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.
Cold Storm and Snow Could Help Avert Disaster at Oroville Dam
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Paige St. JohnThe game plan is to get water behind the Oroville Dam below what its engineering designs call “flood control storage,” and keep it there. At that depth, the dam would have a buffer capacity of half a million acre-feet of water. At the current release rate, a pounding 100,000 cubic feet per second, the dam will […]
San Diego Could Get 3 Inches Of Rain Friday-Saturday
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Gary RobbinsA Pacific storm that’s expected to tap into moisture from the sub-tropics will hit San Diego County on Friday and Saturday and drop 1.5’’ to 3’’ of rain at the coast, says the National Weather Service. The winds could gust close to 50 mph in San Diego, and to nearly 40 mph in Oceanside. Usually, […]
4 Questions About Damaged Oroville Dam
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Daily Newsby Ellen Knickmeyer and Elliot SpagatLake Oroville and its dam in Northern California are critical components in California’s complex water-delivery system. Damage to spillways that are used to drop water levels in the lake and relieve pressure on the dam prompted evacuation orders covering nearly 200,000 people. Here’s a look at Lake Oroville and its place in California’s water system […]
Live Updates: Mass Evacuation Below Oroville Dam As Officials Frantically Try To Make Repairs Before New Storms
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times“This is not a drill. Repeat this is not a drill,” the National Weather Service said Sunday, urging people living below Oroville Dam to evacuate. More than 100,000 people were told to evacuate because of a “hazardous situation” involving the Northern California dam’s emergency spillway. At one point, the NWS warned that the auxiliary spillway […]