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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Coast News Group (Encinitas)by Steve Puterski Quoted: Dennis Cushman
“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 […]
After Six Years Of Drought, This Is The Winter Weather We’re ‘Supposed To Be Getting,’ Meteorologists Say
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Angel JenningsThe 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?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Robert KrierSan 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 San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Fallbrook/Bonsall Village Newsby Mark MuirIn 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
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Coast News Group (Encinitas)by Steve Puterski Quoted: Dennis Cushman“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 […]