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.
OPINION: San Ysidro Schools’ Lead Threat A Wake-Up Call For All
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-TribuneThe discovery in drinking water of lead, copper and bacterial contamination due to aging plumbing at La Mirada Elementary School in the San Ysidro School District should be a wake-up call for all local — and state — districts with older schools. San Ysidro officials are so worried about the possibility of water contamination at two […]
State Water Board Votes To Keep Water Restrictions In Place
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The CW6by John Carroll Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthoritySan Diego County’s Water Authority criticized action taken Wednesday by the State Water Board. On Wednesday afternoon, the Board voted to continue water conservation regulations on a statewide basis. It was late last month that the San Diego County Water Authority declared the drought over in San Diego County. On that day, they called for […]
State Regulators Vote To Continue Drought Rules
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Dana FriehaufDespite blankets of snow and rain that have covered California this winter, the state’s top water cops voted Wednesday to maintain emergency drought rules that have been in place in one form or another during the past 19 months. Regional water managers, including those in San Diego County, traveled to Sacramento to plead with the State Water Resources Control Board […]
California Retains Drought Measures, Despite Wet Weather
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /CBS8 News Quoted: Dana FriehaufWater regulators in California on Wednesday extended what are now largely symbolic conservation measures lingering from the drought after the state has seen one of the wettest winters in years. Regulators decided to retain the measures at least until spring as a precaution against the possible return of dry weather — even as another major […]