressed skepticism about a San Diego County Water Authority’s court victory over the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. At stake is up to $7.4 billion in San Diego ratepayer money. The Water Authority’s earlier victory is “in jeopardy,” according to the Daily Journal. Last year, a San Francisco […]
Water Authority’s $233M Award In Jeopardy After Appellate Panel Hearing
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Daily Transcriptby Kevin Lee Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityA landmark $233 million judgment won by the San Diego County Water Authority in a water fee dispute is in jeopardy following oral argument Wednesday before the 1st District Court of Appeal. Two 1st District justices of the three-member panel appeared reluctant to agree with San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Curtis E.A. Karnow’s rulings […]