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.
A Key Source To Ending California’s Drought, Sierra Nevada Snowpack Up 173 Percent
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /San Gabriel Valley Tribune (As published by Los Angeles Daily News)by Steve ScauzilloSnow levels in the Sierra Nevada — a source of about 30 percent of the drinking water for Southern California — have more than quadrupled in one month, according to a manual survey conducted Thursday by state hydrologists. Water content contained within the 90.3 inches of snow measured at Phillips Station in the central Sierra […]
Approved Water Rate Increases Rile Some Escondido Residents
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Coast News Group (Encinitas)by Steve Puterski Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityA five-year water rate increase was approved by the City Council Wednesday to fund Capital Improvement Projects and operational costs. According to a report from Director of Utilities Chris McKinney, the new water and wastewater rates will increase Water Fund revenue by 5.5 percent per year over the next five years. The adjusted rates will […]
‘Water & Power: A California Heist’ – Sundance 2017 Film Review
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Hollywood ReporterDocumentarian Marina Zenovich, whose most prominent films to date — Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out — have both revolved around the director of Chinatown, seemingly takes inspiration from Jake Gittes’ noir investigation in this left-turn from celeb-oriented docs to enviro-political ones. In Water & Power: A California Heist, Zenovich tackles a subject of enormous importance.
OPINION: Local Water Projects Should Be Priorities
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County RegisterA document obtained by the Kansas City Star and the News Tribune could potentially bode well for two important, and unreasonably delayed, water projects in the Southland. One of those projects is the is the Huntington Beach desalination plant. The document, “purportedly leaked from the Trump administration indicates that the proposed desalination plant in Huntington […]