The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is 435 miles from South Orange County, but the impact of what happens there is felt as close to home as your shower. The Delta is the heart of the State Water Project. Near Stockton, the Delta is where the tidal forces of the Pacific Ocean meet the outflows of the […]
A third school in the San Diego Unified School District has higher than recommended amounts of lead in the school’s drinking water, according to the most recent testing results reviewed by NBC 7 Investigates. Tuesday, test results for the Montezuma Child Development Center show one water sample had 53 parts per billion of lead in […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: Maureen Stapleton, Mark Muir
The San Diego County Water Authority celebrated Tuesday its award for the world’s top civil-engineering project — a network of dams, pumps and pipelines that can protect the region’s water supply for six months. The $1.5 billion Emergency & Carryover Storage Project received the 2017 award from the American Society of Civil Engineers earlier this year, beating […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian James Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The Imperial Irrigation District has been using its clout as the agency with the biggest water entitlement along the Colorado River to press for California officials to live up to their commitment that they will keep the Salton Sea from turning into an environmental disaster. During the past year, IID has warned the state that without a credible, […]
OPINION: California WaterFix Critical to South County
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Dana Point TimesThe Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is 435 miles from South Orange County, but the impact of what happens there is felt as close to home as your shower. The Delta is the heart of the State Water Project. Near Stockton, the Delta is where the tidal forces of the Pacific Ocean meet the outflows of the […]
Drinking Water Sample from Montezuma Has Higher Than Recommended Lead Levels
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Tom JonesA third school in the San Diego Unified School District has higher than recommended amounts of lead in the school’s drinking water, according to the most recent testing results reviewed by NBC 7 Investigates. Tuesday, test results for the Montezuma Child Development Center show one water sample had 53 parts per billion of lead in […]
Water Authority Celebrates Award for World’s Top Civil Engineering Project
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Maureen Stapleton, Mark Muir
The San Diego County Water Authority celebrated Tuesday its award for the world’s top civil-engineering project — a network of dams, pumps and pipelines that can protect the region’s water supply for six months. The $1.5 billion Emergency & Carryover Storage Project received the 2017 award from the American Society of Civil Engineers earlier this year, beating […]
Negotiations Toward a Salton Sea Consensus Are Progressing, Water Agency Says
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian James Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Imperial Irrigation District has been using its clout as the agency with the biggest water entitlement along the Colorado River to press for California officials to live up to their commitment that they will keep the Salton Sea from turning into an environmental disaster. During the past year, IID has warned the state that without a credible, […]