Local and regional officials appear intent on driving a stake through the heart of a plan to build a hydroelectric power system with components in the Santa Ana Mountains, Lakeland Village and Lake Elsinore. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors this week joined the city of Lake Elsinore and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District in condemning the resurrection of the […]
As yellow jackets and bees darted above, an environmentalist asked those interested in preserving the eastern Mojave to call elected officials in support of a bill that would block a controversial plan to sell groundwater. “This is a way for Californians to say they are not going to allow the Trump Administration to force destructive […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice Of San Diegoby Ruarri Serpa Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Two of San Diego’s biggest water treatment plants are in North County. Both are having some problems. First, there’s the desalination plant in Carlsbad. It’s the largest facility of its kind in the country that takes ocean water and makes it drinkable. Over the last year, the privately owned Carlsbad plant failed to deliver nearly a […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
When the Carlsbad desalination plant opened in December 2015, regional water officials gushed about how reliable it would be. San Diego could now drink from the endless Pacific Ocean rather than be stuck depending on rain and snowmelt to come from hundreds of miles away. So far, though, the plant has not been as reliable […]
Proposed Lake Elsinore Hydroelectric Project Generates Antipathy From Supervisors
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Press-Enterprise (Riverside)by Michael WilliamsLocal and regional officials appear intent on driving a stake through the heart of a plan to build a hydroelectric power system with components in the Santa Ana Mountains, Lakeland Village and Lake Elsinore. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors this week joined the city of Lake Elsinore and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District in condemning the resurrection of the […]
Environmentalist Seeks To Rally Support For Bill Blocking Water Transfer
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Bernardino County Sunby Jim SteinbergAs yellow jackets and bees darted above, an environmentalist asked those interested in preserving the eastern Mojave to call elected officials in support of a bill that would block a controversial plan to sell groundwater. “This is a way for Californians to say they are not going to allow the Trump Administration to force destructive […]
North County Report: Problems Trip Up Two Of SD’s Biggest Water Plants
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice Of San Diegoby Ruarri Serpa Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityTwo of San Diego’s biggest water treatment plants are in North County. Both are having some problems. First, there’s the desalination plant in Carlsbad. It’s the largest facility of its kind in the country that takes ocean water and makes it drinkable. Over the last year, the privately owned Carlsbad plant failed to deliver nearly a […]
Desal Plant Is Producing Less Water Than Promised
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diego Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWhen the Carlsbad desalination plant opened in December 2015, regional water officials gushed about how reliable it would be. San Diego could now drink from the endless Pacific Ocean rather than be stuck depending on rain and snowmelt to come from hundreds of miles away. So far, though, the plant has not been as reliable […]