/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Imperial Valley Press Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
In just 128 days, mitigation water deliveries mandated by the 2003 water transfer will end. Meanwhile, the Salton Sea is expected to start receding at a much faster pace leaving thousands of acres of emissive playa exposed. Under the Quantification Settlement Agreement in which the State of California assumed responsibility to find a solution for […]
Money is no object when you’re spending somebody else’s. If those words haven’t yet replaced “Eureka” as the official state motto of California, they soon will. The Legislature is back in session. The chairs were barely warm when lawmakers advanced yet another sneak attack on property owners. This time it’s a gut-and-amend bill to allow […]
California’s record drought is officially over. But all over the states, trees are still dying. They’ve been badly weakened by years without water. In Bear Valley Springs, Mark Anderson and his partner bought a house to get away from city stress. It’s a small mountain community 125 miles north of Los Angeles at the tail […]
When a therapy dog refused to drink at a San Diego grade school, it was the first clue that something was wrong with the water. Tests revealed why the pup turned up its nose — the presence of polyvinyl chloride, the polymer in PVC pipes that degrade over time. But further analysis found something else […]
Tentative Plan Could Be Biggest Step Forward for the Salton Sea, Officials Say
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Imperial Valley Press Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIn just 128 days, mitigation water deliveries mandated by the 2003 water transfer will end. Meanwhile, the Salton Sea is expected to start receding at a much faster pace leaving thousands of acres of emissive playa exposed. Under the Quantification Settlement Agreement in which the State of California assumed responsibility to find a solution for […]
OPINION: Another Scheme For Stormwater Taxes Gathers Steam In Sacramento
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /LA Daily Newsby Susan ShelleyMoney is no object when you’re spending somebody else’s. If those words haven’t yet replaced “Eureka” as the official state motto of California, they soon will. The Legislature is back in session. The chairs were barely warm when lawmakers advanced yet another sneak attack on property owners. This time it’s a gut-and-amend bill to allow […]
California’s Forests Continue To Die After Years Of Drought
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NPRby Emily GuerinCalifornia’s record drought is officially over. But all over the states, trees are still dying. They’ve been badly weakened by years without water. In Bear Valley Springs, Mark Anderson and his partner bought a house to get away from city stress. It’s a small mountain community 125 miles north of Los Angeles at the tail […]
State Bills Seek to Cut Children’s Exposure to Lead
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Francisco ChronicleWhen a therapy dog refused to drink at a San Diego grade school, it was the first clue that something was wrong with the water. Tests revealed why the pup turned up its nose — the presence of polyvinyl chloride, the polymer in PVC pipes that degrade over time. But further analysis found something else […]