On May 16, 2017, the U.S. Department of State granted a presidential permit to allow the Otay Water District to build a nearly four-mile potable water pipeline that begins at the U.S.-Mexico border. This permit authorizes the District to “construct, connect, operate, and maintain cross-border water pipeline facilities for the importation of desalinated seawater at the International Boundary between […]
The Metropolitan Water District of California has authorized the preliminary design to replace the wastewater system at Lake Mathews. A May 9 MWD board vote authorized the preliminary design process, appropriated $350,000 for that phase, and found the preliminary design phase to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review. The preliminary design activity […]
With Baja California pushing forward on its plan for a massive desalination plant in Rosarito Beach, a ground-breaking proposal to pipe some of that water to the United States has overcome a key hurdle. The U.S. State Department’s approval of a presidential permit marks a step forward for the Otay Water District and its vision […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /ABC 10 News (San Diego)by Joe Little Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
A multi-million-dollar expansion means millions of more gallons of clean drinking water for San Diego’s South Bay. The Sweetwater Authority dedicated the expansion of its Richard A. Reynolds Groundwater Desalination Facility Thursday. The $42 million expansion doubles the plant’s output to 10 million gallons of water a day. Sweetwater Authority had to dig five new […]
Mexico-US Cross-Border Desal Project Moves Foreward
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Water World Magazine (Tulsa, Okla.)On May 16, 2017, the U.S. Department of State granted a presidential permit to allow the Otay Water District to build a nearly four-mile potable water pipeline that begins at the U.S.-Mexico border. This permit authorizes the District to “construct, connect, operate, and maintain cross-border water pipeline facilities for the importation of desalinated seawater at the International Boundary between […]
MWD Approves Preliminary Design to Replace Lake Mathews Wastewater System
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Valley News (Fallbrook)by Joe NaimanThe Metropolitan Water District of California has authorized the preliminary design to replace the wastewater system at Lake Mathews. A May 9 MWD board vote authorized the preliminary design process, appropriated $350,000 for that phase, and found the preliminary design phase to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review. The preliminary design activity […]
Could Desalinated Water from Mexico Flow to San Diego?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Sandra DibbleWith Baja California pushing forward on its plan for a massive desalination plant in Rosarito Beach, a ground-breaking proposal to pipe some of that water to the United States has overcome a key hurdle. The U.S. State Department’s approval of a presidential permit marks a step forward for the Otay Water District and its vision […]
Multi-Million-Dollar Desalination Expansion Means Millions of Gallons of Water for the South Bay
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /ABC 10 News (San Diego)by Joe Little Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityA multi-million-dollar expansion means millions of more gallons of clean drinking water for San Diego’s South Bay. The Sweetwater Authority dedicated the expansion of its Richard A. Reynolds Groundwater Desalination Facility Thursday. The $42 million expansion doubles the plant’s output to 10 million gallons of water a day. Sweetwater Authority had to dig five new […]