/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Fox 5by Salvador Rivera Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: Mark Muir and Sandy Kerl
Rates charged by the San Diego County Water Authority to its 24 member agencies in the region will increase 3.7 percent next year, according to a budget approved Thursday by the authority’s Board of Directors. The SDCWA said the rate hike is the smallest in the past decade. The Water Authority collects imported and locally […]
“Toilet to tap” is the less-than-appealing nickname given to wastewater that is treated so it can be recycled for human use. For about a decade now, Orange County has had a plant that purifies wastewater and pumps it back into the groundwater supply. And as the county expands its operations, it is working to convince […]
The heat wave hitting Southern California this week is one for the record books. Temperatures topped 100 in the valleys and 120 in the low desert. Death Valley hit 127 — seven degrees shy of the hottest temperature ever recorded on the planet. The National Weather Service said temperatures in some low desert locations were “among the […]
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California can add the costs of transporting water via the State Water Project to what it bills its customers, but it cannot tack on so-called “water stewardship” charges, the California 1st District Court of Appeal says in a ruling Wednesday. Metropolitan says the ruling vindicates its position. But on […]
Water Authority Approves 3.7% Rate Hike
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fox 5by Salvador Rivera Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Mark Muir and Sandy Kerl
Rates charged by the San Diego County Water Authority to its 24 member agencies in the region will increase 3.7 percent next year, according to a budget approved Thursday by the authority’s Board of Directors. The SDCWA said the rate hike is the smallest in the past decade. The Water Authority collects imported and locally […]
OC’s ‘Toilet To Tap’ Drinking Water a Tough Sell Even On a Hot Day
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /KABC (Los Angeles)“Toilet to tap” is the less-than-appealing nickname given to wastewater that is treated so it can be recycled for human use. For about a decade now, Orange County has had a plant that purifies wastewater and pumps it back into the groundwater supply. And as the county expands its operations, it is working to convince […]
California Sees Some Of Highest Temperatures Ever Recorded Amid Heat Wave
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Paloma Esquivel, Louis Sahagun and Gary RobbinsThe heat wave hitting Southern California this week is one for the record books. Temperatures topped 100 in the valleys and 120 in the low desert. Death Valley hit 127 — seven degrees shy of the hottest temperature ever recorded on the planet. The National Weather Service said temperatures in some low desert locations were “among the […]
San Diego-LA Water War To Head To State Supreme Court
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Central Valley Business Times (Stockton) Quoted: Jeffrey KightlingerThe Metropolitan Water District of Southern California can add the costs of transporting water via the State Water Project to what it bills its customers, but it cannot tack on so-called “water stewardship” charges, the California 1st District Court of Appeal says in a ruling Wednesday. Metropolitan says the ruling vindicates its position. But on […]