America is due for new pipes, aqueducts and water mains, and the public is probably going to pay for it. Aging water systems will need a repair — either by prudent maintenance or in response to water main breaks — and utilities will have to pass the costs on to consumers. Exactly how much and […]
A plan to use floating solar panels at the Olivenhain Reservoir has been moving forward. The first solar array of its kind has been billed as a triple technology threat by producing energy saving water and cutting costs all at the same time. “I think the technology has matured. There are more companies in the […]
Last fall, months before San Diego Unified School District began testing all schools’ drinking water for lead, it did a special round of tests a Sunset View Elementary in Point Loma. The district found lead but didn’t tell parents. Rather, it told one parent – the one who’d requested a lead test. The lead was […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Laura Groch Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The Carlsbad City Council met in closed session Tuesday to discuss litigation. In open session, the council held a hearing and approved a plan to demolish three office/commercial buildings and build 33 residential condos on three floors at 800 Grand Ave. A resolution to start the process for by-district council elections was approved 3-2. The […]
Data Point: Water Woes
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Daniel WheatonAmerica is due for new pipes, aqueducts and water mains, and the public is probably going to pay for it. Aging water systems will need a repair — either by prudent maintenance or in response to water main breaks — and utilities will have to pass the costs on to consumers. Exactly how much and […]
Floating Solar Panels Possible Wave Of Future
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Fox 5 San Diegoby Jaime Chambers Quoted: Kelly RodgersA plan to use floating solar panels at the Olivenhain Reservoir has been moving forward. The first solar array of its kind has been billed as a triple technology threat by producing energy saving water and cutting costs all at the same time. “I think the technology has matured. There are more companies in the […]
San Diego Unified Found Lead at a School – and Told One Parent
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry RivardLast fall, months before San Diego Unified School District began testing all schools’ drinking water for lead, it did a special round of tests a Sunset View Elementary in Point Loma. The district found lead but didn’t tell parents. Rather, it told one parent – the one who’d requested a lead test. The lead was […]
How They Voted, May 14
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Laura Groch Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Carlsbad City Council met in closed session Tuesday to discuss litigation. In open session, the council held a hearing and approved a plan to demolish three office/commercial buildings and build 33 residential condos on three floors at 800 Grand Ave. A resolution to start the process for by-district council elections was approved 3-2. The […]