San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

After Six Years Of Drought, This Is The Winter Weather We’re ‘Supposed To Be Getting,’ Meteorologists Say

The slow but steady improvement in California’s drought picture should accelerate in the new year with a series of storms that are expected to dump rain and snow in Northern California. The northern half of the state has already seen impressive rains this fall and winter, filling reservoirs and replenishing the Sierra snowpack, a key source […]

After A Year Of Weird Weather, Is There More Unpredictability To Come?

San Diego County’s weather in 2016, like many things in that unusual year, did not play out as expected. It was dry when it was supposed to be very wet. And vice versa. Now it appears the region will stay wet, at least for a while.The one constant through 2016 was warmth. Excessive warmth at times. Every month of the […]

Carlsbad’s Seawater Desalination Plant Marks One-Year Anniversary

In its first year of operations, the nation’s largest and most technologically advanced seawater desalination plant produced enough high-quality, drought-proof water from the Pacific Ocean to meet approximately 10 percent of the region’s demand. The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant quickly generated significant benefits by relieving pressure on imported water supplies, reducing state mandates […]

Billions Of Dollars At Stake Over County Water Authority, MWD Legal Battle

“Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” Whether or not Mark Twain coined the term, the axiom rings true, especially in the West and specifically the water war between the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). The battle raging between the two entities […]