As San Diegans start to crank their air conditioners, the city and the San Diego County Water Authority are developing a way to store energy by using water. Water officials said it’s expected to save ratepayers money in the long run. The city and authority want to build an Energy Storage Facility at the San […]
It took one wet season for much of the Inland Empire — and Southern California, for that matter — to turn an extreme drought into a moderate one. No small feat for a seven-month span. In the dry years leading up to this wet season — which is measured here between Oct. 1 and April […]
When Gov. Jerry Brown pronounced an end to the drought emergency last month — but not to the possibility of another drought — it would have been just like him to quote another eminent Californian, the naturalist John Muir, who said that “we all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.” Not enough trees, […]
/in San Diego County/by Andrea Mora /Valley Road Runner (Valley Center)by David Ross Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Monday the general manager of the largest water district in the state, possibly in the country, maybe the world, came to the little Valley Center Municipal Water District board room to defend his agency, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, from the ankle biting attacks of the much smaller San Diego County Water Authority. […]
San Diego Water Officials Want To Use Water To Store Energy
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /ABC 10 News (San Diego) Quoted: Kelly RodgersAs San Diegans start to crank their air conditioners, the city and the San Diego County Water Authority are developing a way to store energy by using water. Water officials said it’s expected to save ratepayers money in the long run. The city and authority want to build an Energy Storage Facility at the San […]
How Does The Inland Empire’s Last Wet Season Compare With Previous Ones?
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Daily Bulletin (Rancho Cucamonga)by Anne MillerberndIt took one wet season for much of the Inland Empire — and Southern California, for that matter — to turn an extreme drought into a moderate one. No small feat for a seven-month span. In the dry years leading up to this wet season — which is measured here between Oct. 1 and April […]
Yay, The Drought Is Over. Now Let’s Save Our Dying Urban Trees
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Patt MorrisonWhen Gov. Jerry Brown pronounced an end to the drought emergency last month — but not to the possibility of another drought — it would have been just like him to quote another eminent Californian, the naturalist John Muir, who said that “we all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.” Not enough trees, […]
Metropolitan Water GM Defends Agency From Accusation
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Valley Road Runner (Valley Center)by David Ross Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityMonday the general manager of the largest water district in the state, possibly in the country, maybe the world, came to the little Valley Center Municipal Water District board room to defend his agency, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, from the ankle biting attacks of the much smaller San Diego County Water Authority. […]