/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Rancho Santa Fe Review Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Directors with the Santa Fe Irrigation District are mulling whether to impose a 9 percent rate increase on their customers in 2018, on the heels of 9 percent increases levied in 2016 and 2017. The proposed increase for 2018 is part of a three-year rate plan approved by the board in 2016. However, the board […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith and James DeHaven
Health officials in San Diego County said Monday they won’t be looking for hepatitis A in the San Diego River and that such an effort wouldn’t be a wise use of resources. The response comes after City Councilman David Alvarez sent out letters to regional water-quality researchers and Mayor Kevin Faulconer calling for testing in the watershed — which […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The San Diego County Water Authority doesn’t have a position on the proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant – but we believe that decision benefits from accurate facts, and that Marco Gonzalez’s anti-desal commentary misfired on several fronts (“San Diego desalination project should be lesson to Orange County,” Oct 12). The Water Authority has not “dumped” […]
The plant, to be built by Boston-based Poseidon Water, would produce 50 million gallons a day of drinking water, enough for about 400,000 people. Poseidon’s plant of the same size in Carlsbad is currently the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. The state lands lease, which runs through 2026, lets Poseidon use pipes from a coastal […]
Water Board Members Balk at Proposed 9 Percent Rate Hike
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Rancho Santa Fe Review Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityDirectors with the Santa Fe Irrigation District are mulling whether to impose a 9 percent rate increase on their customers in 2018, on the heels of 9 percent increases levied in 2016 and 2017. The proposed increase for 2018 is part of a three-year rate plan approved by the board in 2016. However, the board […]
Environment Health Officials Say Testing San Diego River For Hep A Would Waste Resources
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith and James DeHavenHealth officials in San Diego County said Monday they won’t be looking for hepatitis A in the San Diego River and that such an effort wouldn’t be a wise use of resources. The response comes after City Councilman David Alvarez sent out letters to regional water-quality researchers and Mayor Kevin Faulconer calling for testing in the watershed — which […]
OPINION: In Response: Setting the Record Straight on Desal
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe San Diego County Water Authority doesn’t have a position on the proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant – but we believe that decision benefits from accurate facts, and that Marco Gonzalez’s anti-desal commentary misfired on several fronts (“San Diego desalination project should be lesson to Orange County,” Oct 12). The Water Authority has not “dumped” […]
Proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Plant Passes Key Test On Road To Reality
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /89.3 KPCC (Pasadena)by Jill ReplogleThe plant, to be built by Boston-based Poseidon Water, would produce 50 million gallons a day of drinking water, enough for about 400,000 people. Poseidon’s plant of the same size in Carlsbad is currently the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. The state lands lease, which runs through 2026, lets Poseidon use pipes from a coastal […]