Although Los Angeles city water customers paid extra for costly imported water during the five-year drought, their water bills will drop very little now that the Department of Water and Power has a plentiful supply of its own, officials said. The DWP surplus does not translate into big savings for individual bill payers because water […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby James DeHaven Quoted: Mark Muir and Mike Lee
Members of the San Diego County Water Authority met behind closed doors more than 100 times last year — four times as often as they met in public. State law limits the scope and frequency of such unnoticed, unrecorded meetings so as to prevent officials from hiding their activities from the public, which pays for […]
Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s proposal to spend significantly less clearing clogged drainage channels has raised concerns about higher flood risk in San Diego, but Faulconer’s staff says there’s no reason to worry. The city can prudently spend as much as $1.4 million less on clearing flood channels during the fiscal year that begins July 1 because […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Easy Reader News (Hermosa Beach)by Ryan McDonald Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
In April 2015, the City of Manhattan Beach made a sudden announcement that shook the twin pastoral pillars of suburbia, the automobile and lawn. Effective immediately, residents could not wash their cars at home, and instead had to take them to a commercial car wash. Watering lawns was permitted only on one designated day a […]
Why LADWP Customers Won’t See A Big Snowmelt Dividend On Their Bills
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /KPCC (Pasadena) by Sharon McNaryAlthough Los Angeles city water customers paid extra for costly imported water during the five-year drought, their water bills will drop very little now that the Department of Water and Power has a plentiful supply of its own, officials said. The DWP surplus does not translate into big savings for individual bill payers because water […]
Water Authority Members Meet More In Private Than Public
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby James DeHaven Quoted: Mark Muir and Mike LeeMembers of the San Diego County Water Authority met behind closed doors more than 100 times last year — four times as often as they met in public. State law limits the scope and frequency of such unnoticed, unrecorded meetings so as to prevent officials from hiding their activities from the public, which pays for […]
San Diego Says Cuts to Flood Channel Clearing Won’t Increase Risk
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby David GarrickMayor Kevin Faulconer’s proposal to spend significantly less clearing clogged drainage channels has raised concerns about higher flood risk in San Diego, but Faulconer’s staff says there’s no reason to worry. The city can prudently spend as much as $1.4 million less on clearing flood channels during the fiscal year that begins July 1 because […]
Savior or Albatross? Proposed Desalination Plant Could Decrease South Bay’s Dependence On Imported Water, But Has Raised Environmental Concerns
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Easy Reader News (Hermosa Beach)by Ryan McDonald Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityIn April 2015, the City of Manhattan Beach made a sudden announcement that shook the twin pastoral pillars of suburbia, the automobile and lawn. Effective immediately, residents could not wash their cars at home, and instead had to take them to a commercial car wash. Watering lawns was permitted only on one designated day a […]